Example sentences of "on [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , of course , if the ferret is half-starved its first and understandable reaction on encountering a rabbit in a burrow is to kill immediately and then to settle down and eat it . |
| 2 | The Institute 's Tax Faculty has issued a guidance note on a company 's exposure to penalties on submitting a corporation tax Pay and File return containing estimated figures . |
| 3 | This involves choosing a further veneer ( D ) , and when you do , keep an eye on maintaining a good contrast between the two linear shapes produced . |
| 4 | But most ballots endorsed proposals for industrial action and all of the union ballots held in 1985 on maintaining a political fund overwhelmingly endorsed the idea . |
| 5 | Concentrating on maintaining a foothold on rocks worn smooth by winter torrents , I put up a startled grouse that exploded into flight . |
| 6 | Carol Kurrein has advice for fern lovers this month , as well as tips on maintaining a humid atmosphere . |
| 7 | The exact mechanism of gain in the FEL¹,2,3 ; is complicated , and it depends critically on maintaining a precise phase relationship between the electron beam and the photons circulating in the optical cavity . |
| 8 | LIFESPAN : EFFECT ON MAINTAINING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT |
| 9 | Lifespan : effect on maintaining a safe environment |
| 10 | Firm A has already been presented as a dependent for its now of business on maintaining a reputation with its largely immigrant clients . |
| 11 | Much of a manager 's success depends on maintaining a reservoir of goodwill , on minimizing a reliance on authority and unilateral decisions . |
| 12 | Some philanthropic workers , such as Octavia Hill , who trained numerous lady rent collectors , insisted on maintaining a business relationship with the poor , but the relationship between visitor and visited tended to be paternalistic rather than contractual . |
| 13 | The traditional style of regulation involved members ‘ clubs ’ and the ability of this system to work depended largely on maintaining a relatively small grouping of members through maintaining effective barriers to entry — the Stock Exchange being a prime example here . |
| 14 | In a recent speech , Colette Flesch , Director-General of DGX , said the EC should ‘ concentrate its co-operation and support on intelligent development of cultural projects integrated into national , regional , and local development policy ’ , rather than on financing a few big prestige projects , or simply subsidising the old Communist subsidies system which those countries can no longer afford to finance . |
| 15 | In addition to the new findings on fruit and vegetables , the WHO report has fine-tuned the NACNE advice on eating a healthy , balanced diet . |
| 16 | On touching a certain stone , he appeared to release a massive pulse of energy as he acquired an instant migraine which lasted for fifteen minutes . |
| 17 | Microsoft Corp says it plans on slapping a special introductory price on desktop Windows NT when it finally appears , a tactic bound to increase the force of the tidal wave when it hits . |
| 18 | Must be put on using a anew one each time before the penis touches any part of the woman 's vaginal area , and must be held in place when the penis is withdrawn . |
| 19 | Based mostly on using a laser-disc player controlled by a Mac II , the system allows a user to explore — as the developers like to say — the painting and its history . |
| 20 | Reckon on using a 36 frame film per dive . |
| 21 | You may feel that insisting on using a condom has the implication that you or your partner may have HIV . |
| 22 | Instead , plan on using a set of very comfortable chairs spaced round a low round table . |
| 23 | Any nurse may encounter an adoptee experiencing a crisis of self-identity at any age , and may be able to offer support simply by listening or may have to recommend the adoptee seek expert help from the local adoption agency , PAC or National Organisation for Counselling Adoptees and their Parents ( NORCAP ) for counselling about being adopted and practical information on instigating a search for birth parents . |
| 24 | At Sun Life Assurance Society professionally qualified staff such as chartered accountants and investment analysts become eligible for a staff mortgage at a preferential interest rate on completing a six-month probationary period . |
| 25 | NHS At the Conservative Party Conference in 1986 , Norman Fowler , then Secretary of State for Health , was loudly cheered on producing a long computer printout of 380 new ‘ large hospital schemes ’ costing £3bn , which he unrolled over the rostrum for the benefit of photographers from newspapers which had criticised the Tories ' record on the NHS . |
| 26 | In 1972 Barnard left the NCC and worked for Airfix , the model company , on producing a version of Filetab that would work on its new Digital Equipment PDP-11 minicomputer . |
| 27 | He said they were concentrating on producing a synthetic alternative . |
| 28 | The work done within OUP on producing a new , up-to-date , and continually updatable version of the OED is controlled by a Project Team , managed by E.S.C . |
| 29 | Opening up again , one waits for the combination of engine/timing/mixture to sort itself out and concentrate on producing a modicum of power before lifting off ( again with hardly any swing ) for another go . |
| 30 | In many cases , I do not believe that the return from spending an extra £5000 or £10000 on producing a commercial — rather than on showing it — can easily be justified . |