Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of that gives it a very encouraging sure-footedness once you try to throw it around a corner or two , or test it on poor road conditions . |
| 2 | Or rubbed it on each other , rather . |
| 3 | And they 'll read it from that point of view , and they 'll accept it or reject it on that basis . |
| 4 | The Council feel that SARU should concentrate on raising money for the development of rugby in the townships rather than spend it on overseas tours to countries which can not afford to finance the visits . |
| 5 | Conceptually , the inner city is a space outside society which has shown , for whatever reasons , a marked recalcitrance in responding to the macro-economic revival that surrounded it on all sides ( Massey and Meegan , 1989 ) . |
| 6 | The Parade is the stage and the great offices of state that enclose it on three sides are the décor . |
| 7 | The thing is maybe they could keep their extraordinary lifestyle to themselves that way rather than imposing it on other people |
| 8 | Try using a diffuser hairdryer like Babyliss Diffuser Dryer ( from £19.95 ) which disperses heat rather than concentrating it on one area , or buy an attachment such as Braun 's DIF2 Diffuser ( £4.95 ) . |
| 9 | He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’ |
| 10 | Zach and George dragged the case up to the bedroom and laid it on one side . |
| 11 | Its first owners were a noble Florentine family — the Pucci family — who through the generations , owned it , lost it and repossessed it on several occasions . |
| 12 | An individual who bought the FT All Share Index at 31 March 1982 and sold it on 31 August 1989 would have suffered tax ( at 40% and ignoring the annual exemption ) of 24.2% of the proceeds . |
| 13 | It was also rumoured that Lloyd George might advocate protectionist policies and Baldwin make have called the general election and fought it on protectionist policies in order to undermine any such move by Lloyd George . |
| 14 | Being able to pick up a colour and press it on coloured paper was all very exciting . |
| 15 | Then split the cards face down into three different piles and take a card from the middle pile and place it on one side of the outside piles . |
| 16 | I think she should mentally wrap him in a parcel , tie it tight with string and put it on one side for the moment . |
| 17 | These fellows for fun would pinch one and put it on another step , and do this going all down the road . |
| 18 | Sun will be getting parallelising technology from KAI that will decompose code and run it on multiple processors . |
| 19 | There is another huge difference between pop and film , in that it costs little to set up a band , play in community venues , make a record and get it on local radio , whereas film remains largely the preserve of big business . |
| 20 | ‘ He ripped off a firm of disreputable City stockbrokers to the tune of about a million pounds and spent it on high living — yachts , mistresses , that sort of thing . |
| 21 | A man who has slain Thomas Springall and blamed it on poor Brampton , afterwards making his death look like suicide . |
| 22 | In Sliwa 's last stunt he faked his own kidnapping and blamed it on off-duty police officers . |
| 23 | Under such unfavourable circumstances it was clearly not possible to pursue the Youth Allyah dream of creating a genuine community and to run it on democratic lines like a Kibbutz . |
| 24 | Soak a piece of bread in water and dab it on both sides of the cloth . |
| 25 | One of the greatest dangers to Amnesty International and other in the human rights movement is the increasing tendency of governments to control human rights through ‘ verbal formula ’ and resourcing , and to base it on multilateral diplomacy rather than international human rights law . |
| 26 | First crack the whole code and keep it on one side . |
| 27 | Selecting the optimum building and obtaining it on satisfactory terms are matters of great importance where institutional finance is involved . |
| 28 | Preston , at the mouth of the River Ribble , lay roughly halfway between Lancaster and Warrington , and Forster 's horsemen reached and occupied it on 9 November , to be followed a day later by the slower-moving infantry . |
| 29 | Se the room thermostat at a temperature which you find comfortable and leave it on that setting , allowing the thermostat to control the temperature of the room . |
| 30 | It 's a good idea to keep a press cuttings album and leave it on permanent display in the staff room or school reception area . |