Example sentences of "[vb past] to be [vb pp] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1970 , Wilson appealed to be judged on the government 's record , on its competence in dealing with ‘ the country 's problems ’ and in particular the balance of payments . |
| 2 | The faith of the psychiatrist in whatever remedies he uses is an important contribution to , and perhaps sometimes the main reason for its effectiveness or its reputation , but this drug , later named Tofranil or imipramine , was found to be effective in many other clinics and came to be used on a wide scale . |
| 3 | In much the way that curriculum development and in-service education relinquished their dependence on centralised projects and courses and came to be focused on the particular contexts of schools , so also the preoccupation of project evaluation with theoretical models and procedures gave way to a practical need to solve concrete problems of educational practice in schools . |
| 4 | Bernard was on a round the world trip and he had a system worked out for the South American leg that seemed to be based on the storming of Himalayan peaks . |
| 5 | The whole structure seemed to be based on the indifference of the majority . |
| 6 | He seemed to be focused on the black space beyond the candlelight . |
| 7 | This rule seemed to be modelled on the proportionality requirement in self-defence , and was criticized as quite unsuitable for cases of provocation , where loss of self-control intervenes between the provocation and the retaliation . |
| 8 | The Left seemed to be caught on the horns of a dilemma : insurrection was regarded with increased scepticism and democracy with increased respect , but parliamentary socialism continued to reveal its all too familiar limitations . |
| 9 | Its total energy seemed to be expended on the collection of taxes , and like Yakovlev himself , it had no interest in the mainsprings of peasant culture . |
| 10 | Sites then began to be linked on the basis of the type of stone tools that they produced , and on some sites different types of stone tools were found in superimposed layers . |
| 11 | He declined to be drawn on the group 's specific release plans , despite word that an album of remixes is imminent . |
| 12 | The planning directors of eight companies were contacted , of whom one declined to be interviewed on the grounds that his company did not use environmental scanning . |
| 13 | Held , allowing the appeal and the cross-appeal , that under the terms of the mortgage and other deeds the defendants were entitled to recover their actual costs , charges and expenses except for any costs that had not been reasonably incurred or were unreasonable in amount ; that both litigation and non-litigation costs could be referred to a taxing for quantification ; that the defendants were contractually entitled to payment on an indemnity basis as defined by R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) ; that the court 's discretion as to the basis of taxation of a mortgagee 's costs , charges and expenses should normally be exercised so as to correspond with the contractual entitlement ; and that , accordingly , the master had power to order that the contractual costs , charges and expenses and the costs incurred in the litigation be taxed on an indemnity basis including those costs ordered to be taxed on a standard basis ( post , pp. 735E–F , 736B–C , 737E–F , 739A–C , 741H — 742D , E–H ) . |
| 14 | He argued that greater emphasis needed to be placed on the practical applications of scientific work if Britain 's economic downturn were to be reversed . |
| 15 | Most people accepted more money needed to be spent on the railways with extra staff to keep them going , he said . |
| 16 | Phillips 's original exercise had many features which were attractive to applied econometricians : the initial empirical work had been rather haphazard , leaving many important hypotheses untested ; the estimation techniques were simple ; it was a reduced form equation , a collapsed version of a larger structural model , leading to the possibility of biases ; in addition to the omission of many potentially significant explanatory variables , much refinement needed to be performed on the time series data . |
| 17 | The profession needed to be educated on the subject of undertakings , and any rules which might be introduced should be limited to undertakings given in the course of conveyancing transactions . |
| 18 | Bush said that attention needed to be focused on the economic reconstruction of Cambodia " so its new political reconciliation has a home from which to grow " . |
| 19 | Rena M. , an active union member , nevertheless asked to be replaced on the committee in 1929 because of her mother 's illness . |
| 20 | But , says STEVE BALE , Neath never asked to be placed on a pedestal . |
| 21 | Two weeks before the General Election of 1983 , she agreed to be interviewed on the BBC Nationwide 's On the Spot in the guise of Tory party leader rather than Prime Minister of Britain . |
| 22 | Such balancing depends on the relationship between the importance to the liquidator of obtaining the information on the one hand and the degree of oppression to the person sought to be examined on the other . |
| 23 | ‘ in particular with the basic proposition that the exercise of the discretion involves the balancing of the requirements of the liquidator or administrator to obtain information on the one hand against the possible oppression to the person sought to be examined on the other . |
| 24 | Such balancing depends on the relationship between the importance to the liquidator of obtaining the information on the one hand and the degree of oppression to the person sought to be examined on the other . |
| 25 | Bishop looked to be held on the line by two Trinity forwards but wriggled like an eel to get free and touch down . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Bob , remembering from his childhood just how much it hurt to be punched on the nose . |
| 27 | This appeared to be based on the geographical location of their offices , although the structure of the firm may also have been a factor . |
| 28 | As Gerald Thomas told me : ‘ Our success appeared to be based on the demise of the British music hall , the slightly lavatorial humour that appealed to father and son alike — and to the fact that people knew what they were getting , like Heinz baked beans or Lux toilet soap . ’ |
| 29 | Witnesses said most of the fire appeared to be concentrated on an area controlled by Somalia 's main warlord , Mohamed Farah Aideed . |
| 30 | Most of the trouble appeared to be centred on the Cocody and Yopougon campuses of Abidjan university where , on the night of May 17-18 , troops stormed student accommodation . |