Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In fact , if you want to work out calories on the odd day you will need to have even more detail than this : you will need to weigh out quantities of food , including things like butter , you should note the make of chocolate biscuit , and so on . ) |
| 2 | In the preceding months the PS had sought to step up pressure on the government ; it had joined with the PCP in tabling a censure motion in parliament in October 1989 attacking the government for its low ethical standards ; although the motion was defeated , attention was again turned to the then Finance Minister , Miguel Ribeiro Cadilhe , following allegations early in the year of his financial misconduct [ see p. 36945 ] . |
| 3 | The snout is used to stir up mud on the river floor , to expose worms , crustaceans and other small organisms on which the fish feeds . |
| 4 | In 1818 he was employed to carry out repairs on the parish church in Halifax , West Yorkshire , and the following year he settled in Leeds , from where he developed a substantial practice in the Yorkshire area , particularly as a designer of churches . |
| 5 | From this time , we began to build up pressure on the Department , first on a weekly then on an almost daily basis , until eventually we heard that ministers had decided to fulfil the undertakings in the guardianship deed . |
| 6 | It may be that the Breton expedition was intended to keep up pressure on the French to make the sort of concessions the English would feel able to accept , but it is equally possible that the confused direction of English policy reflected conflicting influences at court . |
| 7 | The class-A animal on his small territory is likely to be monogamous , whereas the nomad males may attempt to round up harems on the move or establish temporary territories for mating purposes . |
| 8 | Research projects are concerned with housing for the elderly , the mentally handicapped and mentally ill and it is hoped to carry out research on the housing circumstances of single women , ethnic minority groups and the physically disabled . |
| 9 | Rachaela got up and went to set out tins on the work-top in the kitchen . |
| 10 | Chief environmental health officer Hugh O'Neill said firemen who had gone to put out fires on the site had been attacked by missile throwers , and now had to be accompanied by police . |
| 11 | Each of us was encouraged to try out solutions on the board and you would ask other class members what they thought and whether they had anything to contribute as an alternative . |
| 12 | She found herself next to Petion , who was trying to pick off men on the nearest freighter . |
| 13 | We would love to put out title on the line , if the IRB had the guts and the vision to give us that chance . |
| 14 | HAMMERSMITH and Fulham Council in west London continued to take out options on the London money market even after the intervention of the district auditor , wrongly thinking that it was reducing its holdings , the High Court was told yesterday . |
| 15 | LOYALIST terrorists are planning to carry out attacks on the homes of RUC officers because of alleged harassment of women and children during recent house searches and arrest operations . |