Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [be] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few realise the toll erosion 's taken on the 200 year old structure . |
| 2 | The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves . |
| 3 | As a result , Frank Bates was taken on the strength . |
| 4 | Once a Bill has passed its Commons ' stage it goes up to the House of Lords where the same process is repeated , except that the Committee stage is taken on the floor of the House . |
| 5 | The Lincoln Red was at first known as the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn : it originated when eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Durham and Yorkshire Shorthorn bulls were put on the large , rugged , pied Old Lincolnshire short-horned draught cows which could withstand all the weather thrown at this east coast county by the cold North Sea winds . |
| 6 | Younger members of the Denning family are carrying on the tradition of working at Sharpness docks . |
| 7 | On 7 October there began the debate on the revised version of the document on the missionary activity of the Church , and on 11 October votes were taken on the schemas on religious life and priestly formation in the seminaries . |
| 8 | He 's in a photo of Mrs Nowak 's taken on the day her husband went back to Poland . |
| 9 | Rugby League has always bred fine sportsmen and Garry Schofield is carrying on the tradition . |
| 10 | Genes controlling coat pattern are carried on the X chromosome and if one X carries a gene that gives colour and the other X carries an inactive gene , the different patches of tissue containing the different inactivated X chromosomes show up as patches of different colours . |
| 11 | A more definitive response to him must await the time which will probably arrive when the clergy ordination measure is taken on the Floor of the House . |
| 12 | Survey ships were carried on the Navy List , but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only . |