Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] on [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they despised her for it , some of them , and they feared her for it , most of them ; but she did not care , so long as they paid her enough to be drunk on until the need to kill was irresistible again . |
| 2 | A partnership practice that operated from two offices ceased to be carried on when the partnership was dissolved and the two main equity partners continued as sole practitioners from their respective offices . |
| 3 | As the chief location of tin mining , conditions confirm that an abundance of cheap labour tended to stimulate industrial growth , although naturally mineral extraction has to be carried on where the workable reserves happen to be located , using imported labour if necessary , as , it would seem , was precisely what was done in Penwith . |
| 4 | Two thousand more workers are expected to be taken on and the local economy should get a £100 million boost once production reaches capacity . |
| 5 | Two thousand more workers are expected to be taken on and the local economy should get a £100 million boost once production reaches capacity . |