Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olympia provoked such a reaction because it ‘ altered and played with identities the culture wanted to keep still ’ and ‘ because such identities were on the surface in such a brutal and unmediated fashion ’ . |
| 2 | A spokeswoman for the print union , Sogat , said such practices were on the way out . |
| 3 | The emphasis in these speeches was on the need for unity and the avoidance of dissent in radio programmes . |
| 4 | One of the earliest of these settlements was on the island of Torcello on the Venetian Lagoon , and nearby Venice was established later . |
| 5 | Some of these guns were on the top of the submarine pens , others were on concrete towers as large as a couple of houses but far more strongly built . |
| 6 | To encourage himself as much as anything , he ventured a handful of general questions about Neferukhebit 's activities on the days leading up to her death — questions which resulted in conventional answers , the activities of any rich young girl marking time between the end of her education and the arrival of her husband — for these girls were on the fringes of the royal household , and work such as Taheb did — was taboo to their class . |
| 7 | All eyes were on the T'ang . |
| 8 | All eyes were on the clock as the hands dragged themselves , with agonising slowness towards noon and time to leave for the airfield . |
| 9 | All eyes were on the catwalk and no one appeared to notice her , apart from a tall , grey-haired woman in the uniform of an atelier who moved towards her accusingly . |
| 10 | She glanced around with an innocent expression on her face , but all eyes were on the Doctor 's antics . |
| 11 | If you go in the loo there 's well for months or during the summer hours counting how many moths was on the window sill and flies , you know , they sort of got more each week when you went and the cobwebs it 's wonderful ! |
| 12 | All computations were on a DEC System 5000 computer running Ultrix Version 4.1 , Research Computing , The Hospital for Sick Children . |
| 13 | It would be nice if all children were on an adult 's knee , able to ask questions . |
| 14 | Despite a general rise in attendances , several clubs were on the verge of bankruptcy and limped from one financial problem to another playing in front of miniscule crowds often in grounds designed to suit manic-depressives from the dark ages . |
| 15 | In 1865 several experimenters were on the brink of discovering the important principle of self-excitation , and early in 1866 he presented a paper to the Royal Society on ‘ A New and Powerful Generator of Dynamic Electricity ’ , but failed to realize that practical self-excitation was within his grasp . |
| 16 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 17 | Even so , most eyes were on the Kilmarnock defence which had proved unexpectedly resilient in their opening three games . |
| 18 | I understand from British Rail that the impact was less severe than it might have been , since both trains were on the move at the time , but some 90 passengers and the driver of the Portsmouth train were injured . |
| 19 | She said the legs of both players tangled , and then both players were on the turf kicking out at each . |
| 20 | One of Mr Hallam 's team mates , William Morris , of Corwen Close , Ford Estate , Wirral , said that both players were on the ground kicking out at each other . |