Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Male and female take turns to perch on the bulky drum-nest of seaweed , incubating the single stained white egg . |
| 2 | ‘ The opening of our new office demonstrates our commitment to our future involvement in Slovakia and gives us the opportunity to continue to build on the excellent relations that have already been established , ’ he added . |
| 3 | The result meant that both parties failed to capitalise on the widespread disaffection with the mainstream parties and in particular with the ruling Socialist Party ( PS ) which had been discovered in recent months to have been involved in a number of scandals . |
| 4 | In a way that is all too typical of both the English Left and the English lesbian and gay movement , Positive Images failed to draw on the parallel developments around local government funding of lesbian and gay projects in the USA . |
| 5 | One lawyer needs to work on the collective ideas and draft the documents . |
| 6 | Their voices faded into the background as Isabel 's eyes came to rest on the third horse . |
| 7 | His eyes came to rest on the tear-stained face of Mrs Bennett , whose baby had so recently died , and he suffered a pang of pity for her . |
| 8 | The potential for disaster lurks very close behind the bright shiny facade waiting to pounce on the unwary and relieve them of substantial sums of money . |
| 9 | Soft light beginning to shimmer on the still water . |
| 10 | The President managed to focus on the free hand Trent proffered . |
| 11 | Does n't it make your blood sing to live on the wild side ? ’ |
| 12 | For a few moments her still-sleepy eyes refused to focus on the dramatic black handwriting . |
| 13 | A hoarse , muffled groan broke from his throat , his powerful body shuddering as her fingers came to rest on the hard , swollen thrust of his pulsing flesh . |
| 14 | So as less salty water comes into contact with more salty water , the two water masses shift ( the fresher mass tending to float on the saltier mass ) . |
| 15 | Legend held that once a year an angel came to dance on the highest peak . |
| 16 | Sarekat Islam was damaged by its association with the PKI : hence , as Sukarno began to appear on the political stage , there was something of a vacuum . |
| 17 | The assembly language code generation from the compiler fails to capitalise on the superb architecture of the chip and in many cases just does not produce executable code from a tried and tested C language source . |
| 18 | What sources of power can groups and key individuals bring to bear on the budgetary process ? |
| 19 | In suburbia , however , the scourge of the skips tends to descend on the public highway in spring and summer . |
| 20 | Data retrieval service provider Phonelink Datacare Plc intends to float on the Unlisted Securities Market to fund growth . |
| 21 | I stayed with Robert Fraser for some years and it all ended with Robert going to jail on the famous drug bust with the Rolling Stones . |
| 22 | The ants like to feed on the sugary liquid which the aphids produce in large drops from their rear end . |
| 23 | A group began to form on the other side of the potted palms . |
| 24 | We have seen how the symmetry of a molecule determines the number of bands expected in IR and Raman spectra , so that we can use the numbers of bands observed to decide on the actual symmetry of a molecule , such as PF 5 . |
| 25 | At the next attempt , Odom excluded and when Cheshire had to take on the two Newcastle riders on his own , the result was just the same as in the initial race . |
| 26 | Therefore red fish would seem to be the best major source of vitamin D , although vegetarians who do not eat fish need to rely on the other sources mentioned . |
| 27 | I have learned to please , to gauge and sniff the air before I move off , to swing my head from side to side as I put one foot carefully in front of the other , ears and hair raised to twang on the slightest change in the atmosphere . |
| 28 | Her first enthusiasm began to wane on the short ride back to Maran Hill . |
| 29 | This has meant that many studies tend to concentrate on the objective assessment of a fiscally quantifiable reality . |
| 30 | Will my right hon. Friend continue to build on the excellent relationship between the Government of the United Kingdom and that of India , especially on the question of the vale of Kashmir ? |