Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you get the limited edition of Let's Knife , you too can Singalongaknife with the free karaoke CD : I am a sweet little cat/ and I dance on a flying saucer … |
| 2 | I sit on a flat stone in one — the straw thatched roof would just have cleared my head — imagining what was kept in the neat stone alcoves . |
| 3 | I sit on a smooth stone and watch yellow-breasted finches in their dipping flights across the still-warm air . |
| 4 | ‘ I depend on a manual wheelchair for all movement away from my car . |
| 5 | For this purpose I draw on a wide-ranging survey by John Lyons , which carries on naturally from the analysis by James Harris that I have just quoted . |
| 6 | Er I do a plug the alb of the album Midnight Postcards we call it , I 'm plugging that now until Christmas , promoting that er on television and radio , and I er in between I go on a short holiday to Africa and then January I start Alfie until May , and then I think I 'm gon na do a T V movie or a movie in June July , and then in end of July I go to America for four four till the end of November with Alfie . |
| 7 | I like to understand the meanings of words and always refer to a dictionary when I come on a new word . |
| 8 | I settle on a simple cotton dress , black , and a pair of dangling earrings . |
| 9 | First , those firms with in-house architects , which insist on a standard formula without consideration of local conditions . |
| 10 | Methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which relay on a single channel of communication . |
| 11 | We studied the operations required by those dominant data-types which act on a complete word : fixed and floating-point binary arithmetic , and logical values . |
| 12 | This may be no more than a judgement of which line on a graduated scale a movable needle is nearest to . |
| 13 | In the past year the CGR has developed a number of new applications of transgenic and genome technology which focus on a small number of areas of interest . |
| 14 | The more micro-based studies , which focus on a particular expenditure programme or transfer policy , often offer a more tractable research problem , but these are inevitably open to the criticism that they are very partial in nature , giving no real insight into whether government intervention is narrowing or widening the extent of overall economic inequality ( assuming we can agree how to measure it ! ) . |
| 15 | Blaise Pascal , of Pascal 's triangle , extended the theorem to : If a hexagon is inscribed in a circle , the pairs of opposite sides intersect , respectively , in three points which lie on a straight line . |
| 16 | An example of one category of UFO , which some researchers have pinpointed , is of objects with an ovoid shape from 1 to 3 metres in diameter , which rotate on a vertical axis , close to the ground , and which appear to emit a wide range of electromagnetic radiation . |
| 17 | The Commission have more recently proposed a Directive on establishing European works councils that provides for informing and consulting employees within certain sized undertakings which operate on a Community-wide scale [ see pp. 45–6 ] . |
| 18 | Over the past few years , many companies have set up contracted-out money purchase schemes — or COMPS , as they are known for short — which operate on a different principle from final salary schemes . |
| 19 | Nevertheless teaching methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which rely on a single channel of communication . |
| 20 | It may , however , be a useful tool where certain establishments ( e.g. a local club or bar ) hold overcrowded late-night ‘ parties ’ which occur on a regular basis and are a nuisance to occupiers in the residential area where the establishment is situated . |
| 21 | This , in turn , gives your reader a sense of what sort of debate or discussion you see yourself as being engaged in ; and it is this , alongside whatever concrete arguments you make on a given topic , which shapes a reader 's or examiner 's general response to what you write . |
| 22 | If you insist on a public debate then I suggest you give us your views in a more suitable manner . " |
| 23 | if you land on a certain square you can keep it ! |
| 24 | Both were winter occupations and helped keep you warm on a cold day . |
| 25 | There is a distinct rural segment of this class which is made up of small commercial farmers , who depend on a casual labour supply . |
| 26 | Here are some easy rules to remember before you embark on a major scheme : |
| 27 | I 've sometimes made some rather awful mistakes when I have thought first about what I would like to give rather than what my friends would like to receive , so do try to find out before you embark on a special garment . |
| 28 | The money you save on a hyped discount today will probably have to be passed on to the car 's next buyer as well , although discounts you negotiate privately may not be . |
| 29 | But there were some people you know on a smallish farm , they did n't have an oil engine , then they would have to turn the scrapper by hand . |
| 30 | The final point to consider is that if you decide on a joint endowment , your girlfriend may decide to cash in her present endowment . |