Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] on [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 2 | It was probably effective the first time , but now it is looked on as a desperate move , a last ditch attempt to gain attention . |
| 3 | The medium of continuous recording prompted the inclusion of bridging scenes to allow one group of characters time to go off one set and onto another while the action is carried on by the second group of characters . |
| 4 | At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion . |
| 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 | The headstock is scarfed on behind the first fret ( as , in fact , were those on original Goodfellow basses ) . |
| 9 | A solvent is flooded on to the prepared face . |
| 10 | Spacing of the bricks is marked on to the former on the inner and outer circumference , always starting form the centre brick so that it 's exactly symmetrical . |
| 11 | This poem is about the death of one of Wilfred Owen 's fellow soldiers and this is focused on in the first stanza . |
| 12 | A lot is laid on for a pro golfer , but not as much as is for a team player . |
| 13 | Social injustice is brought on by an economic policy perpetuated by the Tories and their . |
| 14 | For , when a polarizing region is grafted on to the anterior margin of a bud it is not only the cartilaginous elements that form a mirror-image duplicate but the muscles and tendons are also duplicated . |
| 15 | The importance of the parallel market is touched on in the first two sources above , and also in Podolski ( 1986 , Chs 5.2 and 6.2 ) , Llewellyn et al. |
| 16 | The work of the courts is touched on in the next chapter . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
| 20 | That is to say , if a stress is left on for a long time , wood will gradually run away from the load . |
| 21 | They claim that by the time a pushchair is passed on to a second or third child it 's brakes are often defective . |
| 22 | It is her responsibility to make sure any relevant information is passed on to the regional managers . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The full burden of long-run equilibriation is thrown on to the slender base of the real balance effect . |
| 25 | Accountants logging on in London see their own set of accounts , but all of the data is put on to the same database that New York and Hong Kong are using . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ So if the hoped for vatable activity is tagged on to an existing business the Customs and Excise or the Tribunals , may refuse to accept the activity as a business and so deny the VAT registration , ’ says . |
| 28 | 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 . |