Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The critical questions have to be turned on to the discipline and relevant examples furnished from within the discipline . |
| 2 | Only 365 people turned up and to add insult to injury , the lights had to be turned on in the second half when a storm blew up , plunging the ground into darkness . |
| 3 | Lady Selvedge allowed herself to be led on to the platform and was introduced in a short speech by Mark , who found himself unable to think of very much to say about her , confused as he was by the talk of ‘ high principles ’ , cocktail parties , and her former husband 's misdeeds which he remembered having with Sophia and Penelope . |
| 4 | Marr ( 1982 ) describes many processes that have yet to be mapped on to the nervous system . |
| 5 | The pace and success of any rehabilitation programme , after a care order is made , are to be decided on by the local authority and only the local authority . |
| 6 | The new-born child is virtually a clean slate , to be written on by the world . |
| 7 | That level of contact must certainly be maintained in future under the Commission , and I would expect the national coaches to be co-opted on to the Commission itself as non-voting members . ’ |
| 8 | Kate had been half aware that the TV cameras were around , but she 'd hardly expected their wedding to be tacked on to the end of the nine o'clock news . |
| 9 | The Government treat Scotland as an afterthought and something to be tacked on at the end when the serious business has already been dealt with . |
| 10 | James 's problems were increased by a break in filming between the bulk of his scenes and a few that had to be tacked on at the end of the shoot . |
| 11 | Notice that a set of four consecutive bytes could be treated as a word containing a 32-bit binary pattern upon which word instructions can operate , or as a byte string to be operated on by the byte string instructions , or ( possibly ) by the packed decimal instructions . |
| 12 | After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair . |
| 13 | ‘ I would prefer the portfolio of the shadow Scottish secretary to be voted on by the Scottish group and the Scottish party . ’ |
| 14 | The draft constitution , to be voted on in the April referendum , would reduce the legislature to a single , bicameral body ; specify the supremacy of federal law over that of constituent republics ; and retain the President as " head of state and the highest executive in Russia " . |
| 15 | We can not assume that what the linguist identifies as significant should correspond with aspects of language to be focused on in the teaching and learning of a language as a school subject . |
| 16 | Many of the returnees resisted , and had to be carried on to the aircraft by police amidst scuffles , but officials said that " minimum compulsion " had been used , in contrast to the violence which had marked the only previous forced repatriation attempt in December 1989 [ see p. 37121-22 ] . |
| 17 | You leapt for the cleaner banks and I allowed myself to be carried on by the filth of deceit , of shame , and of a guilt that even now I can not put into public or private words . |
| 18 | Meanwhile Home with great determination had been to the hospital in London and obtained Macmillan 's written resignation , which was read to the Conference on Thursday afternoon : ‘ I hope that it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the party about its future leadership . ’ |
| 19 | At least some of the extra cost of stockholding is likely to be passed on to the caterer . |
| 20 | And the extra production costs will undoubtedly have to be passed on to the motorist . |
| 21 | With regard to Bury and Oldham , arrangements existed for referrals to be passed on to the respective social service departments . |
| 22 | The questions of whether to allow increases in the industry 's import fuel bills to be passed on to the consumer and how to treat investment need to be addressed . |
| 23 | The money you save on a hyped discount today will probably have to be passed on to the car 's next buyer as well , although discounts you negotiate privately may not be . |
| 24 | I mean y I think the charges that banks are making in order to make up some of their losses , they 're going to be passed on to the average investor , you know the average client , so erm you know the Halifax will do it free , I 've heard recently that they are actually charging for er holding your deeds . |
| 25 | In addition , the heavy tax rates of the late-Seventies would have made it virtually impossible , had one or other of the pair died , for the company in its entirety to be passed on to the children , Laura 's most cherished ideal . |
| 26 | Industrialists have opposed the plan , arguing that it will lead to substantial cost increases which will have to be passed on to the consumer . |
| 27 | The document is basically a briefing document in order that every piece of information erm that is available to the police is then able to be passed on to the officers who are actually going to do the job . |
| 28 | It does n't have to be slid on at the end of the needlebed . |
| 29 | Financing just the first instalment of Labour 's spending plans would raise basic-rate income tax by 3½p in the pound if the entire burden was not to be loaded on to the better-off . |
| 30 | David Wheatley , 28 , lived in a fantasy after failing to be taken on by the Force . |