Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [adv prt] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USGA have made clear their intention to crack down on slow play at Baltusrol and Langer believes he is not one of the worst offenders . |
| 2 | Consumer pressure is now being put upon the food industry to cut down on such doctoring of foods and , at the same time , to provide quality durable produce . |
| 3 | Also issued on Oct. 26 , a decree granted foreign investors ( individual or corporate ) the right to set up on Soviet soil a 100 per cent foreign-owned enterprise , or to buy a shareholding in existing Soviet enterprises . |
| 4 | Can I suggest that , rather than a draconian ban on book copying ( which will be ignored by Herbarium staff anyway ) , we try to replace this machine with one with a flexible lid to cut down on light ingress , as found in most libraries & universities ? |
| 5 | They would then find that they were hanging around for hours and the crafty ones would try to find a prop bed to catch up on some sleep . |
| 6 | Absolutely , yes , because an ordinary life policy wo n't pay out , so if you 've got a combination of Covermaster and living assurance , you 've got your life policy to pay out on death , and your living assurance to pay out on critical illness . |
| 7 | Then , as soon as the lecture was over , I 'd rush to the campus shop or café to fill up on more food : sweets , cakes and peanuts . |
| 8 | In an effort to cut down on unnecessary distribution of papers , I do not propose to circulate this list to all members . |
| 9 | ‘ Whoever woulda thought a lad could leave such a pretty little gal to go off on some faraway adventure , eh ? ’ |
| 10 | Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training . |
| 11 | Probably it would be a good idea to read up on free drop rules before the round ! |
| 12 | Harnessing the natural radiant energy of the sun seems an obvious way to cut down on ever-increasing fuel bills . |
| 13 | This is a time to catch up on urgent paperwork and swap stories with colleagues about the events of the day . |
| 14 | Working just from engineering drawings , the skilled machinist will decide the sequence of cuts to be made , how fast he will run the machine , and how much material to take off on each cut ( the ‘ speed and feed ’ ) , and will control manually each of the levers and screws on the machine which control each aspect of its operation . |