Example sentences of "on by [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How does Kohlberg 's theory of gender identity development , drawn on by many feminist theorists , fit with feminist social learning and psychoanalytic models of gender identity ? |
| 2 | ‘ However , I would n't mind living in a huge London house in Knightsbridge , and being waited on by all those servants . |
| 3 | His actions were ‘ brought on by all three incidents running together , ’ he said . |
| 4 | This rarest of distinctions in surgery is decided on by all three Royal colleges of surgeons in the United Kingdom and was a great source of pride to Prof Gibson . |
| 5 | The maximum taken on by any single employer was 14 . |
| 6 | It showed a little girl with a garland around her neck , and a grass skirt , on an island , being spied on by this little boy through a telescope . |
| 7 | He felt as though he was prying , and as though he was being uselessly urged on by some violent emotion of curiosity — not greed , curiosity , more fundamental even than sex , the desire for knowledge . |
| 8 | There are Christmas gifts galore , and there 's it 's a big it 's a big craft show put on by some good people . |
| 9 | It was our second chance and we were spurred on by some great support . |
| 10 | I had learned by now that an upsurge in Mr Singh 's libido was usually brought on by some other outside circumstance . |
| 11 | The connection between poststructuralist conviction and political radicalism is both arbitrary and tenuous , but it is insisted on by some contemporary theorists , with their readiness to invoke analogies between cultural processes , however disparate . |
| 12 | And they were egged on by some Labour MPs and councillors who refused to comply with the law themselves . |