Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second section shows the action taken on the particular version of the module , and the name of the LIFESPAN user who carried out the action . |
| 2 | Ritual is an action taken on the physical level , which is intended to have effects at other levels — emotional , mental , spiritual , or all of these . |
| 3 | Mrs Browning began to laugh but the laugh brought on a coughing fit and , when Wilson rushed to her aid and raised her higher on the pillow , her face took on an ugly blue tinge , which she had never seen before . |
| 4 | Further minor straws in the wind were Archbishop Makarios ’ request for British help in Cyprus in December 1963 , which drew in most of the Strategic Reserve 's 3rd Division before a hand-over to the United Nations could be negotiated ; and the quelling of the military mutinies in newly independent Tanzania , Kenya and Uganda in January 1964 , at their governments ’ request , by Commandos brought on the aircraft-carrier Centaur from Aden and by units of the Strategic Reserve in Kenya . |
| 5 | In Lorenzo the Magnificent 's anniversary year , this publisher is also bringing out an edition of the inventory of the entire Medici residence taken on the great ruler 's death , L'inventario in morte di Lorenzo il Magnifico , edited by M. Spallanzani and G. Gaeta Bertelà . |
| 6 | I was one of a group of army cadets taken on an adventurous training camp , at Newtonmore , to learn new skills . |
| 7 | Many people know , for example , that alcohol taken on an empty stomach is absorbed more quickly than alcohol taken with food . |
| 8 | Slow transit constipation can be distinguished from outlet obstruction by the ingestion of a capsule containing 20 shapes followed by an abdominal x ray film taken on the fifth day ; 80% retention of the markers signifies slow colonic transit . |
| 9 | Increase the time on the outbound leg by half the difference between the time taken on the first turn from the entry heading ( 145° above ) and from the hold axis . |
| 10 | This means any class taken on a voluntary basics , classes paid for by a private concern , ( W.I. T.W.G. sports sections of firms etc. ) , are hiring your own premises and running a class , or are coaching any display team . |
| 11 | The discovery instead went to a professional astronomer , Konrad Rudnicki , who shortly thereafter found the comet on photographs taken on the large telescope at Palomar Mountain . |