Example sentences of "be [verb] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But trampolining wo n't be catching on with the other animals . |
| 2 | I will definitely be hanging on to the sweat-stained handkerchief that Tom Jones tossed to my mother back in the Sixties . |
| 3 | ‘ I would prefer the portfolio of the shadow Scottish secretary to be voted on by the Scottish group and the Scottish party . ’ |
| 4 | My Working Group recommended that knowledge about language should be an integral part of work in English , not a separate body of knowledge to be added on to the traditional English curriculum . |
| 5 | They may only be carried on with the local authority 's consent , and |
| 6 | " I shall only allow those boys to use the range who have attained considerable proficiency in their physical exercises and drill ; and all shooting will be carried on under the strictest supervision . |
| 7 | Their liberated lives could not be carried on in the child-centred suburbs . |
| 8 | An antechamber may be built on to the main egg-chamber . |
| 9 | Marr ( 1982 ) describes many processes that have yet to be mapped on to the nervous system . |
| 10 | The pace and success of any rehabilitation programme , after a care order is made , are to be decided on by the local authority and only the local authority . |
| 11 | Cahervillahow ran no race in the Gold Cup but he might be turned on by the National as was the case with Attitude Adjuster who was also trained by Mouse Morris . |
| 12 | Only 365 people turned up and to add insult to injury , the lights had to be turned on in the second half when a storm blew up , plunging the ground into darkness . |
| 13 | All contain the same genes , although different genes will be turned on in the different specialist cells . |
| 14 | The history specialists in the secondary school for the area may also be able to offer advice , especially as pupils from the catchment area will ultimately be going on to the secondary school . |
| 15 | Gill will be going on to the Namarroi area to take part in an evaluation with the CCM . |
| 16 | ‘ Danny will be going on about the fair all night now , ’ said David as the bus disappeared through the factory gates , then as they turned away he asked , ‘ Are you on duty tomorrow ? ’ |
| 17 | The only place where this type of sedimentation seems to be going on at the present day is in the ocean depths , where the deposits consist mainly of the remains of minute pelagic organisms , literally raining down from a watery heaven , plus volcanic dust raining down more intermittently from the aerial heaven above . |
| 18 | Something must be going on in the black box labelled ‘ consumer ’ . |
| 19 | It was also alleged for instance that women were too docile to make really good workers , too lacking in spirit and ambition : " Boys [ i.e. apprentices ] would claim to be shifted on to the higher branches of the trade " . |
| 20 | Their anxiety may be displaced on to the actual ceremony , making the responses correctly , being the centre of attention , or on to details of the reception or party to be held afterwards . |
| 21 | On warm days the area between the lawn and water surface had constantly to be watched so that , immediately signs of shrinkage appeared , water could be sprayed on to the puddled surface . |
| 22 | And that 's an arrangement which will be carrying on over the next few years . |
| 23 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |
| 24 | A thick lagging jacket should be put on to the hot water tank . |
| 25 | Sections that have been saved to disk from other designs can also be imported on to the current grid , so a completely new pattern could be created simply by combining various sections from other designs . |
| 26 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 27 | Commitment to sport has to be freely given ; it has to be fun ; it can not be foisted on to the poor or the wayward from above because it is good for them . |
| 28 | At least two departments in France will be focussed on for the detailed investigation of home owners . |
| 29 | The piece can then be glued on to the damaged area and made ready to receive the gold leaf . |
| 30 | They may share their syringes and if one of them has HIV , the needle will become infected and the virus could be passed on to the other person . |