Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that applied whether the words were spoken on separate occasions or all together . |
| 2 | From 7 January 1980 , Class 508 750V DC stock commenced all-day operation on the south-western division of Southern Region and later in the year Class 315 units were introduced on Great Eastern line services from Liverpool Street . |
| 3 | To determine the accuracy of back titration in determining alkali concentrations , triplicate measurements of alkali concentrations were performed on standard bicarbonate solutions ( 1 , 2 , 2.5 , 5 , 10 , 15 , 20 , and 25 mM sodium bicarbonate ) , deionised water , and standard oesophageal perfusate containing [ 3 H ] PEG and titrated to pH 7.0 with 0.2 M NaOH . |
| 4 | and some other cars were mounted on rigid two axle trucks of German design , made at the parent factory at Bautzen in Germany . |
| 5 | Recordings were stored on digital audio tape and visually analysed by an observer blinded to the side or clinical diagnosis ( the recording was interspersed with recordings from control patients ) . |
| 6 | ‘ The brakes were slammed on mega boardroom pay awards early this year . ’ |
| 7 | Shoes were kept on wooden trees , never to lose their shape , or seam across with age . |
| 8 | Polyclonal anti-C/EBPδ antibodies were used on untransfected Hep3B cells in the presence ( + ) or absence ( - ) of IL-6 . |
| 9 | In the ante-bellum period , remarkably few Blacks were employed on Northern railways , but in the South they played a key role . |
| 10 | Three of the meteorites were found on rocky terrain where they may have fallen directly or been deposited by melted ice . |
| 11 | These settlements were established on public and private land progressively seized by Israel from 1967 onwards , declared ‘ state land ’ and given over to Jewish rather than Palestinian use . |
| 12 | Higher duties were placed on luxury imports as part of a plan to curb consumer spending and to conserve foreign exchange . |
| 13 | Clear duties were imposed on local authorities to protect children and provide for their needs in certain circumstances . |
| 14 | Potatoes were planted on Good Friday as it was believed that this was one day on which the Devil had no power to poison and ruin the soil . |
| 15 | The theatres at Side and Aspendos were built on Roman lines in the second century A.D. At Side the theatre is supported on barrel-vaulted sub-structures . |
| 16 | The companies were ranked on various measures of corporate success ( ranging from returns on sales and equity to rates of growth of sales and profits ) , and were then split into three groups : top performers , average firms and laggards . |
| 17 | In the early Fifties Oxford and Cambridge parties were launched on a tide of sharp South African sherry , and Commemoration or May balls were danced on cheap , acrid champagne . |
| 18 | When east-west tension was at its height , RAF pilots were called on daily to intercept the Bear over the North Sea . |
| 19 | It had turned down an offer by the UN , under which Iraqi exports of up to 1,000,000 bpd would be permitted if the revenues were spent on humanitarian aid [ see p. 38742 ] , arguing that the conditions were unacceptable . |
| 20 | Following his arrest Enrile was held in a Manila prison without bail pending a preliminary court hearing in early March , and troops were placed on alert throughout the capital to guard against the possibility of retaliatory action by Enrile 's supporters . |
| 21 | Early in the war Soviet southern troops were put on high alert . |
| 22 | Attacks were launched on Russian held territory and on 10 February war was declared . |
| 23 | Attacks were launched on military camps in the east and the north while the Army began to deploy reinforcements in the troubled areas . |
| 24 | But Richard Collin , the council 's director of central services , said the calculations were based on unreliable assumptions and were some 25pc out . |
| 25 | Lymphoepithelial lesions were shown on deparaffinised sections using anticytokeratin and antiepithelial membrane antibodies . |
| 26 | It is equally possible that these officials were billeted on local householders , a practice which became increasingly common among Roman army units in the late empire . |
| 27 | All treatments were given on consecutive days ( weekends excepted ) . |
| 28 | All experiments were performed on male August rats ( 250–300 g ) ( National Institute of Medical Research , Mill Hill , London , UK ) , and all procedures were carried out between 9.00 am and noon . |
| 29 | Initial experiments were performed on porcine platelets stimulated by thrombin but subsequently many substances ( secretagogues ) have been found to provoke platelet aggregation : ADP , adrenaline and collagen as well as thrombin provoked release of 5-hydroxytryptamine and nucleotides from platelets ( Mills et al , 1968 ) . |
| 30 | These experiments were performed on conscious dogs supported by Pavlov harnesses . |