Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Italian showman ( left ) will be roared on this weekend by a huge home crowd in the northern Italian resort as he launches his defence of the giant slalom and slalom titles he won with ease last year . |
| 2 | When I suggest to Hopkins that many abductees could in fact be drawing on repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse and , as a result of bad hypnosis , end up believing mistakenly that they were messed around with by aliens instead , he agrees it 's a possibility , but then argues that some cases of childhood sexual abuse may in fact be alien abductions . |
| 3 | It will be drawing on sale catalogues , periodicals and modern books on English furniture . |
| 4 | The Trust will be drawing on its experience of upland erosion and repair work in the Lake District ; it will also be liaising with the many bodies which take an interest in the Mournes , including Down District Council , the Mournes Advisory Council and the education and library boards . |
| 5 | In conducting this study the researcher will be drawing on previous work on the relationship between science , technology , industry and the military in Britain |
| 6 | Nevertheless , in its emphases on Aegidius and on the Thuringians , the story of Childeric 's exile does seem to be drawing on real events . |
| 7 | Sight deposits are any deposits that can be withdrawn on demand by the depositor without penalty . |
| 8 | Now , less than 12 months later we are told it is to be withdrawn on February 23 . |
| 9 | The praise was well-deserved , but this was no time to be resting on laurels . |
| 10 | If we observe a pile of books hanging in the air , we might say : ‘ They must be resting on something . |
| 11 | The hand does not have to be on the table ; it could , for example , be resting on your chin . |
| 12 | Leaving his cry wafting after him , he disappeared in pursuit of a housemaid who was busily removing all the clean antimacassars that had only just been placed lovingly in position for the oil-bedaubed heads that would shortly be resting on them . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're supposed to be resting on your side , ’ she said sternly . |
| 14 | All co-operative and good behaviour should be commented on and praised . |
| 15 | Points ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) will be commented on later ( see Remarks ( i ) after 1.9.3 Theorem 1.4.10 and the Remark following 1.5.1 respectively ) . |
| 16 | I think that it is n't a general skill it at needs to be commented on , I think that it needs to commented on I think that it ought to be commented on in the comment box . |
| 17 | I think that it is n't a general skill it at needs to be commented on , I think that it needs to commented on I think that it ought to be commented on in the comment box . |
| 18 | Homework , things that might be commented on in this |
| 19 | Only those strategies used to overcome difficulties arising from gender distinctions will be commented on . |
| 20 | The SORP recommends the same for local authorities and gives examples of accounting policies to be commented on . |
| 21 | The accounting policies used should also be commented on if in any way unusual or conservative . |
| 22 | Their reports could be commented on by the head of mission ; but they might well not be seen at all by the imperial chancellor , who had formal responsibility for the conduct of German foreign policy . |
| 23 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 24 | In spite of the mixed feelings that will undoubtedly be provoked on Tuesday night , Hamnett 's move should be assessed in a cooler and more general light . |
| 25 | In conclusion , our findings show that low grade , gastric MALT lymphoma can always be diagnosed on the basis of both fixed and fresh endoscopic biopsy specimens . |
| 26 | Even in the at-ease position Felix seemed to be jogging on the spot . |
| 27 | Inarticulates can be recognized on the rock from their shiny lustre . |
| 28 | As bass notes were reproduced very weakly , the bass line was often attributed to the tuba , which had more higher-frequency harmonics ; these could be recognized on playback as constituting a ‘ bass line ’ . |
| 29 | The iris is one of the longest-cultivated flowering plants , and one variety , thought to be this one , can be recognized on the wall of an Egyptian temple at Karnak dating from 1500 B.C. |
| 30 | For example , the effects of transactions or events can be recognized on an accrual basis ( that is , when the transactions or events take place ) , or on a cash basis ( that is , when cash is received or paid ) . |