Example sentences of "be [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Italian showman ( left ) will be roared on this weekend by a huge home crowd in the northern Italian resort as he launches his defence of the giant slalom and slalom titles he won with ease last year . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , in its emphases on Aegidius and on the Thuringians , the story of Childeric 's exile does seem to be drawing on real events . |
| 3 | When I suggest to Hopkins that many abductees could in fact be drawing on repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse and , as a result of bad hypnosis , end up believing mistakenly that they were messed around with by aliens instead , he agrees it 's a possibility , but then argues that some cases of childhood sexual abuse may in fact be alien abductions . |
| 4 | In conducting this study the researcher will be drawing on previous work on the relationship between science , technology , industry and the military in Britain |
| 5 | Contrariwise , one may be able to vote provided that one is in fact registered even though one was not entitled to be registered — the register , when published , is conclusive ( ibid , s.49 ) once notice of an election has been given , although it may be amended on specified grounds prior to that date ( ibid , s.11 ) . |
| 6 | The MPRP needs to improve itself and at the same time if new parties are formed for the interest of the people and the country , they should be competing on equal terms . " |
| 7 | ‘ Where will all the people be to go on 18-30 holiday packages ? |
| 8 | In order to counter this , specific measures should be undertaken on long-lasting projects to update the professional competence of those involved . |
| 9 | Although there is no overall meaning , everything can be explained on one measure or another . |
| 10 | In the former slave economies this can not be explained on political grounds , since the South was conquered and the old plantation aristocracy was at least temporarily powerless , though it soon returned . |
| 11 | It is 25 miles to the nearest district general hospital from some parts of the county and ambulances can be delayed on narrow roads , crowded with holiday traffic . |
| 12 | She felt no particular guilt : merely that marriage was a kind of old-fashioned scale : a tray on either side in which the fors and againsts had somehow to be kept in balance , and that extramarital sex had sometimes to be heaped on one side just to keep it steady because indefinable things were piling on the other . |
| 13 | Foreign Minister Agramonte was not the only person to be dismissed on 12 June . |
| 14 | In Stage II , however , resits may only be given on compulsory modules , normally including projects and dissertations . |
| 15 | Many other examples could be given on such issues as the placements of children in care , behaviour problems and the family links experienced by children . |
| 16 | These opportunities provide excellent career openings into the pharmaceutical industry and extensive training will be given on all aspects of GCP . |
| 17 | Admission is free and advice will also be given on coarse fisheries and brown trout fishing . |
| 18 | This was applied in Dixons Ltd. v. Roberts ( 1894 D.C. ) where it was held that section 14 did not catch a trader who gave a false indication that a refund would be given on any goods purchased , if within seven days the customer was able to buy the same products locally more cheaply . |
| 19 | Further details will be given on these pictures when they become available . |
| 20 | Well certainly some people want some answers want to be given on this budget , er me as well , I mean , he ca n't just suddenly say |
| 21 | THE LORD PRESIDENT invited the Cabinet to review their decision that Ministers should be free to vote against the advice which was to be given on this issue by the responsible Minister as representing the considered view of the Government . |
| 22 | She moved fast down river , the comforting throb of her engines arrowing out wash to be broken on each bank side . |
| 23 | The Environment Protection Law set fines for those who polluted " beyond limits " , and enabled projects to be halted on environmental grounds . |
| 24 | Starting in September 1990 batches of new courses will be introduced in each session so that from September 1992 all entrants will be enrolled on new-style courses . |
| 25 | The views of centres are therefore being sought on the year in which it is considered that candidates could be enrolled on new-style courses , for those courses which are not the subject of national development of units . |
| 26 | A remote queue pointer extends this process so that the supplying database can be situated on another machine on the network . |
| 27 | The proposals included the establishment of a regional parliament , the decisions of which would be binding on all member states , thus avoiding the need for ECOWAS resolutions to be ratified by individual governments . |
| 28 | Similarly , the advice and judgments of a proposed ECOWAS Court of Justice would be binding on all institutions and members . |
| 29 | If a Court Scheme is agreed to by the target 's shareholders ( or a particular class of them ) by the requisite majority , and is approved by the court , then it will be binding on all shareholders ( or the particular class of them ) and the company . |
| 30 | Repeatedly it is urged that there is no intention to introduce , through legislation , a nationally prescribed curriculum that would be binding on all LEAs and on all schools . |