Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [vb pp] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to that , it might interest you to know that er in excess of a further one hundred and sixty hectares of land is in our U D deposit version , U D P proposed to be released on greenfield sites on the edge of the built up areas . |
| 2 | In short large sums of US dollars came to be held on deposit outside the US . |
| 3 | The tradition of gambling that had been associated with brutal sports came to be centred on horse-racing and later football . |
| 4 | The huge domes seemed to be heaped on top of each other like black barnacles , their polarised , opaque surfaces hiding everything contained within them . |
| 5 | Tamar had little chance to talk to Stephen , who seemed to be occupied on estate business from morn till night . |
| 6 | Norwich fans did pay their respects by placing bunches of daffodils on the pitch behind the goal , although nothing of this gesture seemed to be mentioned on TV or in the press . |
| 7 | Marshall had taken to calling it the rumour factory because a disproportionate amount of time seemed to be wasted on chatter . |
| 8 | Initially , SEATS will replace the Company Bulletin Board service introduced in April 1992 to permit investors to display their buying and selling orders in securities which ceased to be traded on SEAQ because they did not have two marketmakers ( see ACCOUNTANCY , June , p 44 ) . |
| 9 | After being acquitted Livingstone admitted possessing a five-inch knife as an offensive weapon on a separate occasion and agreed to be put on probation for twelve months . |
| 10 | The point appeared to be taken on board by UK energy minister Tim Eggar who acknowledged that there were other areas competing for shares of hard-pressed oil company budgets as the world oil prices fell back in real terms to pre-1974 levels . |
| 11 | The first details of the fifth five-year development plan ( 1990-95 ) were revealed in a Planning Ministry statement on Dec. 31 , 1989 , in which heavy emphasis continued to be placed on defence spending in spite of the recession of recent years and a chronic deficit which resulted in modest spending increases overall . |
| 12 | Under these difficult conditions , some firm decisions had to be made on cost savings , both with regard to investment and labour . |
| 13 | Quasi-judicial functions , it was thought , were best committed to politically responsible Ministers rather than to courts because ultimately the required decision had to be made on policy grounds . |
| 14 | Remembering that all fresh water had to be stored on board , she turned it off while she soaped herself . |
| 15 | Unlike the Daleks , whose ray gun effects were supplied electronically , the Mechonoids actually had working flame throwers — hence why the battle scene in Episode Six had to be shot on film in the controlled environment of Ealing studios . |
| 16 | This was its worst year for a decade both in terms of the growth of business volumes and of the level of bad debts that had to be absorbed on behalf of clients . |
| 17 | Boswell loathed him so much that his first edition of the Tour to the Hebrides had to be amended on account of the unflattering position he took on Sir Alexander . |
| 18 | But wider , deeper and larger considerations had to be taken on board and at this stage I do n't know if any of the money will be available to me for replacing Batty if he goes . ’ |
| 19 | But wider , deeper and longer considerations had to be taken on board . ’ |
| 20 | This too had to be curbed on cost grounds , along with plans for two monolithic block-like structures , within the control room , which would darken to black as the ship landed , and fill with light as it took off . |
| 21 | His first attempt , four years ago , had to be put on hold through lack of cash and the right cast . |
| 22 | Plans had to be put on hold when the Royal National Theatre decided to stage The Miser in London but the actor was keen enough on the project to commit himself to the project months ahead and risk turning down more lucrative work . |
| 23 | Sadly , the bar had closed and the staff had long since departed so the celebration pint of bitter had to be put on ice for another day . |
| 24 | The £7,000 prize money had to be spent on travel . |
| 25 | Since he had no typist or secretary in the country , this meant that much of the time which he wished to devote to his own work had to be spent on business correspondence . |
| 26 | A military career had fascinated the young Makarenko , though he disliked it and had to be discharged on account of poor eyesight . |
| 27 | To try to rejuvenate his fading presidency Reagan wanted to be seen on prime-time network television across America greeting each hostage in turn as they stepped safely back on to American soil . |
| 28 | They refused to be interviewed on camera , but said they were unaware of any plans for another mass invasion of the common . |