Example sentences of "be [verb] on in the " in BNC.

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1 The draft constitution , to be voted on in the April referendum , would reduce the legislature to a single , bicameral body ; specify the supremacy of federal law over that of constituent republics ; and retain the President as " head of state and the highest executive in Russia " .
2 Their liberated lives could not be carried on in the child-centred suburbs .
3 What makes sense therefore , is to put the work organiser at either end of the binder , to build those up , so that pages where you really will be writing on in the binder , which are the diary pages will become elevated towards the middle of the rings , and make that much easier to write on .
4 All contain the same genes , although different genes will be turned on in the different specialist cells .
5 Only 365 people turned up and to add insult to injury , the lights had to be turned on in the second half when a storm blew up , plunging the ground into darkness .
6 The answer to the last question is , of course , the so-called Standby Credit which is really a form of performance guarantee which will only be drawn on in the event of default by the party who has contracted to perform some service .
7 Something must be going on in the black box labelled ‘ consumer ’ .
8 Genetic make-up , early childhood socialisation , class divisions and inequalities of opportunity are things which we either do not know how to change , or would involve a degree of social and economic transformation which is very unlikely to be embarked on in the name of reducing crime .
9 The shafts can be tied on in the case of very young children , especially during active play .
10 We can not assume that what the linguist identifies as significant should correspond with aspects of language to be focused on in the teaching and learning of a language as a school subject .
11 One was its involvement in politics in a direct sense which would be frowned on in the West .
12 erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements .
13 Only 125 staff will be kept on in the Junction making washing machine .
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