Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] on the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The second section shows the action taken on the particular version of the module , and the name of the LIFESPAN user who carried out the action .
2 Ritual is an action taken on the physical level , which is intended to have effects at other levels — emotional , mental , spiritual , or all of these .
3 Further minor straws in the wind were Archbishop Makarios ’ request for British help in Cyprus in December 1963 , which drew in most of the Strategic Reserve 's 3rd Division before a hand-over to the United Nations could be negotiated ; and the quelling of the military mutinies in newly independent Tanzania , Kenya and Uganda in January 1964 , at their governments ’ request , by Commandos brought on the aircraft-carrier Centaur from Aden and by units of the Strategic Reserve in Kenya .
4 In Lorenzo the Magnificent 's anniversary year , this publisher is also bringing out an edition of the inventory of the entire Medici residence taken on the great ruler 's death , L'inventario in morte di Lorenzo il Magnifico , edited by M. Spallanzani and G. Gaeta Bertelà .
5 In addition to seeing the plaintiff in court , I have had the advantage of seeing a video , key one , showing examples of her daily routine taken on the tenth of May nineteen ninety one after she had been at home with her parents for a year .
6 An illustration of the complex pattern of cross-party allegiances in the early 1690s is provided by the stance taken on the abortive Triennial Bill of 1693 .
7 Slow transit constipation can be distinguished from outlet obstruction by the ingestion of a capsule containing 20 shapes followed by an abdominal x ray film taken on the fifth day ; 80% retention of the markers signifies slow colonic transit .
8 In many cases it obviously would be and if there was any element of duress brought on the other contracting party under the modern development of this branch of the law the proposed breaker of the contract would not benefit .
9 Increase the time on the outbound leg by half the difference between the time taken on the first turn from the entry heading ( 145° above ) and from the hold axis .
10 The discovery instead went to a professional astronomer , Konrad Rudnicki , who shortly thereafter found the comet on photographs taken on the large telescope at Palomar Mountain .
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