Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments . |
| 2 | Use a little royal icing to cement the two pieces of roof on to the sloping sides of the house , propping up the eaves with toothpicks too if necessary . |
| 3 | Heroic efforts alone could lift a poor man and woman , or even their children , out of the slough of demoralisation on to the firm plateau of respectability and , above all , define his position there . |
| 4 | The concept reared up fully formed : the sparkling snowflake of Steel City fragmenting from the hub of fire , spilling bodies into vacuum , the debris plunging flaming spears of fall-out on to the dense towns of Earth . |
| 5 | I watched him dip into a bucket and throw a scoopful of water on to the hot stones of the fire . |
| 6 | Hold this left transfer tool in your left hand and take the three stitches at right of centre on to the second transfer tool in the same way . |
| 7 | To step out of bed on to the cold lino , and to begin dressing and shivering , took considerable courage . |
| 8 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 9 | Like many men of the muirlands and remote districts of Ayrshire in the 17th century , John was a fervent opponent of the imposition of Episcopacy on to the Scottish Kirk . |
| 10 | The whole thing becomes one fluid manoeuvre with power on for the maximum possible time . |
| 11 | pending discussions but the whole thing Mr chairman really has n't erm has n't been decided to you know er a few colleagues point er I mean there 's nothing we can actually start and you can put pencil to paper on at the present time . |
| 12 | The Duke had planned to assemble as much of his army as possible , then march at dawn on to the French flank to help Blücher 's Prussians , but now Sharpe had brought much worse news . |