Example sentences of "are [verb] on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strobe lights are turned on to full effect for ‘ Bring It On Down ’ , which comes complete with a sample of Donna Summer 's old disco smash ‘ I Feel Love ’ , incongruous amidst the white English chaos — albeit a very controlled and theatrical type of chaos . |
| 2 | Strobe lights are turned on to full effect for ‘ Bring It On Down ’ , which comes complete with a sample of Donna Summer 's old disco smash ‘ I Feel Love ’ , incongruous amidst the white English chaos — albeit a very controlled and theatrical type of chaos . |
| 3 | It must be the case that the norms of these variable states are agreed on by internal consensus in the communities concerned . |
| 4 | But we know are going on to double shift on Monday |
| 5 | the local communities have been ignored in these issues and these discussions that are going on between British Coal and the County Council . |
| 6 | I get clues as to how a particular family organises its life , whether the room is a room for the whole family or a , a room that 's perhaps excludes children or a room that 's for best , that kind of which not only tells you something about that particular family but , when you 've seen enough homes , tells you about general patterns that are going on in social life . |
| 7 | Many current debates about the future of medical education are going on among small groups of specialists , with no input from the vast majority of people who do the actual teaching . |
| 8 | If a relationship is clearly becoming either more established , or girls ( and boys ) are moving on to other sexual relationships , it seems logical to take precautions . |
| 9 | If the liberal-democratic institutions of an ‘ imitation bourgeois state ’ , such as elections , parliaments , elected local government and multi-party systems are grafted on to neo-colonial relations of production , as was the case in many countries immediately following independence , they will decay . |
| 10 | Just like certain tournaments today are put on by public relations types who know nothing about golf . |
| 11 | Nervous riders are taken on by Blue Well Riding Centre ( Tel : 0267 202274 ) at Pencader , Dyfed , limited to four guests only on the Monday to Friday courses . |
| 12 | Many garden pools have ornamental fountains which are switched on on hot days or when you are in the garden . |
| 13 | Despite these difficulties there are almost as many children now attending primary schools as there were before the invasion , and many teachers are carrying on without regular salaries . |
| 14 | Funds allocated from central to local government are passed on to individual schools . |
| 15 | They are passed on to other specialist Hospitals , and in this case the Southampton General where they believed surgeons would n't accept smokers … |
| 16 | I appreciate that scientists may believe our characteristics and tendencies are passed on by genetic inheritance ; I accept that Jung favoured the concept of an ancestral ‘ memory bank ’ to which we are all capable of tuning in . |
| 17 | The goods are sent on by large waggons , and meet us at Loch Crinan ; while the ‘ Cygnet ’ or the ‘ Plover ’ puffs along right merrily , and we sit down to have a quiet look at the bonnie bits of scenery that are everywhere meeting us . |
| 18 | Tons and tons of waste are piled on to giant furnaces every day , burning away all the waste . |
| 19 | Vehicles are loaded on to special platforms and dropped out of aircraft specifically designated to carry out this task on to adjacent or parallel drop zones . |
| 20 | They are held on by recessed bolts and wing-nuts , and are easily removed . |