Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 The tightness of the circle extends to professional staff at the Palace too , all of whom are appointed on personal recommendation .
2 The most important union for farm workers in England is the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers ( NUAAW ) which has a membership of approximately 90000 , three-quarters of whom are employed on the land .
3 This story runs parallel with that of a bank robbery which is being planned for 14th July by a group of petty criminals , some of whom are employed on the building site for the new hotel .
4 Each year there are close to 600 incidents of crime reported to our police , around two thirds of whom are based on BNFL sites .
5 Paradoxically , the more moderate of them are insisting on the maintenance of their block votes because the party is still not fully democratic .
6 These researches and others like them are based on innumerable hours of field study in remote places .
7 Her materials consist of marble dust , gypsum cement , resins and rhoplex , but the ways in which she works with them are based on a kind of body language , using gestures that are related to her subject matter .
8 So many of them are based on wordplay , puns . ’
9 A random sample of herds might indicate that 40% of them are grazing on marginal land ; but if animals were the unit of study we might find only 20% of animals to be on marginal grazing , i.e. the 40% of herds are the smaller ones accounting for only 20% of the cattle .
10 Two of them are shown on the right with their lines of symmetry drawn .
11 Fairfax and I are sitting on the verandah at Folly Farm .
12 At the moment he and I are working on a scheme which could wreck this political organisation for good .
13 That is information I am passing on having received no illuminated address from manufacturers for helping peppermint sales to rise dramatically .
14 It all makes me even more angry at the injustice of the situation , and then I worry that I am passing on that anger when I 'm with the boys . ’
15 To return to this country , I am advising on a draft Bill for the protection of antiquities the Society of Antiquaries , the Council for British Archaeology and the museum profession are behind it .
16 This being the case , I can not thank personally in any way other than through your column , but if this person should read this letter I would be very pleased if I am contacted on Darlington .
17 I should make it clear that I am drawing on notions of an idealised business environment when I refer to unambiguous communication being the motive power which occasions accountability .
18 He himself says in his 2nd Edition of the Perambulation of Kent , which he revised whilst living here , " At this place of the Bishop in Halling I am drawing on the last scene of my life , where God has given me Liberorum Ouadrigam , all the fruit that I ever had " .
19 After all , that 's the amount I am receiving on my War Loan Stock .
20 Now they have brought forward a plan which is that they should lend me sufficient money to rent another house in which Mr Landor is to have the first floor , comprising three rooms , a book closet , and a terrace , and I am to reside on the ground floor and care for him receiving £30 a year for my trouble .
21 I am writing on behalf of the Princes Trust Community Venture in Cornwall .
22 I am writing on behalf of organisations in Bath and Wiltshire which provide residential services to people with learning difficulties .
23 If I am writing on this side of the paper I can not at the same moment be writing on the other side .
24 I AM writing on behalf of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection to ask you to support the Walk for Laboratory Animals on Sunday , September 26 , at 31 venues .
25 I AM writing on behalf of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection ( BUAV ) to ask your readers to support the Walk For Laboratory Animals which is happening on
26 I AM writing on behalf of the ships company of HMS Active , and in particular the Petty Officers ' mess , to formally thank the city of Liverpool for the excellent hospitality that has been shown to us during our visit .
27 Although I am questioned on this in moments of crisis , I firmly believe it to be true .
28 I am speaking on behalf of West Belfast Action for the Unemployed , a group of local community activists and welfare rights workers .
29 Heyward however shifts ground : ‘ I am hooked on Jesus .
30 I am calling on my officers to give extra attention to temples and mosques in the area and people must be urged to be vigilant to protect their property , ’ he said .
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