Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] on [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , animal experiments have shown that , if tobacco extracts are painted on rabbits ' ears , cancerous growths tend to appear on the skin of the ear . |
| 2 | But it questions whether pollution levels have truly fallen in that period , since the figures are based on companies ' revised interpretations of what they are required to report . |
| 3 | ( Thus Auer complains of Gumperz that " sometimes he makes strong claims about the effect of a given type or instance of code switching on the subsequent development of the sequence , which are based on informants ' reports , but fails to reproduce this subsequent passage " ( Auer 1984b : 106 , fn. 10 ) . ) |
| 4 | Our drinks are served on elephants ' feet which make good side-tables and were once popular as souvenirs . |
| 5 | A look of bewilderment comes over the faces of visitors who can not comprehend why some supporters will not go to watch the national side simply because they are playing on Rangers ' ground . |
| 6 | Two otherwise unexpected specialists , T. Vindac[ius] Ariovistus and Aurelius Polychrinides , are recorded on oculists ' stamps . |
| 7 | The objectives attained are recorded on pupils ' profiles , which are useful for : |