Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , a replacement nylon seat can be fitted which is placed firmly on the old seat and a new washer and jumper fitted |
| 2 | That diary is filled in on every single day throughout that year — 1940 . |
| 3 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 4 | Now that the EC is cracking down on the ozone-depleting solvents used in dry-cleaning processes , you could face problems . |
| 5 | From the simplest beginnings the reader is carried along on a step-by-step journey to adventures in ‘ Harmonic landscaping ’ and a variety of textures . |
| 6 | I usually have some sympathy for a player who is dismissed simply for being over-aggressive , but I draw the line when this aggro is carried out on a fellow team mate . |
| 7 | Where a sanitiser can have advantages is where a particular cleaning task is carried out on a repetitive basis as for example the daily cleaning of a retail soft ice cream dispenser . |
| 8 | Lichen research is carried out on a world-wide collection which is particularly good on European crustose lichens . |
| 9 | Personal selling is a very expensive activity to maintain , and it may be best suited to relatively concentrated markets , such as in the UK for ceramics or steel manufacture , or those in which buying is carried out on a centralised basis . |
| 10 | Partial water changes will be sufficient — about 15% of the tank 's volume every fortnight , provided a larger water change of about 30% is carried out on a monthly basis . |
| 11 | The hazards involved in this operation , the pollution to the environment , the problem of safeguarding the plutonium , and the extremely high costs mean that reprocessing is carried out on a commercial scale by only a handful of other nuclear nations , most notably France and the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | The human rights issue is also a priority of the region 's animation programme , which is carried out on a voluntary basis by the officers . |
| 13 | Most commonly it is carried out on the open bench or in a laminar flow sterile cabinet . |
| 14 | It is important both in long term or " corporate " ( company wide ) planning , and in the budgetary planning and control process which is carried out on an annual basis . |
| 15 | Since no amount of economic reductionism or political explanation alone will expose the roots and distinctive characteristics of the province of Ulster by the late Victorian period , the aim of this investigation is to concentrate specifically on the important contribution made by evangelical religion , from the early penetration by Methodism in the mid eighteenth century to the political crises surrounding Home Rule at the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 16 | Mutigny 's considerably smaller hectarage is located largely on the upper slopes of Avenay , while a few of its vineyards grow on slopes high above Mareuil . |
| 17 | This well known resort hotel is located directly on the superb Beau Vallon Bay , a long stretch of fine , white sandy beach . |
| 18 | Turn right into er what is a very busy er road in any event at that time but that the dangers is that many drivers are becoming impatient with waiting their turn in the queue and what they 're doing is driving down on the wrong side of the road in order to utilise a little back road that 's a service road which runs alongside road and leads into Nightingale avenue . |
| 19 | The Great Hall is let out on a daily rate to companies such as Deutsche Grammophon and EMI for classical music recordings . |
| 20 | The ageing NI team is looking back on the key events of the last decade of the millennium . |
| 21 | The complete set of values obtained is presented only on the following Figure , but some of the raw data are also given [ see Table ] in order to show the considerable variation between different positions . |
| 22 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 23 | What happens is this : it is swimming along on a near-horizontal plane when it spots a morsel of food , which it can see quite comfortably directly below it in shallow-enough water because its eyes are tilted downwards to allow for this facility . |
| 24 | But the celebrated Mayfair fashion house is operating only on a week-to-week basis to complete orders and little hope exists of securing its future by finding a buyer . |
| 25 | This is done either on a direct encashment basis , or through a carrier-operated Bulk Cash Withdrawal Scheme , under which a selected security carrier arranges delivery from stocks held on our behalf . |
| 26 | This is done quickly on the damp paper and allowed to dry . |
| 27 | In fact it is practically illegal to be an authentic Christian , because the world which surrounds us is founded radically on an established disorder before which the mere proclamation of the gospel is subversive . ’ |
| 28 | Though he professes scorn for the outmoded quaintness of things Victorian , Philip 's conception of life is modelled largely on the Victorian novel and its Edwardian successors . |
| 29 | In the year to 3 June pre-tax profits were C$6.5m ( £3.2m ) , which implies that WH Smith is selling out on a premium multiple of 18 times Canadian earnings . |
| 30 | Next door , steady work is going ahead on a long term , very ambitious educational project to which he is now turning his energies . |