Example sentences of "is [verb] on [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , Brent CABx now have nine representatives of black groups and organisations on their management committee whose aim is to pass on to the bureaux their knowledge of the needs of the communities that they represent .
2 Thus , despite the formalization of a system of state subsidy with the foundation of the University Grants Committee , any fears that university autonomy might be lessened were considerably allayed by the known attitude of the President of the Board of Education , H. A. L. Fisher , enshrined in his dictum : " The state is , in my opinion , not competent to direct the work of education and disinterested research which is carried on by the universities . "
3 This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments .
4 As we have seen , the long-lived gene as an evolutionary unit is not any particular physical structure but the textual archival information that is copied on down the generations .
5 Most mathematicians understand what is going on inside the heads of most of their colleagues .
6 The obvious temptation is to dismiss yesterday 's events as an old fashioned share ramp , but there is a niggling feeling that something more substantial is going on behind the scenes .
7 Well it certainly is , and we think that we 've had an examin of our co , examination of the constitution , we 've made a number of changes , but the task for Labour now is to press on with the issues of looking at our policies , and making sure that our economic policy and our social policy a actually meets the changes that are out their in the world .
8 This time , however , data is entered on to the graphs by first indicating each point in turn ( on the plan view of PARTA ) by means of a digitized point .
9 As land is passed on over the generations , it gradually ceases to be a viable unit .
10 It is something that is passed on down the generations , from each High King or Queen to the direct heir . ’
11 When an offer is under-subscribed , the unsold stock is taken on to the books of the Bank of England and used as a tap stock for sale to the market over time as and when demand develops or can be created .
12 When tasted and corrected , the mousse is piped on to the fillets which are then carefully folded back together .
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