Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] on [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changing the ground rules has angered investors on both sides of the Atlantic , and Mr Skinner 's mandate for this is being widely questioned - particularly as foreign carriers are already represented on US airline boards . |
| 2 | They were somewhat taken aback , however , when its representative arrived not only with the chef , but with an assortment of eight other people , one or two of whom were faintly familiar , though unidentifiable save by Angelina , who had been best placed on Saturday evening to recognise the ‘ waiters ’ at the banquet . |
| 3 | Cold cure lacquers : are usually based on urea formaldehyde and melamine and ‘ cure ’ after mixing with a hardener . |
| 4 | British Telecom directories and area codes are also based on service delivery and not on the existence of defined regions . |
| 5 | During the second phase participants are also engaged on project work and study of research methodologies . |
| 6 | Although electric guitar necks are also shaped on NC machinery , the final playing profile is put on by hand . |
| 7 | Calves are small at birth and Luing bulls are often used on lowland dairy herds for easy calving . |
| 8 | Tap washers come in different sizes and different designs ( hemispherical ones , for example , are often used on mains pressure taps ) . |
| 9 | These are now kept on computer disc and copies can be run iff at any time . |
| 10 | Of the companies traced , 40 have failed , another 22 were taken over and 22 are now quoted on Stock Exchange markets . |
| 11 | CUP has Tasks for Language Teachers by Martin Parrot of International House in London , and this , although expensive at £13.95 , promises to be widely used on teacher training courses . |
| 12 | The brothers recently launched two-day design courses for amateur gardeners and suspect that the Waterers name might be profitably used on gardening equipment . |
| 13 | MONEY raised by the new National Lottery would be well spent on breast cancer research . |
| 14 | These depositors were less likely to make sudden substantial withdrawals , which allowed for lower cash reserves : profit without risk , especially since lendings were usually secured on land mortgage . |
| 15 | between older industrial areas that were once based on manufacturing industry ( such as the North West , the North , the West Midlands ) and those areas with a high concentration of newer services and high-technology employment ( such as the South East , East Anglia ) ; |
| 16 | The HP 700 products were originally based on Alsys technology and Alsys will continue developing , marketing and maintaining these products as well as shipping new versions of the product supporting HP-UX 8.0 on the Series 800 , and will follow up with a new version supporting the Series 400 and 300 workstations . |
| 17 | It is n't clear from the evaluation that the money is better spent on air ambulance services than it is on improving intensive care facilities . ’ |
| 18 | When agreement has been reached , it is generally recorded on form COT 3 , which is only available from ACAS . |
| 19 | Foreign suspicion is also fuelled by reports that the administration is deeply divided on trade policy . |
| 20 | HSE leadership is clearly placed on line management ; |
| 21 | All development is now done on Hewlett-Packard Co PA RISC Snake workstations running Unix — SAS has taken $5m worth of the things — the SAS system as a whole now runs to over four million lines of code . |
| 22 | The Black Hats versus White Hats cricket match , which is now held on May Day Bank Holiday , was originally a way of getting Ilkley Cricket Club out of debt . |
| 23 | EXACTLY such a view of the attacks is now espoused on Sparrow Farm . |
| 24 | The Act thus attempted to control the admissibility of such evidence in the courtroom for reasons not only for its biasing effects upon a jury , but also for subsequent press coverage , which is often based on courtroom interaction . |
| 25 | The results of the actor tests show that there are still substantial levels of discrimination against Asians and West Indians when applying for manual jobs ; that the discrimination is stronger against applicants for non-skilled rather than for skilled jobs ; that it is mainly based on colour prejudice rather than prejudice against foreigners ; and that levels of discrimination against Indians , Pakistanis and West Indians are much the same . |
| 26 | A sales stand is regularly situated on Rothley station in order to raise funds for the restoration work , Richard Derry will be delighted to hear from you at . |
| 27 | This additional revenue is then spent on non-emergency state activities ; that is , it is displaced . |
| 28 | The Block , built by J.J. Oakes & Son , was duly opened on Speech Day , 17th July 1957 , appropriately by Professor Williams , who had recently become the first recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the Royal Society of Arts , " to individuals who have attained early distinction , with promise of future achievements , in the promotion of arts , manufacture , and commerce " . |
| 29 | As well as Motorola CPUs , ABI Rev 1.0 was eventually implemented on Intel iAPX-86 , Mips and Sparc lines too . |
| 30 | Open Accounting was originally developed on Hewlett-Packard Co 's HP 9000 range , but has since been implemented for the RS/6000 , Sequent Computer Systems Corp boxes and Digital Equipment Corp 's Alpha running OSF/1 . |