Example sentences of "are [verb] on [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , if any of the pupils are to go on with the language at A level , they will simply have to learn some grammar at some stage . |
| 2 | Richard Spink , of the Citizens Advice Bureaux , said : ‘ Thousands are hanging on by the skin of their teeth . |
| 3 | It is in the interview that many of these aspects of the post are checked on with the candidate . |
| 4 | Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend . |
| 5 | Sir Geoffrey is also required to examine the basis on which share deals which are carried on outside the Exchange can be handled by the new clearing house . |
| 6 | And all of these functions are carried on by the ego . |
| 7 | Lateral and medial stabilisers are incorporated on to the outsole to prevent rollover while the design features a flex notch , which has been cut into the outsole to counter any restriction of movement . |
| 8 | Well , as usual it 's all there in the papers that Mr has prepared for us if anybody cares to read them , and you will notice , the national non-domestic rate , the business rate as it 's known , the contribution that the government are passing on from the business rates paid in Wiltshire , back to the people of Wiltshire is dropping by seven point nine million pounds , it 's being cut from a hundred and eighteen point six to a hundred and nine point three million pounds , and again this is pound for pound . |
| 9 | ‘ And those statistics are transferred on to the computer ? ’ |
| 10 | A good example is a manufacturer who sells to a reseller and requires the reseller to grant him an indemnity in respect of third party claims for product liability made against the manufacturer arising in relation to the products of the manufacturer that are sold on by the reseller . |
| 11 | Because because there 's so many there 's so many things that are going on at the moment that it it does take time . |
| 12 | Dramatic as imprinting is as a form of learning , it suffered from my point of view from the problem that for a bird to become imprinted requires exposing it to the stimulus , the flashing light or whatever , for a couple of hours ; memory builds up slowly over that time , and so the cellular changes that are going on during the period inevitably intermingle the effects of learning and of visual stimulation with those of memory formation . |
| 13 | You do n't know that you are inadvertently causing the work to arrive late by stressing its urgency any more than you know what thoughts and feelings are going on inside the typist . |
| 14 | But if you think about it in contemporary terms I I was giving a lecture in London er a couple of weeks ago erm on the subject of erm America 's changing foreign policy under Clinton if you just think about foreign policy making and who makes it , and questions of consistency and you think about some of the crises that are going on in the world from Bosnia and so on what does the constitution tell us ? |
| 15 | What we were expecting and erm he wanted to know , to a large extent , how we felt about all the erm things that are going on in the parish . |
| 16 | Also , other issues are going on around the globe , not only tennis . ’ |
| 17 | Well those are some of the things which are going on around the showground … |
| 18 | We 're moving to Shanghai with mixed feelings , as we 've heard we 'll be staying in the Peace Hotel , in the noisy centre of the city , but it 's nice to feel now that we are moving on to the home stretch . |
| 19 | But we accept that there is not a customer for this work and we are getting on with the job of ensuring that the business as a whole continues to develop positively . |
| 20 | So it is all the more striking to see what happens when those known language experiences are translated on to the page of a book . |
| 21 | Commonly used for furniture units , panelling and partitions , the scope of mdf is increasing all the time , as moistureresistant , fire-resistant and exterior grades are coming on to the market , together with pre-finished d-i-y products such as skirtings , covings , architraves , mouldings and floor panels . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , other PEPs are coming on to the market . |
| 23 | SOUTH WEST ‘ Fewer properties are coming on to the market , which is a good sign , ’ says Julian Knops of Andrews in Bath and Bristol . |
| 24 | That is true not just of BT — a large number of other investors are coming on to the market . |
| 25 | Many more are coming on to the list . |
| 26 | In an effort to cut costs , Nissan will reduce the breathtaking speed at which new models are rushed on to the market . |
| 27 | Fragrant herbs play a great part in what has come to be called aromatherapy , in which essential fragrant oils from herbs are rubbed on to the skin . |
| 28 | There are also benefits to be gained from schools working together on ‘ education weeks ’ where displays of art , craft and project work are put on in the town hall or community centre . |
| 29 | One explanation is that the initial infection , acquired from the ingestion of overwintered larvae in May , involves so few worms that neither clinical signs nor immunity is produced ; however , sufficient numbers of larvae are seeded on to the pasture so that by July the numbers of L3 on pasture are sufficient to produce clinical disease . |
| 30 | The firm 's number of assignments has doubled since 1979 — from about 70 carried out by five consultants to around 150 handled by nine — and its annual fee income in London now exceeds £3m. profits are shared equally by the partners worldwide , and all new consultants are taken on with the view that they will ultimately become partners . |