Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the 1920's Miss Lintorn-Orman 's brand of Fascism had not caught on and the Bolshevik revolution in England , which it had been formed to combat , had ceased to be an event worth waiting for . |
| 2 | As the chief location of tin mining , conditions confirm that an abundance of cheap labour tended to stimulate industrial growth , although naturally mineral extraction has to be carried on where the workable reserves happen to be located , using imported labour if necessary , as , it would seem , was precisely what was done in Penwith . |
| 3 | If , for example , a client discloses to a solicitor , in confidence , the fact that a child is being abused by another person , this information can only be passed on if the public interest in protecting children from serious harm outweighs the public interest in maintaining confidentiality between solicitor and client . |
| 4 | Higher levels of language can not be started on until the syntactic processing is complete , since the relationships that they are concerned with are denoted by structural properties of the input . |
| 5 | This means that a decision must be taken on whether the in-use setting can be recreated in the studio or whether the photography should be done on location . |
| 6 | Two thousand more workers are expected to be taken on and the local economy should get a £100 million boost once production reaches capacity . |
| 7 | Two thousand more workers are expected to be taken on and the local economy should get a £100 million boost once production reaches capacity . |
| 8 | A key turned in the lock , the top light was switched on and the errant Carole stood on the threshold , her suitcase in hand . |
| 9 | The lights were switched on and the harsh familiar outlines of beds , stools and tables forced me back into reality . |