Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have thus established that PHB mobility in vivo can be explained solely on the basis of the intrinsic material properties of the polymer . |
| 2 | The curved backpieces can be roughed out on the bandsaw , then finished on the router table , using a cutter with a bearing following a template . |
| 3 | Naturally , such allegations will rarely be made , although the defence of " justification " requires them to be proven only on the balance of probabilities , and not on the higher criminal standard , " beyond reasonable doubt " . |
| 4 | This policy is back in the desk drawer at the moment , but it is clearly going to be placed back on the table , since the government is even considering charging thirty pound a night for N H S beds . |
| 5 | On successful completion , and will ultimately be placed offshore on the Shell MMS contract . |
| 6 | The representatives met again on 29 March to consider the Finlay and Shelmerdine reports , and Stanley Bruce , the Australian High Commissioner , stated that the USA and USSR should be approached immediately on the subject of civil aviation . |
| 7 | The Klasies River Mouth site is made to sound almost idyllic by Ronald Singer and John Wymer , who excavated there during two seasons from 1966 to 1968 : ‘ while the sea was close , the attractions of the site were numerous : an almost unlimited supply of shellfish ; large and small mammals available for hunting in the immediate hinter land and at watering places along the adjacent river ; abundant fresh water ; seals , dolphins and fishes from the sea ; marine birds to be caught easily on the beach ; natural caves and rock shelters for protection ; and an unlimited supply of good quality siliceous quartzite for making tools and weapons . |
| 8 | Aunt Sarah would be curled up on the sofa , in guernsey and old jeans , having chased Robin and Jenny out so that she could phone in peace . |
| 9 | Usually , an artist can be booked out on the strength of a record 's popularity and radio air play . |
| 10 | Tug felt the call to join her , to leap to his feet and let himself be carried up on the tide , into a high and heroic world . |
| 11 | But , above all , more intensive studies need to be carried out on the pottery of the second half of the fourth century to ensure a greater refinement in dating . |
| 12 | The MEng project will be carried out on the sponsor 's premises . |
| 13 | Staff training : this should be carried out on the day of commencement or the day immediately preceding . |
| 14 | Instructions contained in the owner 's manual state that adjustment should be carried out on the tip opposite to the direction of turn by reducing the angle of incidence , one setting at a time , following which a flight test must be carried out . |
| 15 | SPAR 's behaviour seems better if two conditions apply : that the reasoner is known to be less reliable than the linguistic part of the system , as it might be if the texts processed describe a relatively open domain ; and that , as for example , in a machine translation task , no further non-linguistic processing will be carried out on the reading accepted . |
| 16 | Although much work remains to be carried out on the coach , including repairs to windows and roof , restoration of interior compartments and finally repainting in L & SWR salmon pink and brown livery , it is hoped to complete the restoration within a year where the LSWR carriage will join the TVR coach and the two GWR coaches to form a very unique vintage train and to move the Gwili further up the valley . |
| 17 | Most interviews , including radio , can be carried out on the telephone , with the reporter asking a few prepared questions . |
| 18 | But numerous patronymics of later formation have lasted — Johnson , Jackson , Peterson , Lawson , FitzPayne — perhaps to a total of more than a hundred and fifty , and to this day there are useful studies to be carried out on the distribution patterns of such rarities as Mattimoe = relative of Matthew . |
| 19 | shortlisting should be carried out on the basis of a previously agreed person specification detailing the qualifications , experience and skills necessary to do the job ; |
| 20 | Segmentation This may be carried out on the basis of ( i ) intuition techniques and product and interpretation ; or ( ii ) use of market research positioning data ( suitably re-arranged and interpreted ) ; or ( iii ) using an analysis of attribute sets . |
| 21 | They specified modifications which must be carried out on the ship before it will be allowed to sail again . |
| 22 | Following complaints from the Local Authority , repairs had to be carried out on the paving between the rails on the Tooting line , early in 1912 . |
| 23 | Experiments will be carried out on the nature and development of the strategies that reasoners learn to construct , and on the sources of difficulty in making meta-deductions . |
| 24 | The work would be carried out on the understanding that the resulting products would be returned to the country of origin . |
| 25 | Although it is a Kunsthalle rather than a collection , Hamish Fulton 's wall text ‘ Rock Fall Echo Dust ’ decorates the entrance hall and Richard Wentworth and Swiss artist , Anne Sauser-Hall , are making small sculptures to be installed discreetly on the stairwell . |
| 26 | He had no doubt that the case could be wound up on the strength of it . |
| 27 | The next day , he telephoned Al Clark , asking that Music Week be let in on the joke . |
| 28 | To be completely safe , he activated his automatic call-signal which would be picked up on the ground . |
| 29 | These can be seen on the modern OS maps and the tithe map , and they can be picked out on the ground from changes in level and property boundaries . |
| 30 | Assured tenants can be evicted only on the authority of a court order , and the landlord has to give the tenant a notice of proceedings for possession , which will include a statement of the grounds for possession the landlord is using . |