Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would prefer the portfolio of the shadow Scottish secretary to be voted on by the Scottish group and the Scottish party . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They may only be carried on with the local authority 's consent , and |
| 4 | " 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 . |
| 5 | Their liberated lives could not be carried on in the child-centred suburbs . |
| 6 | An antechamber may be built on to the main egg-chamber . |
| 7 | Marr ( 1982 ) describes many processes that have yet to be mapped on to the nervous system . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | All contain the same genes , although different genes will be turned on in the different specialist cells . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A thick lagging jacket should be put on to the hot water tank . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | At least two departments in France will be focussed on for the detailed investigation of home owners . |
| 20 | The piece can then be glued on to the damaged area and made ready to receive the gold leaf . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If one of these people has HIV , it may be passed on to the other person . |
| 23 | I mean y I think the charges that banks are making in order to make up some of their losses , they 're going to be passed on to the average investor , you know the average client , so erm you know the Halifax will do it free , I 've heard recently that they are actually charging for er holding your deeds . |
| 24 | With regard to Bury and Oldham , arrangements existed for referrals to be passed on to the respective social service departments . |
| 25 | It is a genetically-linked defect and will be passed on to the white offspring of the deaf mother . |
| 26 | Man is a god in ruins , thought Emerson , and perhaps at the end of the twentieth century much the same could be said of his world , a still beautiful but ravaged paradise which , regardless of the tenets of sustainable development will not be passed on to the next century in better or even the same condition , in fact , almost certainly in worse condition as a result of meeting the needs of another billion or so people . |
| 27 | But to the Lamarckians it seemed much more natural to assume that the wasting away of an individual 's eyes when there was no light would be passed on to the next generation , resulting in a rapid loss of eyesight in the whole population . |
| 28 | Hence , governments interested in reducing these disparities have introduced various taxes on large wealth holders , directed in particular at reducing the extent to which large accumulations of wealth can be passed on to the next generation . |
| 29 | A small firm may feel vulnerable and unable to compete effectively and look to be taken over , though with an agreement that those of its partners who do not retire should be taken on by the new firm . |
| 30 | All the DCs can be worked on at the same time ( which is why they must all be handled through one user and one package ) , and the package need only be approved once for them all . |