Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement in its memorandum of association that the company 's object shall be to carry on business as a general commercial company shall mean that its object is to carry on any trade or business whatsoever , and in such a case the company has power to do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the carrying on of any trade or business by it . |
| 2 | Up to 2,200lb of bombs could be carried on underwing racks . |
| 3 | CAMEO is designed to be carried on emergency vehicles and has undergone successful on-scene field trials with the Seattle Fire Department . |
| 4 | To avoid damage , Gyproc cove should be carried on edge , whether singly or in a bundle . |
| 5 | Few people nowadays prefer to walk to their objective if they can be carried on wheels , and Fell End Clouds is so remote from centres of population that visitors invariably arrive by car . |
| 6 | It will be about twice as long as the goods brake and , as Colin 's article states , it will be carried on No. 5 's bogies and used as a mobile shop/ticket office/refreshment car . |
| 7 | These from the castle will be more powerful , with longer range than any that can be carried on shipboard . |
| 8 | Not a great deal in the way of interpretation or conclusion should be hung on answers to a single question about ‘ liking ’ housework . |
| 9 | Ideally , gates should be hung on study posts , set well into the ground . |
| 10 | Keepin and Kats were responsible for a calculation which has been taken up and treated with biblical reverence by the anti-nuclear lobby : for nuclear power to displace coal from the energy mix in a high energy scenario 8000 large reactors would have to be brought on line worldwide at the rate of one every one-and-a-half days . |
| 11 | The bird will be brought on stage by Arthur Johnson , marketing editor of the Echo , and Brian Hall , PR Executive of Liverpool FC . |
| 12 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |
| 13 | Myeloski was beginning to realize that he could be taking on forces that encompassed the very people who ran the Soviet Union , the powermasters who employed him to keep the peace as a police officer . |
| 14 | Love admits it will be very difficult for the players , who will be taking on opposition coming to the end of their season and in weather which will be completely different to what most of them have been experiencing over the past six months , though not to captain Bruce Russell , Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , who have spent the winter playing overseas . |
| 15 | Spooner 's idea came from an invitation by his actor-neighbour , Jim Dale , to visit the set of the latest Carry On … film at Pinewood — which just happened to be Carry On Cleo . |
| 16 | There was also going to be Carry On Dallas , a parody on the TV series . |
| 17 | Although retiring from office this year , warden Frank Wood will be carrying on responsibility for the general overseeing of the buildings and the Church Centre . |
| 18 | The United States declared that all non-humanitarian US economic support would be withheld " until the democratic process is restored " ; nor would action be taken on Romania 's bid to regain " most favoured nation " trade status , which would allow low tariffs for exports to the USA . |
| 19 | His embalmed body was carried to Dunfermline for burial , but at his own request his heart had been removed by a trusted comrade-in-arms , Sir James Douglas , to be taken on Crusade . |
| 20 | But it 's difficult — obviously people have to be taken on trust . |
| 21 | Their relevance outside the situation for which they were designed , where eventual aims can not be so readily related to learning objectives , should not therefore be taken on trust ( see Widdowson 1983 ) . |
| 22 | Everything has to be taken on trust ; truth is only that which is taken to be true . |
| 23 | ‘ So a few things are going to have to be taken on trust . |
| 24 | Policy issues concern high-level strategy questions , whose character and complexity involve the examination of vast quantities of data before decisions can be taken on matters of the highest political Import . |
| 25 | Evidence can be freely taken by agents acting on behalf of foreign litigants ; but no compulsory processes may be used , nor may the evidence be taken on oath . |
| 26 | Information will be taken on income from all sources : from paid employment , investments , pensions and/or State benefits . |
| 27 | Initial action , which will begin in 30 days unless the dispute is resolved , will be taken on rape oil , wheat gluten and white wine . |
| 28 | While no confirmation has been found among records of Garrick 's career , it can be taken on Duncombe 's word that the actor prepared the proposals . |
| 29 | Once the final selection is made , they 'll be taken on location to play anything from students and commuters to refuse collectors or police officers . |
| 30 | Furthermore , as the French kings developed and extended their legal powers they increasingly intervened in the affairs of the duchy , and cases arising in the duchy might be taken on appeal to Paris , thus undermining the authority of the duke . |