Example sentences of "[to-vb] it on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to catch it on a certain place |
| 2 | If a particular publication is not available at your own library the librarian will almost certainly be able to obtain it on a short-term loan . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the rural housing problem , which affects most people in the Third World , is so immense that no government has even tried to tackle it on a national scale . |
| 4 | It is prudent , however , to set it on a level plinth , and in the case of a fountain assembly it is vital that the jet unit be just above the maximum water level . |
| 5 | As from April 1993 , even more flexibility will be allowed with couples able to choose whether all the tax relief should go to one partner ( husband or wife ) or whether to split it on a 50–50 basis . |
| 6 | In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis . |
| 7 | Usually the word is applied at the immature stage before the eye swells with rising sap , often changing colour a little — which helps to identify it on a leafless stem . |
| 8 | One minute , Mrs Doyle was found to be going along with arrangements to play it on a nine hole course and , soon after , it was cancelled altogether . |
| 9 | When we ger this fantasy football stuff going , would we be able to put it on a different server . |
| 10 | Bad Points : Rather expensive unless you are going to use it on a regular basis . |
| 11 | The only potential drawback is that unlike a training course , this program will only be of use if the user has the discipline to use it on a regular basis . |
| 12 | Fortunately , Kathleen Kenyon took pottery a little more seriously than her mentor , and her Jewry Wall report ( 1948 ) is one of the first serious efforts to use it on a large scale to date the main sequences . |
| 13 | As it moves , the scorpion relies on information from air passing over its hairs to keep it on a straight course . |
| 14 | The cylinder itself should be positioned on a flat rigid surface : if the floorboards in the airing cupboard are at all uneven or if you need space for access to pipes , it is a good idea to mount it on a small platform . |
| 15 | Mr Mr I think it 's implicit in our own nature and in our own character and a known fact that we are constituted here as a general assembly and we indeed ascribe to that and I do n't think we need to affirm it on a lower level of what is in fact the very standard of our existence here er in a general assembly . |
| 16 | It is thought that a sum of about £5,000 will be needed to carry the scheme through successfully and that a membership of 300 would be needed to maintain it on a sound basis . |
| 17 | Baldwin , with a glowering Churchill beside him and uncertain followers behind him , took the opportunity to pay a notable tribute to the Viceroy and to end it on a curious note , half petulant , half menacing : ‘ I will only add that if ever the day comes when the party which I lead ceases to attract to itself men of the calibre of Edward Wood , then I have finished with my party . ’ |
| 18 | The laughter had subsided , the ladies were folding the coat and dress and were about to lay it on a tissue-papered bed in a cardboard box , when Agnes said , ‘ What size shoes does she take ? |
| 19 | It 's best to test it on a hidden area first . |
| 20 | Freud 's psychology belongs to the kind which seeks to understand human behaviour rather than to explain it on a scientific basis ; that is , it is verstehende psychology rather than erklärende psychology . |
| 21 | However , administration of the scheme is costly in terms of time and it seems unlikely that it would be feasible to operate it on a large scale . |
| 22 | ‘ It would simply be a formality to renew it on a long-term basis . ’ |