Example sentences of "are [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managing Director Stuart Hyslop said the posters with slogans on issues including the poll tax , crime , health and employment are carried on a commercial cash basis and no other party has approached the company to book space . |
| 2 | It bursts at internals to release into the atmosphere an enormous number of rusty-red spores which are carried on the breeze to germinate in distant damp timber , starting the process afresh . |
| 3 | Genes controlling coat pattern are carried on the X chromosome and if one X carries a gene that gives colour and the other X carries an inactive gene , the different patches of tissue containing the different inactivated X chromosomes show up as patches of different colours . |
| 4 | The eggs need to be well protected since they are carried on the wind , continually exposed to the sun 's fierce rays , and blown across the sand . |
| 5 | The Netherlandish and Dutch paintings are hung on a dull green background , the Spanish and French on light grey . |
| 6 | In the dust of the great Ein Helweh Palestinian camp just east of Sidon , cheap copies of Roberts ' prints — of Nablus , of Hebron , of Jericho and Jerusalem — are hung on the cement walls of refugee shacks , behind uncleaned glass , sometimes held in place by Scotch tape and glue . |
| 7 | In the main part of the building the paintings are hung on the first and second floors . |
| 8 | There are other accessories you can use to increase the impact of the picture , including cords , tassels and ribbons that could be added to pictures when they are hung on the wall . |
| 9 | NEW issues in London are taking on a decidedly international feel , with the 75m share offering by Waste Management International being the latest example . |
| 10 | First , it may be difficult to recruit a sample of people who know that they are taking on a very long-term commitment . |
| 11 | There are now nearly 200 National Trust shops around the country , and the town shops , which are open all year round , are taking on a new look . |
| 12 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 13 | Jazz FM , Kiss FM and LBC are taking on the might of London station Capital Radio by selling their airtime in one package . |
| 14 | If you are not putting the proper bodywork on the ball which is coming towards you and which you are taking on the rise , then you wo n't have the control . |
| 15 | Trees are preparing for winter and their leaves are taking on the beautiful colours of autumn . |
| 16 | Holy Trinity 's young recruits are put on a ten-week course , followed by a residential weekend concentrating on ‘ the person and work of the Holy Spirit ’ . |
| 17 | It is a preference which is relatively easy to unlearn : when patients with high blood pressure are put on a low-sodium diet , within six to eight weeks many discover that the foods they used to eat seem unpleasantly salty . |
| 18 | Danish lager brewing specialists , visitors are taken on a tour of the brewing , bottling and packing processes . |
| 19 | This means they are taken on a daily basis to farms and other work-places outside the prison . |
| 20 | If a visible consensus is not reached , then decisions are taken on a majority vote . |
| 21 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 22 | Present day ‘ time travellers ’ step into a specially designed car and are taken on an exciting trip through more than 1,000 years of Carrickfergus history . |
| 23 | It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results . |
| 24 | For example , routes will frequently be made economical only if adults are taken on the school transport services . |
| 25 | The methods used for controlling debate are the power to apply the closure by a simple majority , though normally the majority must consist of a hundred members ; the power to send bills upstairs for their committee stage to a standing committee and the power , when bills are taken on the floor of the House or in committee , to impose a guillotine . |
| 26 | The EEB declaration makes it clear that European environment groups ‘ believe that when decisions are taken on the respective competence of the Community , Member States and regional and local government in actions to protect the environment , the overriding objective must be to secure the highest quality of life for the Community 's citizens . |
| 27 | I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . |
| 28 | When the toggle keys are switched on a two-letter code appears in the Status Line ( see the screen on page 2 ) . |
| 29 | You are carrying on a business if you sell or barter any of the livestock or their produce . |
| 30 | Further , even smaller corporates may be treated as non-private under Rule 5 — 5(4) where they : ( a ) are carrying on a main business which is not investment business ; ( b ) enter into a futures transaction as an integral part of its main business ; ( c ) have , in the firm 's reasonable belief , sufficient experience and understanding to waive protections provided for private customers ; and ( d ) have received a clear warning of the protections under the regulatory system which they would lose , including a statement of its rights to request to be treated as a private customer . |