Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] on the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It leaves me free to concentrate on the show and anyway , I 'm not there just to play my favourite records . |
| 2 | No-one from the club was prepared to comment on the demonstration but an insider said a board meeting is due to be held on Tuesday . |
| 3 | I should be interested to stand on the sidelines and watch the blood running down the walls as that is sorted out between the two ruling Labour groups . |
| 4 | It would be fair to say that desktop publishing was undoubtedly the beginning of the revolution ; the programs are just so much easier to use on the Macintosh than on a PC . |
| 5 | In the event it was too windy to fly on the Sunday so he came back early and they spent the day in his garden preparing an area of lawn for seeding . |
| 6 | He could have come back on that one , if he 'd really tried , but sometimes it was much easier to lie on the floor and watch the lights on the ceiling and listen to the count going on . |
| 7 | When criticising students ' work , both at the Royal College and elsewhere , he was never afraid to turn on the heat and could be harshly critical . |
| 8 | ‘ That , and for me it 's just much easier to think on the piano because there is only one version of each note . |
| 9 | They had learned that it was easier to survive on the croft than in the bread line . |
| 10 | It was all she was prepared to say on the subject and he nodded as if he quite expected that . |
| 11 | It would be worthless to dwell on the strengths and weaknesses of the regrading exercise here , other than to acknowledge the apparent difficulties associated with it . |
| 12 | While many visitors are simply content to unwind on the beach or indulge in a little holiday sport and activity , others have the opportunity to gain a better insight into the history and customs of this beautiful region . |
| 13 | Many dealers were content to stay on the sidelines until the publication of April trade figures later in the day . |
| 14 | So far we have been content to copy on the initial and final values for January 1984 and October 1985 ( y 1 and y N ) but we can do better . |
| 15 | So although memory , for example , ha is three times as more likely to appear on the paper than say , what is psychology or groups or perception , it 's nonetheless possible that perception , groups or what is psychology could appear . |
| 16 | Even if you are not lucky enough to have , as John Creasey did , a police officer as a neighbour or fellow member of some institution , you are likely to find on the whole that a visit to your local police station will pay off . |
| 17 | Broadcasters are quick to jump on the Press when they feel public opinion is that the papers have Gone Too Far . |
| 18 | April 1 being one of those ‘ wobbly Wednesdays ’ , no-one saw fit to comment on the fact that no such strategy was handed over by our Government , and that all the Commission received from us was a pristine copy of the Government 's White Paper on the Environment , first published nearly two years ago — and notoriously short on specific targets . |
| 19 | It is necessary to win over the negotiators to the idea of using such a computer model , and resistance is likely to focus on the idea that negotiating is a matter of judgement and can not be mechanised . |
| 20 | But tree warden Christine Darter felt nothing was likely to grow on the banks because they were heavily shaded by overhanging trees . |
| 21 | But these Iri you 're not supposed to smoke on the plane but these blooming Irishmen on the plane used to get down on smoke . |
| 22 | In these circumstances , it was suggested that the auditors should have been aware that Fidelity was vulnerable to a takeover bid and that any possible bidder such as Caparo would be likely to rely on the accounts when deciding whether a bid should be made and that loss would be suffered by such a bidder if the accounts were inaccurate . |
| 23 | It is salutary to reflect on the fact that decisions taken and qualifications awarded now could affect the mobility of people well into the twenty first century . |
| 24 | Because of the risk of a failure of the battery-operated Artificial Horizons , I always insist that pilots are competent to fly on the Turn and Slip Indicator before even trying a Horizon . |
| 25 | It is cheaper to bake on the premises than buy-in food . |
| 26 | It may be argued that although the settlor was resident in the United Kingdom within s663(5) he would not be chargeable to tax on the income because it was not remitted to the United Kingdom ( see s663(5) ) . |
| 27 | Derek Davis had said it was important to capitalize on the goodwill that existed in the South West with ‘ the earliest possible development ’ . |
| 28 | This protects the public gaze from the true story and means that for a decade the authorities have been able to work on the assumption that what the eye does n't see the heart wo n't grieve over . |
| 29 | The British defence chiefs also felt able to work on the assumption that the USSR would not feel strong enough to risk war for several more years . |
| 30 | During these years the most important of the established exhibitors at the Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne included Bonnard , Vuillard and Denis , while the strong group of Neo-Impressionist painters under the leadership of Signac were also recognized and admired ; by 1909 Vauxcelles was able to comment on the fact that it was no longer necessary to fight for the painters that he had christened the Fauves . |