Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loose canvas seat covers were also carried on the upper decks . |
| 2 | These are replacements but are still carried on the original pendentives . |
| 3 | A variety of cargoes , as diverse as Britain 's industries , has been carried on the inland waterways . |
| 4 | This means any class taken on a voluntary basics , classes paid for by a private concern , ( W.I. T.W.G. sports sections of firms etc. ) , are hiring your own premises and running a class , or are coaching any display team . |
| 5 | Hitler had taken on the mysterious Soviets , but why had he chosen to invade Russia and not the British Isles ? |
| 6 | They asked the individual chief officers to prepare reports to the committees on action that could be taken on the detailed recommendations of Friends of the Earth . |
| 7 | What Butthole Surfers have done , what made and makes them so crucial , is that they 've taken on the sonic possibilities bequeathed still unexplored and underdeveloped by acid rock but have jettisoned many of the disabling attitudes that originally trammelled that music — sophistication , expertise , the counter-cultural impulse to edify . |
| 8 | In his day he has taken on the big guns of industry , commercialised culture and of whole countries ( who can easily forget his devastating portrait of Mrs Thatcher and the fawning Saatchi brothers ? ) . |
| 9 | No one was likely to recommend that a hopeless old chronic like him should be put on the new drugs at this stage , because they were still in short supply and there were many more interesting patients on whom to experiment . |
| 10 | After all , the state owns many buildings and assets , and much emphasis has been put on the institutional shareholdings of insurance companies and pension funds . |