Sentence examples for were switching on from inspiring English sources
WIMBLEDON, England — The lights were switching on along the streets outside the All England Club.
The laser image made it possible to watch single transistors to determine if they were switching on and off at the precisely correct times, and also to "tune" microprocessors, sharply speeding them up by correcting timing errors.
During scanning in this modified regime we were switching on and off white light illumination repeatedly.
The pubs had already emptied and now the nightclubs were switching on their lights, spilling drinkers onto the square.
Soon hospitals and government buildings were switching on backup generators to keep essential equipment operating, and the police were evacuating people trapped in elevators.
Within the hour, it is reasonable to deduce, farmers were switching on their milking pumps; wilting children were swiping ice-cream and soda-water from a refrigerator powered, in a manner of speaking, by a submarine.
On the Embankment, where Games lanes were switched on, traffic was moving by late morning.
Many genes that are required to form these organs were switched on by the Wnt enhanceosome.
Today's electrical goods salesman could be switching on tomorrow's Christmas lights in Oxford street.
VICELAND is switching on in New Zealand on Thursday.
And which lamps are switched on?
