Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 2 | The journalists claim in ‘ Ambush : The War Between The SAS and the IRA ’ that the SAS man drove a lorry identical to the ex-UDR man 's and pretended to break down on a lonely Tyrone road . |
| 3 | It needs to think ahead on a systematic basis . |
| 4 | Scottish motorists , however , could receive preferential rates if , as expected , they are used as guinea pigs to prove that the theory of in-car navigation system can be made to work effectively on a national scale . |
| 5 | Where white and black churches exist side by side , some congregations are now meeting to worship together on a quarterly basis . |
| 6 | And really I 'm going to start off and then Liz is going to come in on a particular aspect of this . |
| 7 | Those who wish to continue to serve can volunteer to do so on a part-time basis in the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 8 | Alan Peter Elkin , 34 , of Oxbridge Lane , Stockton , was committed by Darlington magistrates yesterday for crown court trial on charges of passing a counterfeit £10 note and attempting to do so on a separate occasion . |
| 9 | Ken meanwhile was beginning to look down on a great deal of what he had been asked to do professionally . |
| 10 | In Example 105 Schoenberg creates a beautifully delicate harmony , which seems to float along on a distant astral plane . |
| 11 | He would have to leave early on a sick call , he said . |
| 12 | The only disadvantage is having to stay indoors on a lovely day . ’ |
| 13 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 14 | He had not much enjoyed the campaign , and whether because of this or of the result , he had to go immediately on a two-day walk from Kingham to Oxford to purge himself of his ‘ humours ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel dressed to sail off on a luxury cruise . ’ |
| 16 | We wish a long and happy retirement and hope he will continue to pop in on a weekly basis to keep the Pools Syndicate going . |
| 17 | With a fixed exchange rate , that means that Britain loses competitiveness , and will continue to do so on a cumulative basis . |
| 18 | Queen Victoria went there for the first , very influential time in 1889 , though even before that the surprisingly large English community in Pau had begun to colonize it , to such an extent that by the 1870s not only did the Church of England have congregations in Biarritz but they were already schismatic and the Archbishop of Canterbury had to travel out on a pastoral visit to try and stifle the factionalism . |
| 19 | You know so you have to reach out on a daily basis for these gifts . |