Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two main additional floors are largely carried on new masonry crosswalls which are , in turn , carried on their own new strip-footing foundations . |
| 2 | He said flatly that she had upset Eileen and brought on premature labour . |
| 3 | For a time he adopted a Stoical attitude to outface suffering , but this only brought on middle age prematurely . |
| 4 | taken on long pole alternating between maggot and caster . |
| 5 | In his opening remarks US President George Bush called for further research before any action was taken on global warming . |
| 6 | Churchill 's decision to set up S Branch and his support for the economists within the Cabinet Office stemmed from an enduring distrust of official advice on economic policy which can be dated back to his unhappy time at the Treasury in 1924–29 , particularly his much criticised decision , taken on official advice , to return to the gold standard in 1925 . |
| 7 | Erm because although they accept that there are certain conditions within the , within the tower block which affect the block as a whole , they would say that they would affect each individual flat to a greater or lesser degree and that they would have to be taken on individual merit . |
| 8 | The decisions taken are taken on legal advice . |
| 9 | Since the powers of the European Parliament were enhanced by the Single European Act in July 1987 , lobbying of MEPs and the European Parliament 's committees has taken on new significance . |
| 10 | Empowerment , which has its roots in the US , has taken on new significance recently as American corporations try to find a way to compete more effectively with the Japanese . |
| 11 | But the post office says the original ballot taken on industrial action maynot cover this strike over a suspension as it 's an entirely different issue . |
| 12 | With the development of New Technology , in-house training by Industry has been better facilitated and has taken on increased importance . |
| 13 | The village Neighbourhood Watch scheme is now fully operational , thanks to Clifford Watts who has taken on overall responsibility . |
| 14 | Day 6 ) From the guidebook : ‘ More stupid pictures are now taken on Grand Canyon trips than the combined total of all stupid pictures taken elsewhere . ’ |
| 15 | They had taken on extra teaching staff . |
| 16 | In recent years an increasing proportion of married women even with pre-school children have taken on part-time work . |
| 17 | Particularly when VATable goods are usually taken on firm sale and have tighter credit periods than bookselling . |
| 18 | Courses in the first , second and third years are chosen from biological and management sciences , Ecological Science and Agriculture ; in the fourth year study units will be taken on rural land management . |
| 19 | The photographs in the Leica were the only pictures of the flier that were ever taken on British soil . |
| 20 | That can not be promised here , though a holistic perspective is taken on literary stylistics in addressing science fiction . |
| 21 | You 'll get little or no value from notes taken on scrappy paper , which ca n't be filed and retrieved at will or which are difficult to decipher . |
| 22 | The site of the garden has taken on special significance since A Morbid Taste for Bones , by Ellis Peters , was published in 1977 . |
| 23 | Tail whisking is one of the movements which has taken on expressive value , becoming emancipated from its original function of removing flies : horses whisk their tails at anything they want to remove from their vicinity , such as other horses , inept grooms or riders , or even irritating conditions such as being confined or tied up . |
| 24 | The second , however , has not been seen in our study or in others and could be related to the possibility that gastric acid secretion might not necessarily be raised when NSAIDs are taken on longterm basis , three years in this study . |
| 25 | Prompt recovery from the effects of jetlag has taken on added importance given the rescheduling of events . |
| 26 | Consensys had taken on Interactive System Corp and SunSoft Inc refugee Doug Miller as vice president of European sales . |
| 27 | No 2 Wing Royal Naval Air Service members , including Jack ( centre ) , taken on active service in the Eastern Mediterranean , circa 1916 . |
| 28 | The additional possibility that , having acquired Libyan nationality , they could take partnership with their employers , would have frustrated the intention of at least one employer who had taken on foreign labour to protect his enterprise from socialism . |
| 29 | Gorbunovs , although in favour of Latvian independence , had remained a member of the section of the Latvian Communist Party loyal to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) following the split in Latvian communist ranks in April [ see p. 37385 ] ; his endorsement by the Popular Front was regarded as another example of the cautious approach being taken on Latvian independence , since Gorbunovs 's good relations with the Soviet leadership were considered valuable for any future negotiations . |
| 30 | Better chance of fish at Barry Docks where flounder and pouting taken on light tackle . |