Example sentences of "is [verb] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , since the APB wants to ensure that the debate which it intends the paper to stimulate does not get confined to the Big Six and a few others , it is to go on a whistlestop tour of the country over the next three months , holding discussion meetings with interested parties . |
| 2 | A third reason why dieting makes you fat is because fat is less metabolically active than muscle … the one sure way to slow the body down and so create the conditions for getting fat is to go on a diet |
| 3 | However Transitional Reduction is calculated on a Scheme Council Tax in accordance with the Government Regulations and not in accordance with the actual Council Tax levied by the Region and District Councils , in addition water charges are excluded from both years . |
| 4 | The master is placed on a drum and comes into contact with damp rollers then ink rollers . |
| 5 | With the resin combination used above , the jig is placed on a hotplate and curing carried out at 80°C for about 15 minutes . |
| 6 | The mother learns that if the child is placed on a pot at these particular times she is likely to avoid having dirty nappies . |
| 7 | In spite of occasional feelings to the contrary , usually described as good or bad luck , the physical world is neither for nor against the actions of the individual ( except in the robotic sense of Le Chatilier 's principle which states that whenever a constraint is placed on a system in equilibrium , the equilibrium is altered in such a way as to annul the efforts of the constraint ) . |
| 8 | The teams stand in line and the feather is placed on a chair at the end of the room . |
| 9 | ‘ The corpse , wrapped in canvas , is placed on a piece of wickerwork in the parish coffin . |
| 10 | When a graphics element is placed on a page there is now an option to set text wraparound . |
| 11 | Diagnosis can be delayed if too much reliance is placed on a blood glucose strip . |
| 12 | Each of those drawings is placed on a background , photographed , and another , similar , but slightly different one photographed next to give the impression of movement . |
| 13 | They may contrast deictics like here and there , for instance , but they may do so by using here to signal transfers of possession-'Here' , said as a child hands a toy to a parent ; and there to signal completion — ‘ There ! ’ as the last block is placed on a tower ( e.g. , Clark and Sengul , 1978 ) . |
| 14 | The research is concentrating on middle managers ( or , to use the more wide-ranging French term , cadres ) and it is drawing on a range of case study methods . |
| 15 | Moreover , the thought of having one 's own flat takes on a different vision when it is situated on a sink council estate . |
| 16 | A rosette of leaves is formed on a rootstock , producing many runners and subsequent shoots which eventually grow many other rosetted plants . |
| 17 | i ) Laid paper made by hand or on a cylinder-mould is formed on a mesh of wires laid over each other at right angles . |
| 18 | The matrix is formed on a disc of a material such as caesium iodide , chosen for its transparency to infrared ( IR ) , visible and ultraviolet ( UV ) light . |
| 19 | A Class F Land Charge or Notice is binding on a husband 's trustee in bankruptcy , subject to the provisions of the Matrimonial Homes Act ( Insolvency Act 1986 , s336 ) . |
| 20 | Her first employment was likely to be as a " reading girl " , that is to sit on a stool and read out the copy to a compositor . |
| 21 | It will be readily appreciated how important it is to agree on a name which reflects the separate identities ( and vanities ) of the firms involved without assuming Dickensian proportions and which at the same time commands the approval of any public relations consultant who has been engaged . |
| 22 | The long term aim is to agree on a set of standards by which an " eco-label " could be awarded to timber products which come from genuinely sustainable sources . |
| 23 | Many couples find a good way to avoid impulsive spending is to agree on a limit of , say £5 or £10 as all that can be spent without consulting the other partner . |
| 24 | They snap at the insect and catch it in their mouths while it is resting on a flower . |
| 25 | At the moment the filter is resting on a flowerpot to keep its top above water and complete the wet and dry circuit . |
| 26 | The Central Processor Unit is contained on a CPU chip , which controls all the calculating and coordinating functions of the computer . |
| 27 | Updating is easier if the information is contained on a word processor but manual records are adequate . |
| 28 | The scale of relief that would actually be achieved by a western route is queried on a number of grounds . |
| 29 | The reproduction failure is blamed on a shortage of adult birds to defend colonies against predators . |
| 30 | The Centre 's research is organised on a team and cross-team basis to ensure high levels of integration in the design and operational stages of the research project . |