Example sentences of "are [verb] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kurdish people are hanging on in the northern part of Iraq , desperately in need of support and aid that must come to them before a harsh winter sets in . |
| 2 | That is not the case when they are added on to the normal uprating statement , as has happened today . |
| 3 | Candidates from both the UK and overseas are accepted on to the full-time programme . |
| 4 | I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations . |
| 5 | So , from The Inheritors , we understand that certain things are going on in the fictional world . |
| 6 | We are moving on with the medical services . |
| 7 | They 're occupying themselves writing out an account of their movements since Lorrimer was last seen alive and the local force are getting on with the preliminary checking of alibis . |
| 8 | The surprising thing about this debate is its relative neglect of the administrative dimension of corporatism ( Etzioni-Halevy 1983 , pp. 63–73 ) , especially since the relationships between state and economy which compel a corporatist interpretation of modern capitalism manifest themselves through institutions which are grafted on to the administrative system . |
| 9 | This diversification requires that the genes coding for the ‘ luxury ’ proteins in these cell types are switched on in the appropriate cell . |
| 10 | These requests ( except perhaps the ones for favourable examination results ) are passed on to the local prefecture , and the deputé has to show that he can deliver the goods . |