Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [noun pl] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOOTBALL-MAD Mike Grimsley gets a pal to tune in to match commentaries on the radio — then listens in over the phone . |
| 2 | She abandoned the tricksy paths , forcing herself through a tunnel between purple rhododendrons , trying not to leave footprints on the soil . |
| 3 | Crime on the island is comparatively rare but tourists are warned not to leave valuables on the beach . |
| 4 | EGG HATCHERIES will be monitored for salmonella , following a decision yesterday to tighten controls on the bacterium which has caused a rising tide of food poisoning cases in recent years . |
| 5 | Now , how do you suppose God planned always to have plants on the earth ? |
| 6 | … Now how do you suppose God planned always to have animals on the earth ? |
| 7 | His work on A Jovial Crew ( the story of two middle-class girls who leave home to join vagrants on the road ) has required him to study Caroline street language in some detail . |
| 8 | Labour claims the council is trying to push through the changes quickly to limit negotiations on the principles . |
| 9 | We are indebted all the Gwili members for making it such a wonderful day , and particularly to driver Dave and fireman Roger who , apart from running three trains each way , spent the whole day admitting children of all ages to the footplate , firstly to explain the controls , and later to cook sausages on the fireman 's shovel in traditional style . |
| 10 | On Feb. 11 the Soviet government offered also to begin negotiations on the withdrawal of the 40,000 Soviet troops stationed in Poland . |
| 11 | Several working parties were set up to make recommendations on the content of each subject and on the appropriate levels of attainment at each stage . |
| 12 | AT TREVOR , I crossed the Dee by Thomas Telford 's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct , built nearly 200 years ago to carry barges on the Shropshire Union Canal across the deep valley ; then cycled up past the church on steep Methodist Hill , built surely as a penance for sinning churchgoers . |
| 13 | AN ORGANISATION set up three years ago to advise ministers on the running of the health service in Scotland is being wound up . |
| 14 | New chemicals synthesized by man were found sometimes to have effects on the mind . |
| 15 | It will teach , how to spell by matching words with pictures , how to type ( with graphics to show where to find letters on the keyboard ) . |
| 16 | That was the war : not when the band played and a bloody politician stepped forward to put flowers on the ground . |
| 17 | It started work on 1 January 1964 , inviting manufacturers voluntarily to submit reports on the safety testing and human trials of new drugs The Joint Sub-Committee also reported ‘ that legislation on the whole subject is urgently required ’ . |
| 18 | At 27 , he started his own photographic agency and went on to make films on the proceeds , using the talents of advertising colleagues such as Alan Parker or of friends like Ray Connolly . |