Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It was not a weapon which was capable of being carried on a belt or in a sash . |
2 | The 80-strong party were given a briefing on Sullom Voe 's environmental care programme at the Fraser Peterson Centre before being taken on a tour of the terminal site . |
3 | The latter two allow the tool to be hung on a wall by two screws , which pass through the plastic sheath and convert it into a vertical holder . |
4 | Even punk , once the rhetoric about dole queues , anarchy and Sten guns in Knightsbridge had been exhausted , had become just one more uniform to be hung on the clothesrail of British pop culture , to be dusted down nostalgically on anniversaries . |
5 | As far as the extent of this limited edition being only 200 is concerned , my only reservations are outlined above : namely that a guitar is designed to be used and not coveted wholly as an objet d'art to be hung on the wall , which I suspect is exactly where the bulk of these models are likely to end up . |
6 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
7 | If paintings or prints are to be hung on the walls it is important to work out beforehand where they are going to go , and to make sure that battens are fixed in these particular areas . |
8 | Having arranged for it to be put on the grave that afternoon , he returned to Weatherbury in the evening , with a basket of flowering plants . |
9 | Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’ |
10 | He wants the matter to be put on the back burner until the Republic have taken another important step towards next year 's USA finals . |
11 | Mr Bresslaw had collapsed once before , in October last year , and on that occasion he had to be carried on a stretcher out of a show business dinner . |
12 | ’ Is that a volatile load to be carried on a motorway ? ’ |
13 | Well it used to be carried on the back and . |
14 | They are planning a 100 per cent digital phone system that will enable voice images and data to be carried on the line . |
15 | The station was filled with hissing steam engines ( well , it was some time back ) and one decided to belch , steam and whistle just as we passed , thus managing to blow the youngest daughter 's mind , who demanded to be carried on the spot — and at frequent intervals during the rest of the adventure . |
16 | Pottery materials continued to be carried on the canal until the 1960s . |
17 | As the wind begins to build , the boom should continue to be carried on the centreline and you should not attempt to sheet the main using the vang : because the boom is so long , the mainsheet is a more effective control . |
18 | Will he ensure that sufficient facilities are made available north of Manchester and Liverpool to allow people and freight to be carried on the trains ? |
19 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
20 | The action to be taken on the discovery of a fire or potential fire situation i.e. call for assistance , use of first aid , fire fighting extinguishers ( if reasonably safe to do so ) . |
21 | So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on . |
22 | Whatever our misgivings about the story 's historicity ( and we make a grave and fundamental error if we think the value of a passage like this is measured by the extent of its historicity ) , and however confident we might be about its origins , it asks and surely deserves to be taken on the storyteller 's own terms . |
23 | Decisions have to be taken on the types of film technique to be used ; locations ; casting ; music ; sets ; and any special requirements . |