Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [pron] you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ right ’ side of a sheet of paper refers to the side on which you can read the watermark . |
| 2 | And there 's guidance on what you should eat and drink the moment you cross that line . |
| 3 | They can have a seat on which you can travel facing sideways , or facing to the front ; a platform on which you can stand , or a platform on which a wheelchair will travel . |
| 4 | He was a Stradivarius among performers ; a perfect instrument on which you could play anything . |
| 5 | And it it it 's called the fog index but the thing that 's interesting about it is that I 've got , I 've got some interesting examples of fog indexes erm and you 'll get people like Churchill who sometimes made speeches and their fog index is quite small you 're going to use this you know example and they might have a fog , fog index that 's fine and what Anne and I are talking about with say something like the Telegraph or the Times or whatever , might have a fog index that people but this is because Churchill was very clear , very concise and going back to the original point about , or some of the original points about this , and I was mak raising these issues earlier this evening one of the great sadnesses that I have is that , is that when I first went into journalism the tabloids as we call them were incredibly well written beautifully styled , well researched and okay they might have been punchier and shorter and everything else , compared to the turning up the er the , the Times or whatever , but they were well written and you might have had , if you can put the fog index test , test on it you might have had a fog index of say six or seven compared to eleven on the Telegraph story , but it was still full of clarity like to read . |
| 6 | I nearly always write with an acoustic , but if it 's tuned to an open chord you will obviously have to write something different ; if you stick a capo on it you 'll write something different ; if I use an amplifier and an electric guitar I 'll write something different again . |
| 7 | This is a diet on which you 'll find you can eat hearty , sensible-sized meals and still reduce your weight . |
| 8 | You 're going to think well I know what will happen , we 'll get if you drip hydrochloric acid on it you 'd get funnium chloride water and carbon dioxide . |
| 9 | They can have a seat on which you can travel facing sideways , or facing to the front ; a platform on which you can stand , or a platform on which a wheelchair will travel . |
| 10 | After all , if it 's got your name on it you 'll get it anyway . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Other women may have enjoyed your Viking tactics but , let me assure you , if you lay one finger on me you 'll regret it . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah I know , you know , there 'll be two pound postage on it you can guarantee on it so the crafty devils they are |
| 13 | It 's a little bit bigger I think you 'll find if you put the tape measure on it you 'll find it 's a little bit bigger . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , a basically sound plan provides a framework on which you can build and progress in the light of experience and changing conditions . |
| 15 | Similarly , extracts from Agatha Christie or general run of the mill commercial theatre very rarely have enough substance on which you can work . |
| 16 | The result is a database on which you can search for a favourite author or publisher , or search for packages that give you the required level of coverage of particular elements ( or units ) of competence . |
| 17 | A small portable tape-recorder on which you can record as well as play back . |
| 18 | Masking tape is an excellent way of marking things , because it usually peels off without damaging the paper to which it was fixed , and makes a clear , creamy coloured background on which you can write the date . |
| 19 | For information on what you can do to help , contact ; The West Midlands Anti-Deportation Campaign , c/o 101 Villa Road , Handsworth , Birmingham B19 . |
| 20 | Plenty of spaces have been left throughout the book on which you can add your own notes about the remedies . |
| 21 | If you 're partial to drinking bottled water , the report on Which you might like to read some time . |
| 22 | At the moment erm the way that we use computers is , of course , to use a keyboard , but I was talking to some people today who 've now developed and you can buy it , erm a system on which you can write on what you want to say , so that as long as you print fairly clearly you do n't have to learn any new typing skills . |
| 23 | Right so you 're given a date on which you should claim them by do you ? |