Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reactor has been redesigned to run on low enriched uranium and its capacity upgraded from 5 to 10 megawatts . |
| 2 | Managing is unusual in the extent in which it has been shown to rely on informal information . |
| 3 | This may have partly contributed to the next important influence which has been brought to bear on hearing children read — the move towards parental involvement . |
| 4 | Dr Myerscough said he would not have let her go home without repeating the traces of the heartbeat or if she had gone home she would have been asked to attend on alternate days for check-ups . |
| 5 | ‘ But all politicians we invite are asked to lecture on historical topics , giving totally fresh and unique outlooks on the issues addressed . |
| 6 | The Ministry of Information said on March 12 that fisheries patrol boats had been instructed to fire on foreign vessels fishing illegally inside the country 's 200-mile exclusive economic zone . |
| 7 | It had been established to report on existing conditions of banking and credit , and to consider feasible steps in respect of the provision of banking and credit facilities for agriculture , industry and trade . |
| 8 | This is not a criticism of such models , for they have been constructed to focus on important issues of wage and employment determination . |
| 9 | Most broad spectrum supplements have been formulated based on average pasture and cereal values and their most likely deficiencies . |
| 10 | Meanwhile a number of less formalised groups have been formed to advise on physical disability , learning difficulties ( separate groups for users and carers ) and HIV/AIDs . |
| 11 | It may be one of the first times citizens anywhere have been allowed to vote on detailed defence-procurement questions . |
| 12 | However , some quantitative estimates of inversion within the Sole Pit Basin have been published based on anomalous patterns of Bunter Shale interval velocity ( Glennie & Boegner , 1981 ; Marie , 1975 ) . |
| 13 | However , I would point out in the passing , and apropos of nothing , that mass murderers have been known to dote on tiny tots . ’ |