Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] on [noun pl] [unc] " 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 | Shifting the dramatic frame enables us to use the dramatic fictions that are shown on children 's television as starting points for drama . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ( 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 ) . ) |
| 5 | Indeed at this time of year , hundreds of millions of pounds are spent on children 's toys alone . |
| 6 | When workers ' minds are focused on children 's emotional well-being it is all too easy to overlook the basics of good child care . |
| 7 | Our drinks are served on elephants ' feet which make good side-tables and were once popular as souvenirs . |
| 8 | Two otherwise unexpected specialists , T. Vindac[ius] Ariovistus and Aurelius Polychrinides , are recorded on oculists ' stamps . |
| 9 | The objectives attained are recorded on pupils ' profiles , which are useful for : |