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

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1 CAMEO is designed to be carried on emergency vehicles and has undergone successful on-scene field trials with the Seattle Fire Department .
2 Keepin and Kats were responsible for a calculation which has been taken up and treated with biblical reverence by the anti-nuclear lobby : for nuclear power to displace coal from the energy mix in a high energy scenario 8000 large reactors would have to be brought on line worldwide at the rate of one every one-and-a-half days .
3 His embalmed body was carried to Dunfermline for burial , but at his own request his heart had been removed by a trusted comrade-in-arms , Sir James Douglas , to be taken on Crusade .
4 But it 's difficult — obviously people have to be taken on trust .
5 Everything has to be taken on trust ; truth is only that which is taken to be true .
6 ‘ So a few things are going to have to be taken on trust .
7 The demands for better conditions for young intellectuals , for action to be taken on corruption , for political reforms to match those taking place in the economic sphere , and for free speech had become familiar by now .
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