Example sentences of "[is] [verb] on [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | International : Cotton republic is hanging on by slim thread |
| 2 | It is only in the states of Western Europe , in the countries of the British Commonwealth , in the United States of America , and in a few Latin-American states that government is carried on with due regard to the limitations imposed by a Constitution ; it is only in these states that truly ‘ constitutional government ’ can be said to exist … |
| 3 | is carried on by private study under supervision . |
| 4 | The funeral itself will be a painful but important occasion for her , as this , and all the ritual connected with it , will be her first big step forward into the grieving process which is to lead on to final recovery . |
| 5 | Where this factor-augmenting technical progress is going on at constant exponential rates , the production function may be written ( 8–15 ) where K denotes the rate of capital augmentation and the rate of labour augmentation . |
| 6 | To understand what is going on in physiological psychology one needs to know what these assumptions are . |
| 7 | It 's brought on by repetitive typing on a computer or word processor keyboard . |
| 8 | O&M 's current chairman and ceo Graham Phillips is to stay on as vice chairman . |
| 9 | My objective is to move on to fresh ground and not have to return to this particular patch . |
| 10 | Put your hand on and see if it 's sticks on like burning flesh . |