Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For example , maintenance payments and child and one parent benefit can be added on to any earnings from employment to increase lone parents ' incomes . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Failing success in negotiation , however , the struggle had to be carried on by any means possible . |
| 10 | 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 ) ? |
| 11 | Subject to the above , the related activity could be carried on within one area of the shop by any of the family . |
| 12 | The data and data structures that have been identified can be mapped on to conventional computer files or clerical files and not necessarily databases . |
| 13 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Mistakes and ignorance can be handed on from one generation to another , habit can blind , and tradition can bind . |
| 20 | Everything stored in the memory of a computer can be copied on to removable diskettes . |
| 21 | Suppose that , however improbably , a balanced slate could nevertheless be agreed on in one party . |
| 22 | Beyond the town , the old county boundary is crossed , Caithness being left for Sutherland , both of these ancient counties having now sadly lost their identities in the new-fangled administrative area known as the Highland Region — one hopes that Caithness will for ever remain Caithness and Sutherland Sutherland in the minds of Scotsmen : historical associations should not be trampled on by modern bureaucracy . |
| 23 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5-micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all due to arrive next year . |
| 24 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year . |
| 25 | In principle , any discipline can be called on in this way , as an intellectual resource which has the power of showing hidden ways of perceiving the object in question . |
| 26 | Lustre powder is included as an optional ingredient in some of the cake recipes in this book — a non-toxic shiny coloured powder , this can be brushed on to dry icing to give a lovely shimmering effect . |
| 27 | If this applies to circumstantial difficulties ( it can be quite surprising to observe the ways in which sexual problems can be displaced on to financial problems , for instance , or those of child control ) it applies doubly to relationship problems . |
| 28 | Sexual discord and dissatisfaction may be displaced on to other aspects of family existence , by both partners . |
| 29 | The focus on fragmentation as a problem suggested that it will be focused on in some detail . |
| 30 | An attack can be brought on by sudden exposure to very cold air but as long as you take your usual medication/inhaler ( with a spare refill ) along with you , there is no reason why you should get into any trouble . |