Example sentences of "[is] [verb] on [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 2 | Set up under a special government programme in 1989 with funding for three years , it has done so well it is to carry on in a slimmed down form under a new name Tees Valley Conference and Visitor Bureau under the control of the Northumbria Tourist Board . |
| 3 | It has been so successful it is to carry on in a slimmed down form , with a new name Tees Valley Conference and Visitor Bureau under the control of the Northumbria Tourist Board . |
| 4 | It was probably effective the first time , but now it is looked on as a desperate move , a last ditch attempt to gain attention . |
| 5 | Modernity is defined against pre-modernity , reason against irrationality and superstition , and this divide is mapped on to a symbolic geography that counterposes the West and its Orient . |
| 6 | The Colour badge is stitched on to a large piece of scarlet cloth matching the material of the jacket . |
| 7 | Largely because the Moon is acted on to a significant extent by both the Sun and the Earth its orbital elements are subject to relatively rapid changes . |
| 8 | These molecules , the ultimate source of information about what is going on at a specific time in a particular cell , are extremely labile chemically ( for example , to traces of alkaline detergent in less than scrupulously clean glassware ) and enzymatically ( to the ubiquitous ribonuclease ) . |
| 9 | But the real fun is going on in a nearby barn with pumpkin lanterns . |
| 10 | How do people arrive at conclusions about what is going on in a particular instance ? |
| 11 | A lot is laid on for a pro golfer , but not as much as is for a team player . |
| 12 | One tool commonly ignored by many sedimentary petrographers is a Shadowmaster® , or similar equipment , where a thin section is projected on to a ground glass screen to produce an image ( a shadowgraph ) . |
| 13 | Sometimes the wet ink which is sprayed on to a horizontal board can spread out sideways , which results in a reasonably-uniform layer in the middle of the board , but an excessively thick border of ink around the edges of the board . |
| 14 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 15 | The band is playing on on a day-to-day basis a spokeswoman said last night . |
| 16 | A special type of outside light is the security light , which is switched on by a passive infra-red ( PIR ) sensor ( usually , but not always , part of the light fitting ) , whenever someone approaches . |
| 17 | Modern gas blowlamps are cleaner and safer to use than the old-fashioned paraffin type and , for most jobs , the type which is fitted on to a disposable cartridge is perfectly adequate . |
| 18 | The pool is lowered on to a prepared crushed gravel base , immediately filled with water , and at the same time , a gravel back-fill is poured in between the pool and the soil . |