Example sentences of "it be [verb] on by " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's hanging on by a thread |
| 2 | It 's brought on by exercise and excitement . ’ |
| 3 | It 's brought on by repetitive typing on a computer or word processor keyboard . |
| 4 | Asthma kills two thousand people a year , but the new research shows that the gene which can cause it is only active when it 's passed on by the mother . |
| 5 | The connection between poststructuralist conviction and political radicalism is both arbitrary and tenuous , but it is insisted on by some contemporary theorists , with their readiness to invoke analogies between cultural processes , however disparate . |
| 6 | And it would seem that in this matter of dispersals the book ‘ trade ’ is a more honourable calling than the so-called library ‘ profession ’ , at least as it is carried on by its present avant garde . |
| 7 | During its maturation it is subject to conditions not exactly like those the mother matured in ; and at fertilization it is acted on by a mate with a constitution unlike its own and unlike its mother 's . |
| 8 | It was turned on by remote control . |
| 9 | She had never been less communicative either in speech or in manner and it was remarked on by Mrs Browning with curiosity . |
| 10 | ‘ It was voted on by the clubs but there has been no ratification of that by the management committee . |
| 11 | Developed by a team of ex-Digital Research programmers , mainly people who had been responsible for the GEM environment , it was taken on by Xerox who , much to everyone 's amazement , managed to market the product worldwide . |
| 12 | To the general surprise , the March — it was worked on by Harvey Postlethwaite , now at Ferrari and one of a handful of the really bright ones — proved an effective foil for Hunt 's driving style : Hunt qualified ninth and was running sixth when his engine gave up the ghost . |