Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] a [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | No charge is made for including a potential purchaser on the database ; however , if we introduce an opportunity which leads to an acquisition we charge an introduction fee . |
| 2 | No charge is made for including a potential purchaser on the database ; however , if we introduce an opportunity which leads to an acquisition we charge an introduction fee . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm nervous about hanging a metaphorical sign on my door saying , ‘ Maeve Binchy : Author ’ . |
| 4 | Students should be encouraged to self-monitor through using a simple form on which they record their attendance and punctuality . |
| 5 | On the other hand , there was the reflection that all universities , through their senates — composed of academics drawn from all subjects taught in the university — were responsible for keeping a self-critical eye on their own work , and it was time in this sense that the public sector caught up with established university practice . |
| 6 | ‘ And now , I think we 'd better see about keeping a special watch on the road . |
| 7 | It was hardly surprising , in these circumstances , that Nicholas abandoned a hair-brained scheme for launching a direct attack on Constantinople and replaced it with Paskevich 's proposals for a Russian occupation of the Danubian Principalities , an Austrian occupation of Serbia and Herzegovina , a blockade of the Bosphorus , and an eventual Austro-Russian partition of the Ottoman Empire . |
| 8 | PETER SCUDAMORE is now only four short of John Francome 's jumping record of 1,138 career winners after riding a short-priced double on Monaru and Huntworth , both trained by Martin Pipe , at Devon yesterday . |
| 9 | A leading Malaysian environmentalist , Anderson Mutang Urud , has been arrested after accompanying a Canadian MP on a visit to an anti-logging protest in the state of Sarawak . |
| 10 | Theresa Nolan , after having a medical termination on psychiatric grounds , had left a suicide note for her grandparents which they had confirmed was in her handwriting and which made her intention to kill herself plain beyond any doubt . |
| 11 | After taking a direct hit on the right temple , Mr Loaf walked off and has not graced a British stage since . |
| 12 | In both these cases , there is a conformity in coverage which takes for granted a certain perspective on these issues . |
| 13 | practice of using a white number on a small blue plate hung on the first window pillar . |
| 14 | So there is a flow of American source in , but less I think in terms of building a new factory on green field , a green site , and more of erm , buying an existing operation |
| 15 | As strengths , Slater pointed to the 88000 's high level of integration , good single-precision performance , multi-processor support and Motorola 's advantage of single-vendor control , while as weaknesses , he listed the expense of building a large cache on the 88100/200 implementations and the slow speed of the floating point in double precision mode . |
| 16 | The £970,000 ( $1,823,600 ) in profits raised by the van Gogh exhibition in 1990 will go towards financing a major exhibition on the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian fifty years after his death in 1944 and twenty-five years after the last retrospective , held at the Orangerie in Paris . |
| 17 | Finally , does he accept that the general public want to see him and his Department using all their energies to ensure the implementation of a safe , reliable railway , instead of producing a White Paper on the privatisation of British Rail ? |
| 18 | Two conferences are to be held in London , Understanding the benefits of adopting a cradle-to-grave approach on the 31 April 1992 , and The practicalities of conducting and applying life cycle analysis on 1 May 1992 . |
| 19 | What is the point of sacking a young lad on £100 when a boss can take a cut ? ’ |
| 20 | Mrs Padmore 's way , if she is being consistent , of representing a notable silence on the tape . |
| 21 | Really it is a case of keeping a careful watch on the tank and making the right choices . |
| 22 | ‘ Not a curse , more a local proverb about the necessity of keeping a short rope on your mule , your goat and your spouse . ’ |
| 23 | But erm you know they do sort of keep a close eye on what they 're working unless of course they they are hoping to erm for their health to improve and to be able to return to full time teaching ultimately . |
| 24 | He used the old but very effective trick of balancing a five-pound note on a club head to demonstrate how this changed the swing-weight quite significantly . |
| 25 | ‘ Where it 's weird , though , is the difficulty of getting a real fix on what 's happening in the outside world . |
| 26 | How , Mellor wondered , would the Lib Dems respond to the unlikely scenario of getting a working majority on a 33 per cent poll ? |
| 27 | One way of getting a clear perspective on those crimes and criminals causing us most harm , injury , and deprivation is to excavate unreported , unrecorded , and non-prosecuted crimes . |
| 28 | One week before the United Kingdom 's Foreign Secretary was due to arrive on an official two-day visit , leading dissident politicians belonging to a recently formed Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) announced on Sept. 4 their intention of holding a mass rally on Oct. 5 . |
| 29 | We are taken through all the various stages of recording a simple song on four-track and , along the way , it becomes apparent that recording at this level is nowt but common sense and a basic understanding of the gear you have in front of you . |
| 30 | Brian Davies , 64 , who had been angry at his treatment on the Kilroy TV discussion show , was also convicted of threatening a similar attack on the Broadcasting Complaints Commission . |