Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conditions of the fifties meant that it was natural " for praise to be heaped on to democratic politics since it seemed to be doing the job very nicely . |
| 2 | But there has been an additional image barrier : the CAB as a generalist advice agency was often labelled a ‘ signposting ’ service whereby clients will simply be referred on to other organisations . |
| 3 | Work on women can not simply be added on to existing , flawed bodies of thought but requires a revolution in the ways in which we think about men as well as women , about work as well as the family , about political and public as well as private issues . |
| 4 | Siddhis are the powers which can be added on to basic TM such as levitation , extra-sensory perception , telepathy , telekinesis , spiritual healing and control of mind over body . |
| 5 | There are many businesses that can be carried on in rural and residential areas without causing unacceptable disturbance … |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Russia , and to a lesser degree Red China , must be looking on with considerable satisfaction at the indecision which is being displayed by the United States as regards her future treatment of Japan . |
| 7 | The data and data structures that have been identified can be mapped on to conventional computer files or clerical files and not necessarily databases . |
| 8 | For example , you could create the design for a simple piece of embroidery using small sprays of pressed flowers , or make an initial design from pressed flowers that could be transferred on to squared paper and used to embroider a handkerchief Both of these ideas would make marvellous presents , and you could perhaps place the finished embroidery in a tissue-lined box that has been decorated with pressed flowers or ribbons . |
| 9 | The individual piece-parts can be drawn on to separate layers of a working drawing in order that their movement can be visualized from any number of positions and orientations . |
| 10 | Within T IS , too , the work which was done to bring Caterdata and the Psion together can now be sold on to other Caterdata customers , and a section explaining how Psion works has been added to the Caterdata manual . |
| 11 | Everything stored in the memory of a computer can be copied on to removable diskettes . |
| 12 | You may be going on to new material before thoroughly mastering previous material . |
| 13 | A single eruption may not only last for months , but it may also consist of a series of separate , different phases , and in many cases different things may be going on on different parts of the same volcano at the same time . |
| 14 | Beyond the town , the old county boundary is crossed , Caithness being left for Sutherland , both of these ancient counties having now sadly lost their identities in the new-fangled administrative area known as the Highland Region — one hopes that Caithness will for ever remain Caithness and Sutherland Sutherland in the minds of Scotsmen : historical associations should not be trampled on by modern bureaucracy . |
| 15 | But he must n't forget that it was a great occasion for old Willis , who must be getting on for sixty-live , ready to take the knock any day now . |
| 16 | Lustre powder is included as an optional ingredient in some of the cake recipes in this book — a non-toxic shiny coloured powder , this can be brushed on to dry icing to give a lovely shimmering effect . |
| 17 | If this applies to circumstantial difficulties ( it can be quite surprising to observe the ways in which sexual problems can be displaced on to financial problems , for instance , or those of child control ) it applies doubly to relationship problems . |
| 18 | Sexual discord and dissatisfaction may be displaced on to other aspects of family existence , by both partners . |
| 19 | It can also be brought on by incorrect or over-feeding , low oxygen levels or sudden temperature changes . |
| 20 | An attack can be brought on by sudden exposure to very cold air but as long as you take your usual medication/inhaler ( with a spare refill ) along with you , there is no reason why you should get into any trouble . |
| 21 | ( 1987 ) found at least 76 per cent of depressive illness in the general population to be brought on by severe events or major difficulties . |
| 22 | Eventually it became apparent that every vine in every vineyard would have to be grafted on to phylloxera-resistant American rootstock . |
| 23 | Virtually all vines , not just in Champagne but across the world , have to be grafted on to American rootstocks ( below ) to avoid phylloxera . |
| 24 | Psychoanalysts have talked , for example , about the process of ‘ projection ’ , in which aspects of oneself of which one is fearful may be projected on to other people . |
| 25 | Alternatively or in addition he may be co-opted on to other public bodies , such as hospital authorities , water authorities , etc . |
| 26 | Also could the later dual master cylinder , as opposed to the single piston one , now fitted ( with or without servo ) , be put on without major surgery ? |
| 27 | Whereas London cabaret bills tend to be filled with straight stand-up acts , in provincial gigs you are more likely to be put on with local bands , cringe-worthy performance poets , or singer-songwriters wielding acoustic guitars . |
| 28 | Only the Maronites felt able to drink from the cup of French tutelage and even they quickly found that the chalice contained a special , colonial poison , the effects of which would be passed on to future generations ; for by adding such large areas of Muslim Syria to the new ‘ Lebanon ’ , the French ensured that the Christians ' precarious status as the largest religious community would — once the Muslim birthrate increased — be lost . |
| 29 | In Britain , gene transplants like Carly 's have been limited by the ethics committee to operations which produce changes that will not be passed on to future generations — effectively allowing only treatments little different in ethical terms from ordinary organ transplants . |
| 30 | If so , any school or group of schools in consultation with the College and the leader of the in-service team may decide to depart from a particular syllabus or portions of it and develop in its place new material which after being tried out and improved upon may be passed on to other schools and colleges for use on a wider scale with the approval of the Ministry . |