Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [noun] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were the critics on the newspapers who had praised the vividness and accuracy of the books . |
| 2 | But , apart from the devastation , especially in the harbour area , the only real dissimilarities I noticed were the shutters on the houses and the fact that the dwellings were all taller and narrower than in England . |
| 3 | The chronic sick , the elderly and others who would need long-term care were a drain on the hospitals ' budgets and of little interest for teaching purposes . |
| 4 | If there were a obligation on the police to operate a policy of protecting those first into the forum , freedom of speech would be the better preserved . |
| 5 | It was obvious to all participants that the Assembly elections were a referendum on the proposals for the future of Ulster . |
| 6 | There were no signs on the doors , no markers or anything , but fortunately most of them stood open . |
| 7 | He noticed there were no lampshades on the lights , and that the mantelpiece was bare and the cushions without covers . |
| 8 | There were no pictures on the walls , no carpet on the floor , only rough unpolished wooden planks , and there were gaps between the planks where dust and bits of grime had gathered . |
| 9 | There were no pictures on the walls , no ornaments . |
| 10 | There were no pictures on the walls but on the mantelpiece , amongst a random collection of odds and ends , there was a framed photograph of an elderly woman ; her hair was gathered into an old-fashioned bun on the top of her head ; she had a smooth , rather spoilt face and an expression of absolute serenity . |
| 11 | More seriously , there were no locks on the cells , either . ’ |
| 12 | And , but what you were actually spending was the money on the resources . |
| 13 | In subsequent correspondence Technical Division were asked to confirm that the timing of the provision of the benefit to the non-resident or non-domiciled beneficiary was irrelevant , ie that it did not matter whether the income in question was paid to him in the year of assessment in which it arose or in a subsequent year , but Technical Division refused to confirm that this was the case on the grounds that the actual circumstances of particular cases tended to vary so widely that they felt unable to answer the question without more details . |
| 14 | What was new in the feminism of the inter-war years was the emphasis on the needs of mothers as individuals , rather than on social maternalism . |
| 15 | Some of the houses stood out by dint of their brightly painted front doors but mostly the only sign of decoration was the washing on the lines and hanging from windows . |
| 16 | Ms Clark 's optimism was encouraging , but question time reminded booksellers once again how relentless was the onslaught on the schools market from all sides when a questioner raised the issue of Dorling Kindersley ‘ agents ’ selling in to schools . |
| 17 | if there was a 'p' on the worms , it poison , you , you , you little |
| 18 | These included Salvatore Gravano , allegedly Gotti 's most trusted lieutenant , who was a co-defendant on the charges before choosing to turn state 's evidence . |
| 19 | There was a bar on the premises , and on a YCs night it would be filled with the laughter and gossip of young drinkers , some below the legal age of drinking . |
| 20 | And once again , there was a welcome on the streets as the cars made for Freemantle . |
| 21 | I was not a man fighting to live but I was a boxer on the ropes , praying for a miracle that would save him from almost certain defeat . |
| 22 | On the Thursday morning there was a lecture on the communications policy within Thorn EMI . |
| 23 | There was a carpet on the flagstones of the hall . |
| 24 | We are unanimously of the opinion that the settlement was a sham on the facts in the sense that it was made to appear as a genuine gift when it was not . |
| 25 | Much of that work was a strain on the eyes , peering through magnifying glasses and into microscopes . |
| 26 | There was no address on the letters ! |
| 27 | There was no gold on the pavements , as the myths in Jamaica had foretold . |
| 28 | There was no year on the letters , but they must necessarily come after the publication of Ash 's dramatic poems , Gods , Men and Heroes , which had appeared in 1856 and had not , contrary to Ash 's hopes and perhaps expectations , found favour with the reviewers , who had declared his verses obscure , his tastes perverse and his people extravagant and improbable . |
| 29 | The White House spokesman , Mr Marlin Fitzwater , said the talks with the Papal diplomats would ‘ continue in a positive vein , ’ and there was no deadline on the talks . |
| 30 | In 1956 we still breathed pure air , even in Athens ; the magic beauty of the countryside had not yet vanished from the most famous sites , and there was no discotheque on the islands . |