Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been placed on to three lengths of webbing , six men would be required to lift the shell and put it into the case ; the webs were then cut , as it would not have been possible to withdraw them . |
| 2 | Strobe lights are turned on to full effect for ‘ Bring It On Down ’ , which comes complete with a sample of Donna Summer 's old disco smash ‘ I Feel Love ’ , incongruous amidst the white English chaos — albeit a very controlled and theatrical type of chaos . |
| 3 | Strobe lights are turned on to full effect for ‘ Bring It On Down ’ , which comes complete with a sample of Donna Summer 's old disco smash ‘ I Feel Love ’ , incongruous amidst the white English chaos — albeit a very controlled and theatrical type of chaos . |
| 4 | Members sponsored by unions who are turned on by that prospect ? |
| 5 | is , is , in London and we deal with the British Section which is are the particular bits , but the prisoners have to be vatted and looked at and found by the International Secretaires , then they 're passed on to British Section who pass them on to us and a great deal of research goes into making sure that they really are truly prisoners of conscience , that they 've been in prison for some er possibly because of their belief or religion or their race erm and they 've not taken or advocated violence not taken part in or advocated violence and then , then they are full prisoners of conscience erm we maybe allocated them . |
| 6 | Although the National Certificate , with its competence-based , internally-assessed modules , has almost become part of the educational establishment now , we should not forget that Scotland led the way in the development of this kind of award and our experience has been drawn on in subsequent moves to make all Britain 's vocational qualifications modular and competence-based . |
| 7 | Bell Resources would not comment on whether the payment had been made or whether the BIG shares had been sold on to another party . |
| 8 | It must be the case that the norms of these variable states are agreed on by internal consensus in the communities concerned . |
| 9 | Some he may be hearing in future include : Thy food is such as has been breathed on by infected lungs , ( Pericles ) — useful for insulting prison cooks . |
| 10 | If the liberal-democratic institutions of an ‘ imitation bourgeois state ’ , such as elections , parliaments , elected local government and multi-party systems are grafted on to neo-colonial relations of production , as was the case in many countries immediately following independence , they will decay . |
| 11 | His eyes shifted as if he had been lured on to dangerous ground . |
| 12 | The conditions of the fifties meant that it was natural " for praise to be heaped on to democratic politics since it seemed to be doing the job very nicely . |
| 13 | But there has been an additional image barrier : the CAB as a generalist advice agency was often labelled a ‘ signposting ’ service whereby clients will simply be referred on to other organisations . |
| 14 | He and Philip Burton conducted what could be looked on as some kind of elaborate courtship ritual which would result in his hurtling on to a world stage . |
| 15 | For example , maintenance payments and child and one parent benefit can be added on to any earnings from employment to increase lone parents ' incomes . |
| 16 | Siddhis are the powers which can be added on to basic TM such as levitation , extra-sensory perception , telepathy , telekinesis , spiritual healing and control of mind over body . |
| 17 | The development strategy adopted in the Greater York study never envisaged that the settlement , or the district that got the new settlement would therefore get a corresponding reduction in the amount of land it had to provide to meet the needs of the Greater York area , the strategy we use to identify sites within the Greater York area that could be developed without compromising greenbelt objectives , and that the new settlement would be added on outside that area without a reduction in that that figure . |
| 18 | No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer . |
| 19 | On the one hand , the memorandum of association must qualify the company 's ability to provide surveying services , to the effect that such business must be carried on at all times in accordance with the Rules of Conduct for the time being of the RICS . |
| 20 | Failing success in negotiation , however , the struggle had to be carried on by any means possible . |
| 21 | Could a related business activity be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family members without registering for VAT ( the turnover of this activity is expected to be low ) ? |
| 22 | Subject to the above , the related activity could be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family . |
| 23 | The data and data structures that have been identified can be mapped on to conventional computer files or clerical files and not necessarily databases . |
| 24 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 25 | For example , you could create the design for a simple piece of embroidery using small sprays of pressed flowers , or make an initial design from pressed flowers that could be transferred on to squared paper and used to embroider a handkerchief Both of these ideas would make marvellous presents , and you could perhaps place the finished embroidery in a tissue-lined box that has been decorated with pressed flowers or ribbons . |
| 26 | The image depressed him ; if that was heaven it was best left to the cherubim and seraphim who might be turned on by that sort of thing . |
| 27 | The individual piece-parts can be drawn on to separate layers of a working drawing in order that their movement can be visualized from any number of positions and orientations . |
| 28 | Within T IS , too , the work which was done to bring Caterdata and the Psion together can now be sold on to other Caterdata customers , and a section explaining how Psion works has been added to the Caterdata manual . |
| 29 | The teacher may not instantly use all of this material , but the aim should be to build up a growing collection of useful resources which will remain the property of the school and which can be handed on to any teacher , or supply teacher who has to teach the course . |
| 30 | Mistakes and ignorance can be handed on from one generation to another , habit can blind , and tradition can bind . |