Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm going to turn into one of those old guys who are constantly harping on about the war , about ration books and bomb shelters . |
| 2 | Advertising costs and any expenses incurred in hiring premises are normally passed on by the estate agents to the vendor , whether or not the auction results in a sale . |
| 3 | Developers are already cottoning on to the trend by building houses with ready made work rooms . |
| 4 | Sugar and fat are also frowned on in the report because they can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods . |
| 5 | Investigations are also going on into the state holding company , Corfo , the housing ministry and a state-owned bank where new officials have uncovered high-handed property transfers and loans made either to the army as an institution or to individual officers . |
| 6 | Actresses are also creeping on to the catwalk , offering their services in exchange for a couple of outfits . |
| 7 | But governments seem unable to learn that the high taxes are inevitably passed on to the consumer as part of the cost of operating a business : Taxes have to be paid , and just as fuel and power bills are borne , tax liability forms part of the overall cost-recovery necessary for the survival of a business . |
| 8 | Because the majority of tiles are simply hooked on to the battens , it is easier to replace a slipped or broken tile with a new unit than it is to replace a nail-fixed tile . |
| 9 | The frogs are collected and cooked over a fire until the poisonous , milky skin secretions appear ; these are then scraped on to the weapons . |
| 10 | Experienced advisers never respond to this question , but the unrepresented applicant often responds to the question with bizarre unsupportable allegations of bias and corruption by the employer which are sometimes seized on by the tribunal to the prejudice of the applicant . |
| 11 | Flak jackets and helmets are hastily pulled on as the team race out to their vehicles . |
| 12 | Under the overseas person exemption , many types of investment business which are actually carried on in the UK ( albeit from a non-UK office ) , are in effect treated as carried on outside the UK for the purposes of the FSA ( and so do not require authorisation under the FSA ) if the firm does not have a UK office from which it carries on investment business and : ( 1 ) The firm deals with or through , or arranges transactions with , an FSA-authorised person , such as a UK stockbroker , or an exempted person , such as a listed money market institution , acting within the terms of its exemption ( para 26 of Sched 1 ) ; this applies even if that person is an affiliate ; ( 2 ) the firm did not solicit the business in contravention of the FSA 's restrictions on the issue of investment advertisements and cold calling ( para 27 of Sched 1 ) . |
| 13 | The order in which these are actually drawn on to the design area of the screen has nothing to do with the colour order for knitting . |