Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 2 | An appeal can be marked without significant cost being incurred at that stage and frequently appeals are marked as a holding operation while advice is taken on the prospects of the appeal succeeding . |
| 3 | It follows that if teachers believe they are incompetent or impotent in these matters , they will accept and expect that the proper strategy is to pass on the problems to suitably qualified colleagues . |
| 4 | I cut it out of Cosmopolitan magazine : an article entitled ‘ Think Yourself Thin ’ , illustrated by a blonde woman in a bikini being carried on the arms of two grinning , solid young men . |
| 5 | The following survey was taken on the streets of Bradford . |