Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Previous estimates of the amount of methane emitted by cattle as they digest their food have been based on experiments in sealed chambers , where cattle 's behaviour is different from when they are outside .
2 Most comparisons between human and animal insulins have been based on responses to acute hypoglycaemia , often in non-diabetic subjects , and have found little or no difference between responses with the different species of insulins .
3 However a number of these studies have been based on percentages of graduates , rather than all those who had originally entered the degree programmes .
4 But the area office files also carry ‘ white ’ information , in the form of the date and the sum involved in any potential transaction when they have been consulted on behalf of the member ; also the customer 's occupation , and an outline of any transaction actually made with the customer ( though members may not report this to UAPT ; so the note of sums involved in potential transactions which have been the subject of previous inquiries tend to be taken as indications of credit arrangements which have actually been entered in )
5 Is not it hard that all those measures have been placed on students at a time when they find it particularly difficult to get vacation jobs or part-time jobs in term time and when those who graduate find it increasingly difficult to get jobs to pay off the overdrafts that they have had to incur as students ?
6 The restrictions that have been placed on development in these areas have partly secured these conservationist goals .
7 Data have been compiled on computer about the career and demographic backgrounds of all those who have held positions of leadership in the hierarchies of the Chinese communist Party , the state administration , and the People 's Liberation Army at provincial and regional levels .
8 Slogans have been painted on walls in the village .
9 All patients from that practice who have been admitted to any department of Bassetlaw Hospital ( except the units of psychiatry and paediatrics , which have their own similar systems ) have been assessed on admission for their likely needs on discharge .
10 I to you dear children , because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name .
11 The most intensive studies on the field have been made on populations of three species of Ranunculus and on Trifolium repens .
12 Conservative Paul Rayner has claimed 15,000 new jobs have been created on Teesside since 1984 .
13 Conservative Paul Rayner has claimed 15,000 new jobs have been created on Teesside since 1984 .
14 Oystercatchers are rarely noted away from the coast , but have been recorded on occasions on flooded levels as well as at the reservoirs .
15 TIPSS have been performed on patients without interfering with successful transplantation .
16 As the House is aware , applications for NHS trust status in Scotland have been submitted on behalf of the Foresterhill group of hospitals in Aberdeen , the Royal Scottish National hospital at Larbert and the South Ayrshire group of hospitals .
17 These Guidelines have been produced on behalf of SCOTVEC by members of the SCOTVEC Module Development Group for Office Administration and Technology in collaboration with the Curriculum Advice and Support Team ( CAST ) .
18 These Guidelines have been produced on behalf of SCOTVEC by members of the SCOTVEC Module Development Group for Law with the Curriculum Advice and Support Team .
19 Millions of pounds have been spent on research into deodorants and anti-perspirants to combat these malodorous extremes .
20 To find out what books have been published on topics of interest one can use the British National Bibliography , which since 1950 has listed every new work published in Britain , accumulating from weekly to monthly and to annual publication .
21 Sherds of such pottery have been found on sites along the eastern seaboard of the United States , including Florida , the Caribbean islands and parts of South America such as Venezuela .
22 Striped dolphins — Stenella coeruleoalta , a deep water variety — have been found on beaches in Spain , Italy and France since August when marine biology experts raised the alarm .
23 Many hundreds have been arrested on suspicion of corruption ; after referendums last month , the voting system is being changed ( to reduce the power of the party bosses ) and state subsidies for political parties are being abolished .
24 Even so , Tory MPs have been put on standby for a three-line whip on Thursday seen by some as contingency plans for a possible defeat tomorrow .
25 More than 1,500 officers have been put on standby in the capital tonight to deal with any alert .
26 According to SAG , current specification development for technology enhancements will continue , but new technology projects have been put on hold for at least 18 months to two years .
27 Taking a leave of absence , SAG says all work on versions three , four and five of the SQL specification have been put on hold for the next nine months .
28 German plans to remove bromine and chlorine from leaded petrol have been put on hold by the EC , which is concerned that the new environmental measures may result in explosions .
29 The initial results of an independent study on Oxford and it 's traffic problems have been put on show in the City today .
30 Stolen valuables ranging from jewellery to model trains have been put on display by police .
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