Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a soldier he had been taught to err on the side of caution . |
| 2 | An advisory group , which includes distinguished engineers and scientists from outside BP , has been formed to advise on the effectiveness of the new research and engineering structure as it evolves , as well as on the relevance and potential value of emerging technologies . |
| 3 | However , a few detectors are designed to run on the 1.5 volt C cells such as the Garrett Grand Master and the White 's Eagle Spectrum . |
| 4 | Most analysts reckon some sort of reflex reaction is inevitable , although fund managers are expected to remain on the sidelines , perhaps even until the new government 's Budget is unveiled in two or three weeks time . |
| 5 | Union members are expected to vote on the new rules in the near future . |
| 6 | In the final week , however , Waverley and Eildon are expected to appear on the same platform at public meetings . |
| 7 | His zeal has been said to border on the autocratic , especially on the sets of his films . |
| 8 | For earlier social reformers , human progress or decline had been seen to depend on the constant interplay of the individual 's moral faculties and the state of the environment . |
| 9 | The countdown to Gloucester Rugby Club 's semi-final got off to a flying start to day with the news that forward , Mike Teague , has been selected to go on the British Lions seven week tour of Australia this summer . |
| 10 | The gangs had already been selected to work on the other three small coasters which had arrived over the past weekend . |
| 11 | Fearing the latter ( although all missiles fired as of the end of January turned out to be conventionally armed ) , the population was advised to don gas masks , and to take refuge until the all-clear sounded in sealed rooms which they had been instructed to prepare on the top floor of their homes . |
| 12 | Nor , indeed am I claiming that all black sportsmen , at some stage in their development , come face to face with their blackness and are made to reflect on the probable disadvantages it carries with it . |
| 13 | Yeah you 're bound t you 're bound to get on the telly then , man . |
| 14 | On the recommendation of a 1958 report from the Commons Select Committee on Estimates , a technocratic team had been commissioned to build on the forward looks for social-service and defence spending pioneered by the Treasury in the mid-fifties . |
| 15 | Water bottles are sold to clip on the front of the bikes in emulation of the racers in the Tour De France . |
| 16 | But behind the glitter , an army of people are needed to put on the show , and keep it running . |
| 17 | Clonal senescence has been thought to bear on the mechanisms of ageing in Metazoan individuals . |
| 18 | In courteously making a special journey to Beeching 's home to induce him to accept the invitation , Gardiner incurred the Prime Minister 's displeasure : Dr Beeching should have been invited to call on the Lord Chancellor . |
| 19 | The Board of Trade and its clearing house had been invited to co-operate on the $15m project on five different occasions over the past year , and had refused . |
| 20 | The Africanists , whose ideological sympathies lie with the PAC , decided not to attend , asserting they had not been invited to serve on the convening committee . |
| 21 | He read out loud , ‘ Mr Clem Bunker , regional officer of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers , has been invited to serve on the social affair 's directorate of the European Commission . |
| 22 | I have been invited to comment on the enclosed document . |
| 23 | First , there was a meeting in Whitehall of the Economic Planning Council , followed by the conference at Trinity College Dublin , at which he had been invited to speak on the subject of European investment . |
| 24 | He had been invited to speak on the factors which influenced investment location decisions as seen from the viewpoint of a European Industrial Planning Manager . |
| 25 | However , it is my contention that a careful reading of the book can reveal indirect ways in which readers are invited to ponder on the issues and reassess the status quo for themselves . |
| 26 | But these totals are dwarfed by the immense numbers of submarine volcanoes in the world 's ocean basins ; at least 50 000 are known to exist on the floor of the Pacific Ocean . |
| 27 | Rabbits have been known to live on the edge of a wood and regularly swim a brook to feed in the fields beyond . |
| 28 | Tame and confiding , fairy terns have been known to nest on the rafter beams in some of the chalets occupied by tourists — it puts a new slant on having ‘ problems with your overheads ’ ! |
| 29 | These works , although not for sale , have sometimes been known to appear on the market . |
| 30 | The Midlands ' plants had been putting great pressure on the Merseysiders to call off the strike , as a result of which a mass meeting at Pier Head , Liverpool , had been demanded to vote on the question of a return to work . |