Example sentences of "is [verb] on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE WORLD 'S third incompatible videodisc system , VHD , is to go on sale in Japan on 21 April . |
| 2 | THE world 's strongest beer — more than 17 per cent alcohol — is to go on sale by Christmas at pubs owned by London-based brewery Firkin . |
| 3 | A velvet court dress made for him by his fellow tailors is to go on show at the Croydon Museum . |
| 4 | SERIOUSLY Fun , an exhibition of models made out of Lego toy building bricks , is to go on show at Bersham Heritage Centre , near Wrexham , from June 26 August 22 . |
| 5 | A silver salver which was presented to Lieut Col Leonard Laing , Commander of the 9th Durham ( Sunderland ) Battalion of the Home Guard , is to go on display at the Monkwearmouth at War Exhibition at Monkwearmouth Station Museum in Sunderland . |
| 6 | Paper which has previously been dampened is placed on top of the plate and then felt blankets over all , the whole is rolled through the press between the heavy rollers . |
| 7 | The actual rate of completion per annum over the last 27 years has been less than one half of one percent … thus even at several times the projected rate of progress , the great bulk of the conservation task will be incomplete at a time when the most vigorous additional demand is placed on land from massive upsurge of population . |
| 8 | Special emphasis is placed on communication throughout the book , and there are many examples of nurse-patient therapeutic dialogues . |
| 9 | It is encouraging that a great deal of emphasis is placed on aspects of plan preparation , whether this be the research or the surveying , since knowing your facts is vital before organising action . |
| 10 | Emphasis is placed on reciprocity in the sense that leaders listen to the wishes of all group members whereupon group activity is designed to reflect the consensus . |
| 11 | But the report concluded that undue emphasis is placed on inquiries about research experience in the mistaken belief that it is easier to assess a candidate 's research abilities . |
| 12 | A heavy responsibility is placed on staff in a home offering twenty-four hour care . |
| 13 | The transient nature of the binding may be because this sequence is recognized on account of its structure without additional hydrogen bonding contacts . |
| 14 | A VIOLENT gun-toting movie character is joined on screen by his biggest teenage fan , who teaches his idol how to be nice . |
| 15 | This appropriation of European humanism was generous in a way inseparable from its shamelessness : the final manifesto of The Wretched of the Earth makes it clear that the vision for a new humanity which emerges from the appropriation is undertaken on behalf of Europe as well as the Third World . |
| 16 | It is undertaken on behalf of the Committee by Research Services Limited , a company with considerable experience in the research field . |
| 17 | I , I do n't think we 're taking away the Planning and Environment Committee 's delegated powers , we 're merely trying to ensure the policy and resources committee is consulted on proposals for conversion of residential accommodation , for the , oh I will say the moral reasons that Mr outlined , I would n't really disagree with what he said . |
| 18 | I appreciate that this purpose may not be served if consent is given on behalf of , rather than by , the patient . |
| 19 | S Marshall is checking on functionality of HP Deskjet printers |
| 20 | If the order is unopposed it is deemed on introduction into the First House to have passed the committee stage and so the procedure is quite short ; it is repeated in the Second House . |
| 21 | Whereas in breast and cervical cancer active treatment is instituted on detection of the disease , it is argued that screening would not be appropriate in localised prostatic cancer because no treatment is often the option chosen . |
| 22 | ‘ He must feel he is walking on water at the moment , but come Christmas when the goals do n't go in , what happens then ? |
| 23 | Where this is impossible , an alternative approach is to concentrate on studies of variation in breeding success within cohorts but , even here , problems will arise if breeding success is consistently related to longevity . |
| 24 | More gloomy news is expected on Thursday from oil group BP . |
| 25 | It is perched on top of a rock just off the Normandy coast and is connected to the mainland by a causeway ( 435 ) . |
| 26 | If selling to a receiver you must be sure to establish whether the receiver is purchasing in his own name and assuming personal liability or whether he is purchasing on behalf of the receivership . |
| 27 | This unidimensionality is imposed on history by a backward projection of present-day standard phonology on to the past , and according to the theory of language standardization that we have tentatively advanced elsewhere ( J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) , it can be seen as an attempt to historicize the standard language — to create a past for it and determine a canon , in which canonical forms are argued for and unorthodox forms rejected . |
| 28 | He has been goaded by the obstacles to expansion and the punishing VAT rate of 18.6 per cent that is imposed on imports in his own country . |
| 29 | First , a charge to capital gains tax is imposed on export of a UK resident trust . |
| 30 | In such circumstances , the counsellor is acting on behalf of the counsellees rather than directly according to their wishes . |