Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] on [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT is unfortunate that NASUWT , the career teachers ' organisation , should be banging on about quality in education in a leaflet just issued . |
| 2 | It could now be argued that the unity of wartime should be carried on to deal with peacemaking , demobilization and economic reconstruction . |
| 3 | The Countryside Commission claims that it will ruin the view from the mountain , but the developers argue that it should be looked on with pride as a source of non-polluting energy . |
| 4 | But where the pre-existing obligation is a contractual duty owed to a third party , some other ground of public policy must be relied on to invalidate the consideration ( if otherwise legal ) … |
| 5 | We received no checklists of basic topics to be covered by all tutors , and no indication that anything other than general exhortation might be insisted on by course organisers . |
| 6 | They 'll be packing on of season , even if it 's that 's a funny thing . |
| 7 | Erm so maybe they 'll be going on to university , college university . |
| 8 | This was because of past history when it was expected of the womenfolk , and the close family structure where others could be called on to assist if necessary . |
| 9 | There was no major saint-cult which could be relied on to bolster episcopal power . |
| 10 | Moreover , we may point out that even if corresponding attributive and predicative adjectives ( occurring with the same noun ) could be relied on to share the same referential locus , that would be no justification for leaping to an assertion that the two elements are actually " the same " tout court , and even less for claiming that the structural positions they occupy are alternative forms of each other . |
| 11 | She had an eye for talent which they respected , she knew how to pick her designers , and could be relied on to spot a trend developing and to promote it . |
| 12 | In Colombia , many of the peasants were persuaded to give up their coffee and cocoa trees , which though not highly productive , could be relied on to produce and , instead , to take up seasonal crops such as corn , soybeans and tomatoes . |
| 13 | This could be relied on to throw up ‘ bad ’ as well as ‘ good ’ factors . |
| 14 | Helen who had been there years and years , knew all the ropes , could be relied on to deal tactfully with difficult customers , with the intransigence of the county library system , with errant books and tiresome children . |
| 15 | An even more exciting development was TrailerTrain , comprising a specially profiled road trailer which could be loaded on to railway bogies , again without the need for fixed equipment at the transfer location . |
| 16 | The language of the sources could be simplified for those who had difficulty reading the sources or they could be copied on to tape for listening . |
| 17 | This translates into an average eighteen pounds reduction in council tax for a band E dwelling which could be passed on to council tax payers in their ninety four , ninety five bills or of course allows them more flexibility in their general financial planning . |
| 18 | While scientists may be called on to use their knowledge to set priorities for action by conservation groups , the groups depend for funding and action on their public appeal . |
| 19 | However , Byron Nelson , 79 , has a new hip and may be called on for duty . |
| 20 | I hold that on an appeal to the High Court under the Children Act 1989 the only findings of fact and the only reasons that may be relied on to support the decision of the justices under appeal , are those announced by the justices in accordance with rule 21 . |
| 21 | They may be picked on in revenge raids by the security forces after attacks by armed opposition groups or protests by political groups . |
| 22 | HIV may be passed on during sex when blood , semen ( spunk or cum ) or vaginal fluids from an infected person enter the bloodstream of her or his partner . |
| 23 | Faith in the City ( Commission on Urban Priority Areas , 1984 ) is the most recent study to remind us that for the non-London conurbations , the grimmest social conditions may be found on over spill local authority ‘ outer estates ’ ( Centre for Environmental Studies , 1983 ) . |
| 24 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 25 | At one time only a few selected diseases were thought to have links with the sufferer 's state of mind , but now it is recognized that a whole range — from cancer to heart attack — may be brought on by worry and strain . |
| 26 | An agreement had hastily been arrived at , to the effect that Cornelius would be kept on at school for an indefinite period until matters could be expedited . |
| 27 | Jaq presumed that periodically these would be switched on to prune the jungle back . |
| 28 | Suppliers paying higher wages would be passed on in price increases . |
| 29 | Some of the ‘ Heavy rescue ’ men would come and continue shoring up the main walls , a roof would be put on at ground level . |
| 30 | An hour had passed since she had thought about Catherine , about her and Mike and what would be going on at home . |