Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eggs need to be well protected since they are carried on the wind , continually exposed to the sun 's fierce rays , and blown across the sand . |
| 2 | It bursts at internals to release into the atmosphere an enormous number of rusty-red spores which are carried on the breeze to germinate in distant damp timber , starting the process afresh . |
| 3 | Genes controlling coat pattern are carried on the X chromosome and if one X carries a gene that gives colour and the other X carries an inactive gene , the different patches of tissue containing the different inactivated X chromosomes show up as patches of different colours . |
| 4 | There are other accessories you can use to increase the impact of the picture , including cords , tassels and ribbons that could be added to pictures when they are hung on the wall . |
| 5 | In the dust of the great Ein Helweh Palestinian camp just east of Sidon , cheap copies of Roberts ' prints — of Nablus , of Hebron , of Jericho and Jerusalem — are hung on the cement walls of refugee shacks , behind uncleaned glass , sometimes held in place by Scotch tape and glue . |
| 6 | And I 'm carried on the tide |
| 7 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 8 | Danish lager brewing specialists , visitors are taken on a tour of the brewing , bottling and packing processes . |
| 9 | If a visible consensus is not reached , then decisions are taken on a majority vote . |
| 10 | For example , routes will frequently be made economical only if adults are taken on the school transport services . |
| 11 | The methods used for controlling debate are the power to apply the closure by a simple majority , though normally the majority must consist of a hundred members ; the power to send bills upstairs for their committee stage to a standing committee and the power , when bills are taken on the floor of the House or in committee , to impose a guillotine . |
| 12 | I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . |
| 13 | It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results . |
| 14 | Thompson , the Secretary of the Yorkshire North District , and Littlecott , Secretary of the Western District , wrote to Jacques urging that a firm stand be taken on the issue and no further concessions be made . |
| 15 | They demanded that no action be taken on the SED-PDS proposal , involving creation of a new Office for the Protection of the Constitution , until after the general election . |