Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations . |
| 2 | These include policies of enforced separation whereby only activities that do not cause conflicts are carried on within a single entity , declining to act in situations of acute conflict , use of independence policies and Chinese walls . |
| 3 | Fragrant herbs play a great part in what has come to be called aromatherapy , in which essential fragrant oils from herbs are rubbed on to the skin . |
| 4 | Our physical characteristics are handed on through the genes but the far more important part of us , the mental , lives on in the minds and eventually in the memory of the human race . |
| 5 | Norwegian Jacquard : This stitch design option will allow you to knit many different colours in a design style that is best described as based on the traditional Scandinavian type of pattern , where small designs are laid on to a multi-coloured striped background . |
| 6 | Then , when her legs were lifted on to the couch , the croak turned into a stilted scream as she cried , ‘ No ! |
| 7 | Britain under Harold Macmillan was booming and new Austins and Morrises were flooding on to the country 's antiquated roads . |
| 8 | At less exalted levels of society , economies had to be made ; often many subjects were crammed on to a single plate . |
| 9 | The police soon banned these as offensive weapons , especially when steel spikes were welded on to the toecaps , and more subtle weapons had to be found . |
| 10 | Standing in the Platz in her elegant coat and furs Erika was on the verge of tears : first the books were thrown on to the flames and then , in a terrible and inevitable sequence , human beings were put into the incinerators . |
| 11 | Very low prices ( the retailer makes savings through bulk buying , and overheads are lower than in a central location — part of these savings is passed on to the customer ) |
| 12 | Spacing of the bricks is marked on to the former on the inner and outer circumference , always starting form the centre brick so that it 's exactly symmetrical . |
| 13 | At that time the tax that banks deducted from interest payments to depositors was passed on to the taxmen each quarter . |
| 14 | The Provos , he claimed , had reserves of munitions and were determined to keep going , even though a debate of sorts was going on within the Republican movement . |
| 15 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 16 | So it is all the more striking to see what happens when those known language experiences are translated on to the page of a book . |
| 17 | In an effort to cut costs , Nissan will reduce the breathtaking speed at which new models are rushed on to the market . |
| 18 | Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend . |
| 19 | And all of these functions are carried on by the ego . |
| 20 | Yesterday as 390 of his old workmates were thrown on to the dole with him , Mike said : ‘ It 's like somebody kicked you in the guts . |
| 21 | Cargoes were off-loaded on to the stone docks , and again they caught the sharp pungency of unknown spices . |
| 22 | But the bills were dropping on to the doormat and I felt I had no choice . |
| 23 | Two large boulders were rolled on to the road and they sat down to wait , guns at the ready . |
| 24 | The relationship between body posture and suppressed past trauma or emotions was touched on in the section dealing with cervical reintegration . |
| 25 | Lateral and medial stabilisers are incorporated on to the outsole to prevent rollover while the design features a flex notch , which has been cut into the outsole to counter any restriction of movement . |
| 26 | Is the Minister aware that there would be widespread opposition , particularly in Scotland , to any Government imposing legislation that led to the disappearance of the traditional head on a pint of beer or to increased costs being passed on to the consumer in price increases ? |
| 27 | He charts an unfolding if uncertain logic which goes back to the way in which the welfare state was put together after the war , as pieces were tacked on in a rather haphazard way to existing state institutions . |
| 28 | The grey trousers were put on in the month of March last and the white waistcoats in May . ’ |
| 29 | Noses to the ground , the dogs were coming on at an fast , distance-consuming lope . |
| 30 | The work will not mean any new workers being taken on by the developer of the Tees Offshore Base , housed in the former Smiths Dock . |