Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white man 's burden had to be carried on strong backs . |
| 2 | The number of passengers carried on international flights quadrupled between 1960 and 1970 , and quadrupled again ( to 4.2 million ) between 1970 and 1988 . |
| 3 | But Japan Air Lines ( JAL ) experienced only a 3.5% drop in the number of passengers carried on international routes in the year to March 31st . |
| 4 | Each section of the deck of the road is carried on sliding bearings , to allow for expansion of the sections . |
| 5 | The blooms are carried on long stalks and are over an inch across . |
| 6 | The two main additional floors are largely carried on new masonry crosswalls which are , in turn , carried on their own new strip-footing foundations . |
| 7 | Of the three windows , the large central one is carried on carved figures , an unusual design , which has much in common with the façade at Spoleto Cathedral , of similar date , but with a later porch in front . |
| 8 | Solid silver is extremely heavy , so these were carried on ceremonial occasions by huge men from a special clan on the Indian side of the border . |
| 9 | No effort has been made to enhance the room , unless you count three small prints randomly hung on separate walls , Une Baigneuse by Seurat , a Degas of a woman drying her hair and a Bonnard of another woman in a bath . |
| 10 | Ideally , gates should be hung on sturdy posts set well into the ground , but where this is impossible , such as against a house wall , the only secure way to fit the post is to screw it to the wall using large expanding bolts , such as Rawlbolts . |
| 11 | He said flatly that she had upset Eileen and brought on premature labour . |
| 12 | Editorially in The New Age she had encouraged and brought on new poets and writers . |
| 13 | For a time he adopted a Stoical attitude to outface suffering , but this only brought on middle age prematurely . |
| 14 | He withdrew striker Steve Flanagan and brought on young Sean Dowling at right-back , Farnham were thus able to rely on a strong midfield presence of Millard , Daly and May , with Deighan and Stairs looking to stretch Cranleigh wide on the flanks . |
| 15 | The sunny weather and the end of exams brought on other priorities . |
| 16 | The crisis brought on severe misgivings on the London stock market , where the shares fell sharply . |
| 17 | We should not too readily assume that this is a product of guilty conscience , as a result of deliberate rejection of responsibility , although that may sometimes account for the pressure brought on formal carers to find a solution more comfortable to the complainant . |
| 18 | taken on long pole alternating between maggot and caster . |
| 19 | Cattle were no longer taken on long drives , but were delivered by rail and cattle drives were then made illegal . |
| 20 | In his opening remarks US President George Bush called for further research before any action was taken on global warming . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Unlike Faulkner 's discussion group , the Parliamentarians could and did agitate for action to be taken on certain issues for which there was all party support . |
| 23 | The final decision on where to apply for planning permission to build is certain to be taken on political grounds . |
| 24 | There might have been an economic argument for Britain to stay out , but the decision was quite clearly taken on political grounds . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The decisions taken are taken on legal advice . |
| 27 | A council spokesman said said the decision to end the system was taken on economic grounds . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Contact has also been made with the Home Affairs Select Committee which has taken on new responsibilities of interest to the Bar , including legal aid . |