Example sentences of "was [verb] [conj] [noun] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approval was given and reclamation started on an area of over 20 hectares to the North of Imperial Dock . |
| 2 | The impasse was broken when Bush conceded on one of his key demands , a reduction in the capital gains tax . |
| 3 | The payment of seamen 's wages only when the owner had been paid for the freight carried , on the ancient maxim that " freights are the mother of wages " , was discontinued and payment required on the basis of service , whether freight was carried or not . |
| 4 | The door was bolted but Wycliffe banged on it and was admitted by a uniformed policeman . |
| 5 | It was also difficult for a man who was in debt to be truthful ; hence it was said that lying rode on debt 's back . |
| 6 | Overall , however , the impression of unity was preserved as delegates voted on 320 non-binding resolutions , many of which reaffirmed Mulroney 's handling of the economy and the issue of national unity . |
| 7 | A representative sample of 21 local authorities in England and Wales was taken and information gathered on knowledge , policies and services relating to disabled people . |
| 8 | But socialism was doomed unless power remained on the factory floor and flowed upwards , rather than downwards . |