Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one who grew up in the Dark Ages and is , as a result , spiritually stunted and psychologically scarred , I regularly find myself cringing at the sight of moaning footballers and speculating , in a twisted fashion , on how much better they might play if all the energy spent on operating the jaws were to be concentrated on getting on with the game . |
| 2 | In the course of doing so money will have to be spent on cleaning up the Six ( and , no doubt , eventually , the Soviet Union , too ) to ensure that they make respectable cohabitants of the new Europe which various leaders from Gorbachev to Delors to François Mitterrand have envisaged . |
| 3 | A MORI Poll conducted in November 1988 showed that of a hypothetical £100 to be spent on cleaning up nitrates and pesticides in the public water supply , people felt industry should pay £39 , farmers £19 , the government £31 and the consumer £11 . |
| 4 | Overall spending for environmental programmes was set to increase by $2,000 million , most of which would be spent on cleaning up radioactive and toxic waste at federal weapons facilities , preserving the country 's dwindling areas of wetland and researching into the effects of global warming . |
| 5 | Whether a single lift costing little more than half the balance lift is advisable or not can only be determined on working out the details of the site where it is required to be constructed and the conditions under which it would have to be worked . |