Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] on by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pace and success of any rehabilitation programme , after a care order is made , are to be decided on by the local authority and only the local authority . |
| 2 | The new-born child is virtually a clean slate , to be written on by the world . |
| 3 | Notice that a set of four consecutive bytes could be treated as a word containing a 32-bit binary pattern upon which word instructions can operate , or as a byte string to be operated on by the byte string instructions , or ( possibly ) by the packed decimal instructions . |
| 4 | ‘ I would prefer the portfolio of the shadow Scottish secretary to be voted on by the Scottish group and the Scottish party . ’ |
| 5 | You leapt for the cleaner banks and I allowed myself to be carried on by the filth of deceit , of shame , and of a guilt that even now I can not put into public or private words . |
| 6 | David Wheatley , 28 , lived in a fantasy after failing to be taken on by the Force . |
| 7 | Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm . |
| 8 | Presented to the Society by Mr J E Cadwallader from Capetown , South Africa - the last employee to be taken on by the Bishop 's Castle Railway . ) |
| 9 | Haram , 23 , was one of just two artists from across the country to be taken on by the charity which promotes ‘ young musicians of exceptional quality ’ . |
| 10 | They are cases in which a promise was made which was intended to create legal relations and which , to the knowledge of the person making the promise , was going to be acted on by the person to whom it was made , and which was in fact so acted on . |