Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , many market research studies are carried out on large samples which would be beyond the reach of academic researchers and it is not unusual to find commercial surveys which contain quite valuable social information . |
| 2 | Various investigations are carried out on surgical wards . |
| 3 | Thames valley police are cracking down on bad driving . |
| 4 | Phase I clinical trials have been carried out on healthy volunteers to evaluate the way the drug is absorbed and its potential toxicity . |
| 5 | Species develop , it is argued , specific forms of innate behaviours and drives which are geared towards survival and reproduction and , while much of this work has been carried out on non-human species , it has indeed been applied directly to the human animal : Desmond Morris 's ‘ naked ape ’ . |
| 6 | Much online catalogue research has been carried out on outdated , first-generation systems , or on specially developed " toy " systems which do not access real files and are in no way suitable for live use in a library . |
| 7 | Fewer studies have been carried out on microcirculatory hemodynamic changes of the stomach induced by endothelin , however . |
| 8 | Most of the research on learning has been carried out on unnatural behaviour patterns , in the laboratory , particularly in two species : rats and pigeons . |
| 9 | Very little research has been carried out on domestic wares and it remains far from clear to what extent the domestic and funerary pottery production can be separated . |
| 10 | Notwithstanding that the royal prerogative as a source of power for the government antedates Acts of Parliament , has been at the root of a civil war and a revolution in England and has been litigated about on countless major occasions in respect of its use both at home and overseas , its scope is still unclear as is the role of the courts in relation thereto . |
| 11 | They 're hung , they 're hung up on polished hangers usually , I mean it 's packed in acid-free tissue paper , and I wear gloves when I , I mean , you know , handle |
| 12 | The point of issue is that estuary and coastal zone management is a reality and what seems to be happening is all sorts of different plans are popping up on various estuaries and Geoff knows them well now because he 's been involved with the one on the Stour and Orwell and what is happening is that these are starting at local level so the first contact with sailors may be from a local authority or someone at local level . |
| 13 | The new sanctuary has been set up on dry prairie land south of Lac Leman . |
| 14 | All of a sudden as they like to do in Birmingham station , all the trains are coming in on different platforms from usual and and er delays here and do you know what it was ? |
| 15 | I 'd been brought up on heroic stories |
| 16 | But the number-one British favourite , the otter , is both rare and probably the most endearingly anthropomorphic of Britain 's animals , and most of us have been brought up on nostalgic , humanoid depictions of badgers , foxes , hedgehogs , squirrels and owls in our childhood literature . |
| 17 | The creation of this literature in Latin involved men whose native language was either certainly or probably not Latin : Livius Andronicus ' first language was Greek ; Ennius had Oscan ; Naevius , being a Campanian , probably also spoke Oscan as a child ; Plautus must have been brought up on Umbrian , and Terence apparently started with Punic . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , local police are clamping down on high-tech crime . |
| 19 | Terracotta pots should be propped up on small blocks to aid drainage and prevent ants infesting the compost . |
| 20 | She hardly ever read it herself now , preferring Alexandra to read it to her , but some mornings , when she felt stronger , she would be propped up on extra pillows and given the paper and her glass . |
| 21 | Enhanced communication support includes new remote procedure calls , which enable VxWorks tasks to be carried out on other systems ; and extensions to semaphore signals — a semaphore is a special-purpose data type . |
| 22 | Enhanced communication support includes new remote procedure calls ( RPC ) , which enable VxWorks tasks to be carried out on other systems ; and extensions to semaphore signals ( a semaphore is a special-purpose data type ) . |
| 23 | The program title is misleading as the operations can also be carried out on floppy disks . |
| 24 | It also requires money to pay for transferring important components or sections of the aircraft structure to a place where they can be properly examined and possibly tested and for the different kinds of structural tests which have to be carried out on undamaged components . |
| 25 | Challenge tests should always be carried out on stored samples before stability clearance is given , in order to ensure that the product continues to have an effective preservative system . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , there is a computation that can be carried out on local areas of the image that will do the same job . |
| 27 | In addition , the CEGB has more than doubled , from £3.1 billion to £6.4 billion , the extra provisions needed ‘ for work still to be carried out on nuclear fuel and wastes from past years ’ . |
| 28 | According to Informix , this more than triples performance because different transactions can be carried out on different processors simultaneously . |
| 29 | According to Informix , this more than triples performance because different transactions can be carried out on different processors simultaneously . |
| 30 | Castro subsequently admitted that he had been opposed to the removal of the missiles , and his adamant refusal to allow US inspections to be carried out on Cuban territory ( despite Soviet pressure ) testifies to the anger and resentment that he felt over the fact that matters which vitally affected Cuban sovereignty were settled without his knowledge or consent . |