Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Not a great deal in the way of interpretation or conclusion should be hung on answers to a single question about ‘ liking ’ housework .
2 The bird will be brought on stage by Arthur Johnson , marketing editor of the Echo , and Brian Hall , PR Executive of Liverpool FC .
3 Policy issues concern high-level strategy questions , whose character and complexity involve the examination of vast quantities of data before decisions can be taken on matters of the highest political Import .
4 Information will be taken on income from all sources : from paid employment , investments , pensions and/or State benefits .
5 Furthermore , as the French kings developed and extended their legal powers they increasingly intervened in the affairs of the duchy , and cases arising in the duchy might be taken on appeal to Paris , thus undermining the authority of the duke .
6 Some solid food will be taken on average from 6 months of age .
7 More action will be taken on enforcement under the rules and laws set out .
8 Up until the accident LF363 was the longest serving aircraft in the RAF , having been taken on charge on January 28 , 1944 , serving with 63 , 309 ( Polish ) and 26 Squadrons .
9 It was Dubois , however , who called the Doctor 's attention to a small ante-chamber in which several grotesque fish and toads were hung on hooks beside dried roots .
10 This is another of the SAAF 's original 58 aircraft , being taken on charge in July 1944 and serving initially with 28 Squadron .
11 The route crosses through agricultural land minimising land severance where possible , and is carried on embankment from Straiton over the Mineral Railway and Lasswade Road .
12 The plaintiff 's case rested solely on his own evidence , and he asked that it be taken on commission in Bucharest pleading ill-health .
13 It remains true that we do not know when Marseilles became the main receiving point of the tin which was carried on horseback for thirty days from the British Channel .
14 In every case , blood was taken on admission for determination of carbamylated haemoglobin .
15 Peter Knowles ' photograph was taken on location in Nepal .
16 I weighed 8st 7lbs ( 54kg ) , when this picture was taken on holiday in 1985 .
17 The case was taken on appeal to the House of Lords , who upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal on the merits , but rebuked the Court of Appeal for not following its own previous decisions .
18 The action was taken on grounds of conducting unauthorised business and making unsolicited calls and misleading statements , SIB said , and prevents LWI and from continuing to do this and from disposing or dealing with any assets .
19 No 6888 was built as C-47A-1 by Douglas at Oklahoma City as 42–92320 , but diverted to the RAF , becoming Dakota III FZ572 and was taken on charge at Nassau in December 1943 , joining the SAAF as 6821 the following month and served with 5 Wing ( 28 and 44 Squadrons ) until joining SAA as ZS-BXF in August 1948 .
20 TE566 was taken on charge in June 1945 and issued to 312 ( Czech ) Squadron and immediately flown to Czechoslovakia .
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