Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] on by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small firm may feel vulnerable and unable to compete effectively and look to be taken over , though with an agreement that those of its partners who do not retire should be taken on by the new firm . |
| 2 | This development plan is prepared in negotiation with the education and business partnership and must be agreed on by the TPS regional manager . |
| 3 | Cahervillahow ran no race in the Gold Cup but he might be turned on by the National as was the case with Attitude Adjuster who was also trained by Mouse Morris . |
| 4 | Er and seek good qualified er Consultants to carry out the work which could be deliberated on by the various Committees of the County Council and the District and that work has been done and I think if I saw anything Chairman from the meeting on the twenty second of December at St Albans , it was that form very first time three political parties took up the policy and they started to address particular issues er er er we believe less measures partaken . |
| 5 | A fifth of England could be built on by the middle of the next century , according to a report from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England ( CPRE ) , which finds that countryside is disappearing much faster than official figures suggest . |
| 6 | Second , changes in genes can alter the responses of cells locally to the inducing chemical : different genes could be switched on by the same stimulus . |
| 7 | Mercury 's orbit is fairly eccentric , and therefore a tidal bulge would be acted on by the Sun a good deal more strongly near perihelion than elsewhere in the orbit . |
| 8 | And who can say what will be going on by the time you read these words ? |
| 9 | All this sort of responsibility will be taken on by the reception centre . |
| 10 | This clock can be turned on by the START signal , causing the motor to run at a stepping rate equal to the clock frequency , and turned off by the STOP signal , in which case the motor is halted . |
| 11 | The list is not exhaustive , but what this present section sets out to do is give a very substantial selection illustrating the range of material which can be drawn on by the researcher . |