Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important union for farm workers in England is the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers ( NUAAW ) which has a membership of approximately 90000 , three-quarters of whom are employed on the land . |
| 2 | This story runs parallel with that of a bank robbery which is being planned for 14th July by a group of petty criminals , some of whom are employed on the building site for the new hotel . |
| 3 | Two of them are shown on the right with their lines of symmetry drawn . |
| 4 | Every time I meet her I am thrown on the defensive . |
| 5 | I am tapped on the head by innumerable vice presidents , given a small raise , taken to the opera by the client , and sent to Hong Kong for the signing of the loan . |
| 6 | Well , I 'm joined on the line by Audrey . |
| 7 | great big towers which are painted an off white colour , an' I 'm featured , an' I 'm featured on the front of a very famous album by Pink Floyd . |
| 8 | I 'm based on the moons of Jupiter from now on , and the only time I 'll come back to earth will be strictly on a day-trip basis . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm wanted on the ward , ’ she said breathlessly . |
| 10 | I 'm wanted on the phone , and then I have a long-standing business lunch and a couple of other appointments . |
| 11 | I 'm up here and I 'm perched on the ledge |
| 12 | I 'm impaled on the blue flames of his blow-torch eyes you see . ’ |
| 13 | The hay is laid across the poles ( which are supported on the trestles ) and lower wire triangle , leaving a small air space where the hay meets in the middle of the tripod . |
| 14 | Finally , it is evident that Duguit 's theory of law is far removed from those theories which are built on the assumption of the priority of individual rights . |
| 15 | The approval package does not contain module(s) which are listed on the DC(s) active via the package . |
| 16 | The image is formed by as many as 1.5 million individually addressed pixels which are defined on the surface of the glass sheets during processing . |
| 17 | There are two types of TCR , αβ TCR and γ TCR , which are expressed on the surface of distinct subsets of T lymphocytes that seem to be derived from different cell lineages . |
| 18 | The company is selling the building , which houses the Toronto Stock Exchange , back to its bankers to repay holders of C$300m of short-term securities , which are secured on the building . |
| 19 | This is an insurance policy that buys funds which are invested on the stock market . |
| 20 | Accreditation is of little relevance to those who compete for senior academic posts , which are decided on the basis of academic achievement . |
| 21 | I had a particular gift with the tarot cards … not using the traditional interpretations which are given on the back of any £5-pack from W H Smiths . |
| 22 | But his account of natural philosophy , which rejects any inner mechanisms or real essences ‘ hid … behind the scenes ’ which would purport to explain ‘ those appearances which are seen on the theatre of the world ’ , is a clear example too . |
| 23 | A corporate finance client will only enjoy the benefit of modified Conduct of Business rules imposed on the Firm rather than the full Conduct of Business Rules which are imposed on the Firm when dealing with Investment Business clients . |
| 24 | Children learn to listen by following instructions for the activities , which are recorded on the accompanying cassette . |
| 25 | The concept of motor skill is associated , with the development of longer and more complex patterns of activity which can be reeled off following a single trigger and which are monitored on the basis that only feedback which indicates errors needs attention . |
| 26 | The digital images held in the memory banks are converted to television signals which are displayed on the monitor . |
| 27 | The computer did not plan an Agnes or a Paul , but only a prototype known as a human being , giving rise to a large number of specimens which are based on the original model and have n't any individual essence . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , you ca n't really define good humbuckers any more , so I just sent the Seymour Duncans which are based on the originals , made the exact same way that the original humbuckers were . ’ |
| 29 | Despite these various arguments suggesting high unemployment from rapid technical change which are based on the foundation laid by him , Leontief has himself , with a colleague ( Leontief and Duchin 1983 ) , recently published the results of a survey of the likely effects of new technology on the US economy up to the year 2000 which concludes that , far from there being net job losses , there will be a substantial rise in the aggregate labour force over this period due to the rapid take-up of the technology . |
| 30 | The 1980 Survey 's section on the elderly was asked only of those aged 65 and over , and therefore tables in this chapter which are based on the 1980 data include only the sub sample in this age band . |