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

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1 something to be dropped on from a great height as frequently as possible er particularly if it 's the G L C. In the United States , however much the federal government is irritated by the state government , it can not attack its constitutional powers nor can it undermine its financial base so that 's a different relationship , it 's a relationship based , not on dominance , but on partnership and there has to be an understanding , a trade off between federal and er a and state government .
2 The best preliminary plan may be for the reader to open the book upright at ( the illustration ) and then go to the other side of the room , to be imposed on from a distance : it is the nearest the book can offer to the proper first encounter with the figure .
3 Mistakes and ignorance can be handed on from one generation to another , habit can blind , and tradition can bind .
4 This means that bilingual education must be focused on from an early age and given a high profile throughout the school system .
5 Right , this time it 's going to be carrying on from , where did we get to X
6 It remains a secret , though it is said to be passed on from chairman to chairman in a discreet whisper .
7 Every time that sexual intercourse takes place with a new partner there is a risk that some disease will be passed on from one to the other and , with rare exceptions , there is no way of telling , by simply looking at a person , whether they have an infection or not .
8 The shape-specific polymers continued to be passed on from potency to potency even after none of the original solute was left in the solution .
9 But psychological violence stays with you , it festers , it can be passed on from generation to generation . ’
10 Staff at Slimbridge say their 7,000 waterfowl are unlikely to be affected by the outbreak , which ca n't be passed on from bird to bird .
11 The bid approved by the county 's police committee is for 18 extra constables and two more sergeants to be taken on from 1993 .
12 The proposal approved by the county 's police committee is for 18 extra constables and two more sergeants to be taken on from 1993 .
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