Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Operations are now carried out on special trolleys which are hinged to allow the head to drop below the feet , ensuring a continuing blood supply to the brain in the event of sudden loss of blood pressure . |
| 2 | The toughest quality checks are then carried out on your finished carpet . |
| 3 | Nail clippers , combs , toothpaste and toothbrushes , razors and washbags are neatly laid out on tables in the cells to await the arrival of inmates , many of whom will not be carrying such items because they may not have expected to be remanded in custody . |
| 4 | The cost of choice for the majority is the absence of choice for the minority who will never afford to buy , … ‘ the Right to Buy ’ and growth of owner-occupation are effectively carried out on the backs of poor people . |
| 5 | LEFT Excavations are usually carried out on sites scheduled for development , so that the archaeological evidence can never be displayed on the site . |
| 6 | Such networks are inevitably built up on a regional basis because the finds are usually confined to a limited geographical region . |
| 7 | Hence , chemical studies are confidently carried out on one or at most a very few instances of the materials that chemists are analysing and synthesizing . |
| 8 | As modern weathering masks many of these textures , petrographic studies are best carried out on subsurface samples wherever possible , particularly if samples are to be chemically analysed later . |
| 9 | Just a small percentage of the original twenty thousand hippies are still camped out on Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire . |
| 10 | Monk seal bodies are periodically washed up on the Mediterranean cost and there are fears the virus will lead to their extinction . |
| 11 | Often ill-informed and repetitive , the debate has tended to ignore the interests of the client and has frequently been conducted by those whose minds are already made up on the issue . |
| 12 | After a print run of , say 100 A4 sheets , the printed sheets are then turned over on the long axis , and the same print is made on the reverse . |
| 13 | An opinion was expressed that such a purchaser under a suspensory condition ( that the money be only handed over on the certificate being got by the purchaser ) is not necessarily committing a violation of the Act , " assuming that he shows proper diligence in endeavouring to obtain the certificate , and is acting throughout in bona fide " : per Lord Trayner , ibid . |
| 14 | In 1916 remains of St Margaret 's earlier foundation were rediscovered under the nave , and the lines of its walls are now marked out on the floor . |