Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | There is a crucial role for partnerships in taking on responsibility for the local co-ordination of education . |
2 | This square is very large and was originally faced with 70 offices carrying on trade with the whole ancient world . |
3 | the transaction , even if internal and concluded between persons carrying on business in the same State , produces effects in another State ; |
4 | Three main developments should be noted : ( 1 ) the opening up overseas of branch offices of English or Welsh partnerships ; ( 2 ) the creation of new partnerships overseas carrying on business in the English firm-name and involving some , or all , of the English partners together with foreign lawyers ( the counterpart of the multi-national practices which will shortly be set up in the UK ) ; ( 3 ) associations between English and foreign ( typically from the USA ) firms to carry on business together in a third country or as a regional or transnational grouping . |
5 | His belief that his fitness problems may at last be over stems from an unusual remedy — putting on weight as a conscious policy . |