Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of us who have criticised the Government 's and western nations ' lack of urgency in providing appropriate assistance to the Soviet Union will also welcome the new steps and the energy that is being shown in this area If , as the Prime Minister rightly says , the protection of non-proliferation is the absolute key to world peace , why are the Government seeking to increase the number of nuclear warheads that are carried on Trident , when they have the option of keeping the number the same , at a time when the rest of the world is decreasing them ? |
| 2 | We are carried on feathers . |
| 3 | The domes are carried on pendentives and below are rectangular piers without capitals . |
| 4 | These domes are carried on pendentives and are each 40 feet in diameter . |
| 5 | Full details of what promise to be uplifting and enjoyable celebrations are carried on page 4 and the back cover . |
| 6 | come on , right time is nearly twenty past , now sit down and get on with it what ? there are come on Deana you get on you 're |
| 7 | Much more common in tile roofing — as it was in the cheapest form of slated roof — was ‘ open batten ’ construction in which the tiles are hung on battens fixed directly to the top surfaces of the rafters without any intermediate boarding . |
| 8 | It 's the tiles are copies of ones found in the foundations and they 're hung on hand split oak lathes . |
| 9 | This was taken as proof of his innocence , especially when the case had been brought on suspicion . |
| 10 | Up to 2,200lb of bombs could be carried on underwing racks . |
| 11 | CAMEO is designed to be carried on emergency vehicles and has undergone successful on-scene field trials with the Seattle Fire Department . |
| 12 | To avoid damage , Gyproc cove should be carried on edge , whether singly or in a bundle . |
| 13 | Few people nowadays prefer to walk to their objective if they can be carried on wheels , and Fell End Clouds is so remote from centres of population that visitors invariably arrive by car . |
| 14 | It will be about twice as long as the goods brake and , as Colin 's article states , it will be carried on No. 5 's bogies and used as a mobile shop/ticket office/refreshment car . |
| 15 | These from the castle will be more powerful , with longer range than any that can be carried on shipboard . |
| 16 | Not a great deal in the way of interpretation or conclusion should be hung on answers to a single question about ‘ liking ’ housework . |
| 17 | Ideally , gates should be hung on study posts , set well into the ground . |
| 18 | Keepin and Kats were responsible for a calculation which has been taken up and treated with biblical reverence by the anti-nuclear lobby : for nuclear power to displace coal from the energy mix in a high energy scenario 8000 large reactors would have to be brought on line worldwide at the rate of one every one-and-a-half days . |
| 19 | The bird will be brought on stage by Arthur Johnson , marketing editor of the Echo , and Brian Hall , PR Executive of Liverpool FC . |
| 20 | The United States declared that all non-humanitarian US economic support would be withheld " until the democratic process is restored " ; nor would action be taken on Romania 's bid to regain " most favoured nation " trade status , which would allow low tariffs for exports to the USA . |
| 21 | His embalmed body was carried to Dunfermline for burial , but at his own request his heart had been removed by a trusted comrade-in-arms , Sir James Douglas , to be taken on Crusade . |
| 22 | But it 's difficult — obviously people have to be taken on trust . |
| 23 | Their relevance outside the situation for which they were designed , where eventual aims can not be so readily related to learning objectives , should not therefore be taken on trust ( see Widdowson 1983 ) . |
| 24 | Everything has to be taken on trust ; truth is only that which is taken to be true . |
| 25 | ‘ So a few things are going to have to be taken on trust . |
| 26 | Policy issues concern high-level strategy questions , whose character and complexity involve the examination of vast quantities of data before decisions can be taken on matters of the highest political Import . |
| 27 | Evidence can be freely taken by agents acting on behalf of foreign litigants ; but no compulsory processes may be used , nor may the evidence be taken on oath . |
| 28 | Information will be taken on income from all sources : from paid employment , investments , pensions and/or State benefits . |
| 29 | Initial action , which will begin in 30 days unless the dispute is resolved , will be taken on rape oil , wheat gluten and white wine . |
| 30 | While no confirmation has been found among records of Garrick 's career , it can be taken on Duncombe 's word that the actor prepared the proposals . |