Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
2 | However , the court agreed with the views expressed obiter by another division of the court in the case of Emerson ( 1990 ) 92 Cr.App.R. 284 ; where a transcript was provided it was merely a means of presenting the exhibit , which was the tape itself , to the court : if the jury wished to hear the tape rather than rely on the written transcript , there was no proper reason why they should not be allowed to do so . |
3 | To recall and build on the earlier analysis , these rules have to do with truth-telling , sincerity , intelligibility , empathy and active listening . |
4 | And he would sit and wait on the other side for someone to come and pick him up when he was coming home . ’ |
5 | I was allowed to get up and dress on the tenth day after Heather 's birth , and go to the day room of the hospital ready to go to my billet at the fortnight . |
6 | He must try and look on the positive side as far as Maisie 's conversion was concerned . |
7 | The scanner is linked to a PC , which is used to display , manipulate , and work on the electronic image . |
8 | They are produced by life and , though they do not constitute the animating principle , they are essential for the creative energy to manifest and function on the physical plane . |
9 | Perhaps another chap would come along and stop on the other side of the road . |
10 | She 's gon na go and slap on the fake tan |
11 | Its edges , at first three-dimensionally sharp and rigid , after a while began to wave and shimmer on the red heat of the sand . |
12 | We supposedly get a couple of days to recharge and then turn up refreshed here to shine and glitter on the first night while they 're wrecked . |
13 | It was somehow too much of an effort to lean forward and turn on the cold tap and besides , he wanted the heat . |