Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [vb pp] on [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In the autumn of 1904 he was still rejecting the mild suggestion from Sviatopolk-Mirsky , very much along the lines of Loris-Melikov 's proposals of 1881 , that representatives of public institutions should be co-opted on to the State Council .
2 A thick lagging jacket should be put on to the hot water tank .
3 Members requested the committee 's sorrow that the work had begun without permission should be passed on to the county council .
4 Again these comments should be passed on to the expert .
5 When Bodie abruptly turned on his heel and went back to his car , she let her head drop slightly , and indicated that she should be helped on into the Embassy building .
6 A small firm may feel vulnerable and unable to compete effectively and look to be taken over , though with an agreement that those of its partners who do not retire should be taken on by the new firm .
7 This development plan is prepared in negotiation with the education and business partnership and must be agreed on by the TPS regional manager .
8 The fact that they carry large stocks and are generally located in prestigious and expensive locations means that overheads are high and these must be passed on to the customer .
9 Cahervillahow ran no race in the Gold Cup but he might be turned on by the National as was the case with Attitude Adjuster who was also trained by Mouse Morris .
10 He even suggested that a few such representatives from outside the government might be co-opted on to the State Council , the supreme bureaucratic body beneath the Tsar .
11 Er and seek good qualified er Consultants to carry out the work which could be deliberated on by the various Committees of the County Council and the District and that work has been done and I think if I saw anything Chairman from the meeting on the twenty second of December at St Albans , it was that form very first time three political parties took up the policy and they started to address particular issues er er er we believe less measures partaken .
12 Once typed on to special paper , the copy could be pasted on to the boards and , with no need for hot metal , or skilled printers , was camera-ready .
13 A fifth of England could be built on by the middle of the next century , according to a report from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England ( CPRE ) , which finds that countryside is disappearing much faster than official figures suggest .
14 On warm days the area between the lawn and water surface had constantly to be watched so that , immediately signs of shrinkage appeared , water could be sprayed on to the puddled surface .
15 ‘ Next year 's Eurovision could be put on at the King 's Hall .
16 Second , changes in genes can alter the responses of cells locally to the inducing chemical : different genes could be switched on by the same stimulus .
17 Campaigners are worried that infected milk could be sold on to the public and are also questioning whether there is a vicious circle in operation from sheep to cow to human .
18 They may share their syringes and if one of them has HIV , the needle will become infected and the virus could be passed on to the other person .
19 Hence , if increased trade union bargaining power led to high wage settlements they could be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices .
20 The advisers attached particular importance to the feedback sessions so that recommendations could be acted on without the delay anticipated in the production of the final report .
21 An antechamber may be built on to the main egg-chamber .
22 Their anxiety may be displaced on to the actual ceremony , making the responses correctly , being the centre of attention , or on to details of the reception or party to be held afterwards .
23 If one of these people has HIV , it may be passed on to the other person .
24 Water rates and 20-per-cent local-authority rates may be passed on to the student as a result of the Social Security Act 1988 and the proposed Community Charge is also likely to increase rents still further .
25 ‘ It would lead inevitably to higher costs which would be transferred on to the customer as an increased cost of electricity , ’ he said .
26 Mercury 's orbit is fairly eccentric , and therefore a tidal bulge would be acted on by the Sun a good deal more strongly near perihelion than elsewhere in the orbit .
27 He hoped that the code would be passed on via the Institution of Environmental Health Officers network and adopted by EHOs throughout the country .
28 And any commission received from , for example , unit trust management groups , would be passed on to the client and reinvested on his or her behalf .
29 Food industry sources described the prediction as ‘ alarmist ’ and insisted only part of the increase in the farmgate prices would be passed on to the customer .
30 But to the Lamarckians it seemed much more natural to assume that the wasting away of an individual 's eyes when there was no light would be passed on to the next generation , resulting in a rapid loss of eyesight in the whole population .
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