Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dylan Thomas immortalised such machinery in Draper Mog Edwards ' soliloquy in Under Milk Wood : I have come to take you away to my emporium on the hill , where the change hums on wires . |
| 2 | A second would be to ensure corrugated iron covers on doors and windows are better secured and quickly repaired if removed or damaged . |
| 3 | OPTOELECTRONICS RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON , SOUTHAMPTON FOCUSSES ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
| 4 | This is because it explicitly focusses on areas that the organisation may have previously neglected , or because it challenges the organisation to rethink areas to which it had paid insufficient attention . |
| 5 | Designed for use by church groups , community centres and parent teacher groups , Parenting in a TV Age is a parent education programme which focusses on issues of children and television . |
| 6 | This programme of screenings focusses on films which explore areas of race and gender in a thought provoking way . |
| 7 | There is no fire in the grate ; the King economizes on napkins by tucking the table cloth around his neck . |
| 8 | Dan Wagoner 's own new work , first staged in Plymouth in October , has a jokey title , Turtles All The Way Down , and has something to do with a Bertrand Russell lecture when it was suggested that the Earth is not round but carried on the back of a giant tortoise which stands on turtles all the way down . |
| 9 | But I wish to relate to the council a particular episode , which I hope will convey something to those people who are perhaps still wavering erm , and whilst we all have principle stands on issues it behoves us as members to consider the views of our constituents and the sorts of things that take place in our wards . |
| 10 | Javer pounces on errors |
| 11 | In a bare tank ( minimum size 10″ x 6″ x 6″ ) , suspend two spawning mops on pieces of cork or polystyrene and place a clump of Java Moss on the tank base for the female to hide in when she requires a respite from spawning . |
| 12 | The best non-human example that I know has recently been described by P. F. Jenkins in the song of a bird called the saddleback which lives on islands off New Zealand . |
| 13 | Faster than anything that lives on legs , |
| 14 | Set among gardens and pine trees , the club with its own beach , nestles on cliffs with splendid views across Portinatx Bay . |
| 15 | But can it be said that such a duty lies on individuals and groups ? |
| 16 | He lies on rocks |
| 17 | The Department of the Environment admits it is almost impossible to recruit the calibre of inspectors it wants on salaries starting at about £15,000 . |
| 18 | Criticism of the burden this places on consumers has been countered by the argument that the public is prepared to pay |
| 19 | The affair illustrates the powerful effect the Panel 's legal clout has on companies — the threat of bad publicity is enough , irrespective of whether the company thinks it has a good case or not . |
| 20 | She has on Tuesdays . |
| 21 | The disagreement between the two sides of the House arises in regard to the effect that that has on students . |
| 22 | Having always been aware of the Cathedral I 've often wondered what impact it has on visitors seeing it for the first time . |
| 23 | the possible distorting effect that technology has on attitudes to , and the availability of , other forms of health care — for example , preventive care and the often forgotten possibility of not doing anything ; |
| 24 | The statistics , however , fail to take into account the effect pressure has on players and an ability to rise to an occasion . |
| 25 | Whatever influence television news has on voters , it would be likely to affect all , or nearly all voters . |
| 26 | So there is also a recognition of values in determining the ethos of a school , and of the very powerful effect that has on children 's achievement . ’ |
| 27 | Whilst intensification of use has on occasions been deemed to amount to a material change of use , it is a difficult decision for a planning officer to make involving both fact and degree . |
| 28 | ‘ Notice the effect that black has on colours — Poussin painted on black canvas , and so did Braque sometimes . ’ |
| 29 | Another protection for consumers in their dealings with commercial organizations is provided by the Unfair Contract Terms Act , 1977 , which protects individuals against possible loss of rights from exclusion clauses and disclaimer notices on posters , tickets etc . |
| 30 | REDUNDANT finance executive Philip Rice has stuck hundreds of ‘ gissa job ’ notices on cars . |