Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are likely to be allowed less freedom to go out on the streets and stay out late . |
| 2 | To enable researchers to report back on the results of recently completed research in the Scottish courts to an invited audience comprising the various branches of the legal profession , policy makers concerned with the administration of justice , pressure group and voluntary organisations and to stimulate an informed discussion of key findings . |
| 3 | The object of the authoring tool is to make it possible for the user to concentrate just on the information and design requirements of an application rather being diverted and befogged by the technical problems of putting them together in a system that works . |
| 4 | They inevitably knock on the door on the one evening of the month when you 're dolled up in your glad rags to go out on the town . |
| 5 | If they ask you what wing of the Party you belong to , say it is your intention to sit prettily on the fence . |
| 6 | From inside the house the scratchy gramophone burble of " Muskrat Ramble " was providing an incongruous counterpoint to the screech of the wild birds wakening unseen in the roof of the surrounding jungle , and Duclos sighed and closed his eyes to concentrate better on the music . |
| 7 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 8 | Even one so buttoned-down as Senator Al Gore trembles to consider that if he made a full-out run at Pennsylvania Avenue , every part of his private life would be scrutinized for the sort of improprieties that cause lips to purse out on the Plains . |
| 9 | a way of allowing readers to focus just on the appearance of logical objects , but authors to be aware of them as structural entities . |
| 10 | What must we do to get our supporters to turn out on the day ? |
| 11 | In an attempt to cash in on the UK corporate market 's growing appetite for high speed personal computer graphics , NEC Corp has introduced its Image Series of desktops , launched in the US in February ( CI No 2,116 ) . |
| 12 | Feminism 's frequently uncritical emphasis on empathy and understanding may even intensify the tendency of such methods to depend implicitly on the psychologist , and to be influenced by dominant discourses of gender without recognizing them . |
| 13 | John Matthias brought the filly with a customary late surge to get up on the line to beat Zadracarta , the Canadian challenger , a head . |
| 14 | Even so , expenditure per student , admittedly only a rough guide , fell from £81 per student in 1890 to £38 in 1901 ; it was not unusual for the college to spend more on the gardens than on buying books . |
| 15 | This permits the ring to move down on the line under greater tension , and up on the opposite side which would be on the outside of a turn . |
| 16 | High levels of mercury have been reported from Faroese for some years , and the Health Department there has advised islanders to cut down on the amount of whalemeat they eat . |
| 17 | Stella the personnel administrator will not simply push paper around in Personnel but will take action to cut down on the bureaucracy . |
| 18 | Having " decoded " the question , allow your mind to associate freely on the question for a couple of minutes . |
| 19 | Tim Robbins , it was rumoured , might wish his American publicist to sit in on the conversation . |
| 20 | However , a rule that is easier to remember and to follow is : never allow the horizon in a scene to come exactly on the centre line of the frame . |
| 21 | He forced it close enough to the edge to allow the Toyota to creep past on the inside . |
| 22 | And the RUC is urging for public help to clamp down on the level of incidents throughout the province . |
| 23 | A FAST-TRACK law to clamp down on the carrying of knives in Scotland is to be backed by the Government . |
| 24 | It has been found that regular use of some 2 in 1 's can cause ingredients to build up on the hair shaft which may affect the results of a perm or colour . |
| 25 | This caused Uncle Mick to lean heavily on the passenger on his left causing the pipe to fall from his mouth . |
| 26 | A subsidised dog neutering scheme is being extended in South Tyneside to cut down on the number of stray dogs . |
| 27 | It 's all part of a plan to cut down on the quantity of rubbish being taken to already overflowing landfill sites . |
| 28 | You could be very happy if you are not putting your enjoyment in second place or you could be making the most enormous compromises because you lack the courage to go alone on the sort of holiday that you would really enjoy . |
| 29 | The political consequences are first increasing loss of control and crumbling of the party apparatus , next the state 's need to fall back on the army and police to preserve its own existence , public order and , it claims , the chance of imposing painful economic reforms . |
| 30 | This enabled the banks to pull out on the grounds that involvement was not commercially justifiable . |