Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Holden , joint secretary of the Northern Examining Association , said : ‘ We will be looking at the position and seeing whether we think it is worthwhile to offer a similar scheme or whether we would prefer to cut the general level of fees so that we are competing on even terms . ’ |
| 2 | Talks on the future of Northern Ireland are to carry on next week . |
| 3 | The blooms are carried on long stalks and are over an inch across . |
| 4 | Asked Gary I would think they 're taking on extra staff |
| 5 | We just thought we 'd better come and explain what had been going on last night . ’ |
| 6 | A 45m or 50m rope should be carried on all climbs , even though only short sections are used when moving together . |
| 7 | The white man 's burden had to be carried on strong backs . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | No one could have predicted then that the unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would still be going on two years later , so Mr Rabin was playing fairly safe when he said in a brief interview at the end of Wednesday 's programme that the uprising would probably continue well into 1990 . |
| 10 | No one could have predicted then that the unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would still be going on two years later , so Mr Rabin was playing fairly safe when he said in a brief interview at the end of Wednesday 's programme that the uprising would probably continue well into 1990 . |
| 11 | It must be going on twenty-three years old . |
| 12 | It is likely that a test case will be brought on this issue . |
| 13 | Argus will be taking on other people 's technology as well and is currently in negotiations with several firms , he insisted . |
| 14 | Argus will be taking on other people 's technology as well and is currently in negotiations with several firms , he said . |
| 15 | From now on Courtaulds Coatings will control its own sales and distribution in mainland Spain , the Canaries and Balearic islands and will be taking on 20 sales and technical service people from CEPI , and agents and distributors . |
| 16 | Acquiring a good interview technique is as important for people employing one person to work directly for them as it is for those who will be taking on large numbers to work for a company . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) If you are wise , you will have written the minutes of the previous meeting in such a way that the action to be taken on each item is recorded against it . |
| 18 | The final decision on where to apply for planning permission to build is certain to be taken on political grounds . |
| 19 | b ) prevent any business ( whether on the Bill or not ) from being proceeded with on any day after the completion of all such proceedings on the Bill as are to be taken on that day . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) In this Order — ’ allotted day ’ means any day ( other than a Friday ) on which the Bill is put down as first Government Order of the day , provided that a Motion for allotting time to the proceedings on the Bill to be taken on that day either has been agreed on a previous day , or is set down for consideration on that day ; ’ the Bill ’ means the Local Government Finance Bill . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 24 | Erm well the solution to that was to hold the meetings of the General Assembly , where the hostile American majority was , but not to permit a vote to be taken on any resolution and this meant that President Johnson could pursue his , his then secret plan of bombing the north without any hostile United Nations resolution being passed against it . |
| 25 | Erm well the solution to that was to hold the meetings of the General Assembly , where the hostile American majority was , but not to permit a vote to be taken on any resolution and this meant that President Johnson could pursue his , his then secret plan of bombing the north without any hostile United Nations resolution being passed against it . |
| 26 | members of the Government ( including Law Officers and junior Ministers ) who felt unable , on grounds of conscience , to vote against the abolition of the death penalty should abstain from voting in the Divisions to be taken on this issue in the proceedings on the Criminal Justice Bill . |
| 27 | A final decision on implementation will be taken on 15 January , after advice from the arbitration commission . |
| 28 | Words are taking on new meanings . |
| 29 | Words are taking on new meanings : ‘ workers ’ are those who talk the loudest , and the honest worker who shows the slightest independence is a ‘ traitor to his class ’ . |
| 30 | Its Market is unquestionably one of the best in Wales with designated market days being Wednesdays and Saturdays , but Fridays are taking on increasing importance . |