Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Trust will be drawing on its experience of upland erosion and repair work in the Lake District ; it will also be liaising with the many bodies which take an interest in the Mournes , including Down District Council , the Mournes Advisory Council and the education and library boards . |
| 2 | The hand does not have to be on the table ; it could , for example , be resting on your chin . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're supposed to be resting on your side , ’ she said sternly . |
| 4 | Aenarion decried the departure of the Dragon-riders as a betrayal and swore he would be avenged on their prince . |
| 5 | There is also a further appeal before the court in relation to an application by the plaintiff for disallowance of interest upon the defendant 's bill of costs and er it is claimed that if interest is to be disallowed on their bill , interest should also be disallowed on the defendant 's bill of costs . |
| 6 | WINDSOR Women 's Centre will , quite literally , be building on its own success , when members don hard hats to construct a new complex at Broadway . |
| 7 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 8 | She retires secure in the knowledge that new Oxford QT Jeannine Kuffer will be building on her splendid pioneering work . |
| 9 | In this sense a verdict may be given on its policies , but only in a very general way . |
| 10 | In several provinces referendums were due to be held , the results of which would be binding on their legislatures . |
| 11 | Following the ceremony , thanked the guests for coming and briefly explained what they would be seeing on their tour of the working factory , which is expected to boost the Company 's production to over 50,000 tonnes during 1990 . |
| 12 | Each case must be examined on its own facts , examining the function rather than just the formal categorisation of the requesting authority . |
| 13 | Each case has to be examined on its merits . |
| 14 | Charles Chaplin left for London , to present his film Limelight , and chose exile when he was told he would be examined on his fitness to re-enter the country he had lived in for forty years . |
| 15 | Mr Guy Stapleton , chief executive of the Intervention Board , said this week that certification at Barnard Castle mart could not be justified on its steer throughput of less than four animals each week . |
| 16 | New developments must be justified on their own merits . |
| 17 | Students may use this form to indicate whether they wish to be awarded a certificate or DipHE as a terminal or intermediate award and may even indicate the order in which their two fields are to be listed on their transcript and CNAA parchment . |
| 18 | Since then he has toured and recorded extensively and in the 1980s began to experiment with collective improvisation , the results of which can be heard on his album ‘ The Prophet ’ . |
| 19 | James Bond , for example , has looked at the estates of both Abingdon and Evesham Abbeys , and clearly shown the variety of topographical features which can still be distinguished on their scattered estates . |
| 20 | Afraid they would come after me , that Harry would be punished on my account ; that worse might befall Daisy and I not there to help … |
| 21 | E. W. Lovegrove in an essay on the churches of Stamford in 1908 says that St. John 's and St. Martin 's were in so ruinous a state that completely new Perpendicular style buildings had to be erected on their site . |
| 22 | David gave orders for the food and water to be unloaded and for bombs to be placed on their vehicle . |
| 23 | There is going to be much greater scope for people to continue in their careers for much longer , and greater value will be placed on their experience than ever before . ’ |
| 24 | But this is not to criticize Young and Willmott , since they did explicitly stipulate the limitations which should be placed on their work . |
| 25 | Automatic fire fighting installations capable of achieving total control and extinguishment appear to be the only answer but because of the almost total reliance which must be placed on their automatic capability there appears to be a need for greater flexibility in use than totally automatic operation would provide , and particularly to ensure that an entire system is not rendered inoperative by some local effect . |
| 26 | It 's become common practice for babies to be placed on their mother 's stomach immediately after birth but many hospitals still have a policy of removing the baby within the first half hour for measuring and weighing . |
| 27 | The US negotiating team , led by Max Kampelman until his retirement in December , had on Oct. 30 proposed that anti-missile tests in space be permitted but that a limit be placed on their scope , with a specific assurance that the USA would limit to 15 the number of satellites deployed in a Strategic Defence Initiative ( SDI , or " Star Wars'-see p. 36760 ) test . |
| 28 | That does n't mean that bikes like ZZR1100 will disappear , just that more emphasis will be placed on its sports touring capabilities . |
| 29 | When Jasmine saw that the blue saddlecloth was to be placed on her back , she became panic-stricken , broke free of her moorings , and scattered people and equipment far and wide ! |
| 30 | A bridal cap of gold would be placed on her head , its intricately woven strands of gold dripping down her back as though the weaver had spilled the threads of his loom . |