Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variety of cargoes , as diverse as Britain 's industries , has been carried on the inland waterways . |
| 2 | Mrs Southey had asked Sarah to visit so they could ‘ talk over the American affair ’ , and it may by then have seemed inevitable to Sarah that she too would be carried on the Pantisocratic tide . |
| 3 | Perhaps I think it beneath my dignity to let myself be carried on the spontaneous flood , employing my divine gift of reason only to navigate on the course of greatest awareness . |
| 4 | PLEASE NOTE : ONLY INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE NEW FORMS WILL BE CARRIED ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE NEXT ISSUE OF LEADS . |
| 5 | The SPD pointed out that one-third of asylum-seekers came from Turkey and that strong pressure should be brought on the Turkish government to prevent this . |
| 6 | No one was likely to recommend that a hopeless old chronic like him should be put on the new drugs at this stage , because they were still in short supply and there were many more interesting patients on whom to experiment . |
| 7 | you know , they 'd be put on the other register . |
| 8 | Yellow lines and speed humps would be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 9 | Yellow lines and speed humps could be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 10 | Yellow lines and speed humps would be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 11 | Yellow lines and speed humps could be put on the narrow road and a mini roundabout set up at the junction of Lakeside and Parkside . |
| 12 | The following information needs to be put on the front page : ( 1 ) The agreement date and the name and address of the seller and the buyer . |
| 13 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 14 | The job of choosing the endangered species to be put on the waiting list belongs to the Captive Breeding Specialist Group , set up by the World Conservation Union — IUCN . |
| 15 | I have been told to fill in a new form to be put on the waiting list but you need a permanent address to fill out one and I have n't got one . ’ |
| 16 | Over the next few years the book saw suggestions for all manner of things — for packet tobaccos to be sold at shop prices , for a device to be put on the smoking room door to stop persistent slamming and a complaint that the bushes on the 5th made the hole a flukey . |
| 17 | They asked the individual chief officers to prepare reports to the committees on action that could be taken on the detailed recommendations of Friends of the Earth . |
| 18 | Clearly the point had arrived in September 1947 where fundamental decisions had to be taken on the American commitment to Korea . |
| 19 | ‘ Everything in this century has been put on the marital couple . |
| 20 | Though no official cost has been put on the deep-water well which led to the West of Shetland find , industry sources suggest the total outlay may have been less than £10 million . |
| 21 | After all , the state owns many buildings and assets , and much emphasis has been put on the institutional shareholdings of insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 22 | ‘ We decided to suspend treatment for a while but have been put on the waiting list at the Ulster . |
| 23 | But if issues like these have been put on the public agenda by feminists , the substantive gains they achieved were limited . |
| 24 | Officials at the bank now admit that they failed to consider the affected population , and that more pressure could have been put on the Indian government to produce environmental plans . |
| 25 | Now that the Asian elephant has been put on the endangered list and included in the Red Data Book of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature 's Survival Service , governments will find it difficult officially to sanction catching operations . |
| 26 | The museum , along with its art gallery , has been put on the endangered list by Thamesdown Borough Council , which is being forced to make cuts in its budget . |
| 27 | The EEB declaration makes it clear that European environment groups ‘ believe that when decisions are taken on the respective competence of the Community , Member States and regional and local government in actions to protect the environment , the overriding objective must be to secure the highest quality of life for the Community 's citizens . |
| 28 | A final decision has not yet been taken on the possible move . |
| 29 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 30 | MAJOR-GENERAL Michael Skinner , who has died aged 60 , was Director General , Weapons , from 1986 to 1988 , when many important decisions were taken on the future equipment of the Army . |