Example sentences of "on by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spurred on by a Woman . ’ |
| 2 | A special type of outside light is the security light , which is switched on by a passive infra-red ( PIR ) sensor ( usually , but not always , part of the light fitting ) , whenever someone approaches . |
| 3 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 4 | Mr Krenz speaking to workers yesterday at the Bergmann-Borsig machine factory outside East Berlin — a hotbed of critical opposition and the birthplace of East Germany 's first independent trade union — reiterated that he was prepared to have his position as party leader voted on by a new central committee . |
| 5 | In 1974 his property and investment group also faced problems brought on by a credit squeeze and downturn in the building market . |
| 6 | The record price for a suit was one hundred pounds , and that was brand new , passed on by a lunatic who changed his mind as soon as he had taken it home . |
| 7 | But the Labour Government which had intended the Festival as a celebration of welfare-minded , egalitarian , planner 's Britain — a Britain where identity cards were still not abolished — was , by the time it opened , hanging on by a slender majority of six and , by the time it ended , on the point of being ejected . |
| 8 | My gut , after a period of glorious dependability on a diet of potatoes , was bailing everything out again , spurred on by a meal of Lomo ( pork ) a lo Gordon Blyed from Puno International Restaurant . |
| 9 | As they headed for the first aircraft they were fired on by a sentry . |
| 10 | Cheered on by a large crowd , they added two more goals . |
| 11 | Spurred on by a new hope , she ran across the road and scrambled up the smooth grassy side of the hillock . |
| 12 | Her triumph in securing Dombey as a husband for Edith is dashed by Edith 's unconcealed contempt and resentment after the marriage , and she dies in confusion of mind and physical incapacity brought on by a stroke . |
| 13 | Depression is sometimes brought on by a sudden change in one 's life , such as coming into a Home . |
| 14 | The 4–5 favourite held on by a fast diminishing half-length from Swift Buck who was attempting to give his jockey , John McIrvine , a record third successive win in the race . |
| 15 | Mike Vater sprays us with champagne , urged on by a joyful Adele . |
| 16 | It is not everyone who can boast of being pissed on by a lion . |
| 17 | We are being taken to the ‘ limits of pain ’ brought on by a means of transport which is too loud , ugly , congested , dirty , dangerous and expensive . |
| 18 | ‘ The trouble , ’ said Fred , ‘ is that your tournament is being put on by a bunch of aircraft public relations people . ’ |
| 19 | The Western was in its dying throes , but Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969 kept it hanging on by a thread . |
| 20 | Legend has it that it was once fired on by a warship because it failed to reply to a signal ! |
| 21 | Mark Skinner and Paul Higham , both 23 , were airlifted to Lismore Hospital with multiple injuries after their vehicle was hit head on by a runaway car in northern New South Wales . |
| 22 | Only five survivors of Woking 's 1990-91 heroes are expected to feature tonight — Buzaglo , Mark Biggins , Trevor Baron and Wye brothers Shane and Lloyd — but they will be roared on by a 6,000 capacity crowd . |
| 23 | She wrote to three or four firms she had had contact with and was taken on by a small partnership in Orpington . |
| 24 | A Provisional IRA ‘ get-away ’ car was fired on by a soldier and the driver injured . |
| 25 | She was holding on by a thread . |
| 26 | Sometimes they were to be found in a corner , solemnly talking to a rather battered doll whose arms and legs were always popping off , waiting to be clipped on by a passing ‘ brother ’ who was inevitably obliging . |
| 27 | She was waved on by a sharp-eyed young officer , who boasted he could smell a smuggler from fifty yards away . |
| 28 | Urged on by a renewed Ibrox roar , they stormed forward in search of an equaliser , and it came in the 83rd minute . |
| 29 | And medical experts say the horrific condition may have been brought on by a paracetamol tablet . |
| 30 | Ignorance of the union world was underlined early on by a detailed target list itemizing the amount sought from each union . |