Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two girls were rescued from the car by their mother uninjured … she 'd run after the car in a vain attempt to pull on the handbrake . |
| 2 | The painting of July 1890 , executed just days before van Gogh killed himself , and France 's first historic monument to go on the block , was sold on 6 December by Jean-Claude Binoche to French banker and businessman Jean-Marc Vernes . |
| 3 | Compromising , Theda found a piece of old blanket to place on the coverlet so that his hairs might not spread everywhere . |
| 4 | As I said before , the risk of collective action of this sort , which is regretted by many teachers ( as reflected in the rise and fall of the memberships of the different unions over the last few years ) , is that it tends to reduce to the lowest common denominators of more pay on the one hand and a narrow-minded , knee-jerk resistance to change on the other . |
| 5 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 6 | On the 22nd , a major German attempt to capitalise on the Avocourt success was caught by brilliantly sited French machine guns , firing at them from three sides . |
| 7 | Unwieldy it may be in certain respects , but it is surely better for a model of meaning destined to serve a descriptive as opposed to a theoretical study to err on the side of generosity of scope , rather than on the side of austerity . |
| 8 | Their civilian Folbot canoe had no added buoyancy of Mae-West lifebelts , no navigation aids , not even a spray cover as they crossed the sound from the Scottish mainland to land on the isle of Mull . |
| 9 | Every dancer has got a different job to do on the road — as if dancing were n't difficult enough — but you know what most people would say : ‘ It 's art , it 's dance , it 's Britain , you should be grateful to be doing it at all ’ . |
| 10 | THE FRENCH love to lay on the style and their over-the-top preliminaries - world 's biggest scrum , Un Show Laser — to this week 's Bicentenary match against the Lions in Paris gave the evening a sense of occasion which the rugby itself also justified . |
| 11 | He was an acknowledged expert in the system of ‘ payment by results ’ which was introduced into Irish national schools in 1872 , and as such was appointed by the British government to report on the education system of Trinidad in 1869 and that of Malta in 1878 . |
| 12 | The sale also contains some of the most dazzling French furniture to appear on the market for some time . |
| 13 | His worst fears were realized when the next day word came from Georgiades that a monster procession was being formed which would march from the gates of el Azhar through the Old City to converge on the Mar Girgis , where a demonstration was planned . |
| 14 | This is the most exciting thing to happen on the UK tobacco control front for many years . |
| 15 | This serves to emphasize the importance of a good early assessment to decide on the client 's suitability for group treatment . |
| 16 | As she sipped the scotch , she reflected that if he were still alive he would no doubt be bringing the full force of his liberal rationalism to bear on the problem right now . |
| 17 | The evolution of Swedish collective bargaining into a system of economy-wide agreements was greatly dependent upon the presence on both the employer and employee sides of a small number of organisations ‘ each large enough to bring crucial influence to bear on the development of bargaining issues across the whole labour market ’ ( ILO , 1974 , p. 340 ) . |
| 18 | The effectiveness of courses was also heavily dependent on the degree of consistency and general agreement between the advisers , heads and coordinators who each had a role in the improvement of practice and who each brought their separate influence to bear on the teachers who attended the courses . |
| 19 | United grabbed the initiative with a 22nd minute goal from Whitehouse , who seized on Sheffield 's only serious chance to score on the rebound from just inside the penalty area . |
| 20 | The artists use personal knowledge to touch on the fragility and complexity of human experience , and to explore the forces in society that exert control over all of us . |
| 21 | She has no sense of her own sexuality — which stimulates the clerk — or of the value of her sexuality : though promised to her husband it becomes an easy counter to pay on the threat of being changed into an animal . |
| 22 | Since historical entitlement theorists make original acquisition the root of all subsequent entitlements it is essential that they demonstrate that acquisition is an event of sufficient moral significance to bestow on the acquirer all the incidents of private ownership , including the right to transfer the property at will and to confer the same package of rights on all subsequent transferees . |
| 23 | Despite being the most visited archaeological site in Europe with 1.4 million visitors annually , rising to a probable 2 million if non-ticket buyers are included the Soprintendenza that administers Pompeii only receives around £700,000 ( $1.2 million ) per annum from central government to spend on the fabric of the site . |
| 24 | Originally the Great Western HST fleet consisted of 2 + 7 ( two power cars with seven trailers ) but in 1983 ten sets were given an additional trailer to work on the West of England line and to cover the prime business services . |
| 25 | The arrangements for the Chief Executive to report on the Agency 's performance are set out in Section C. |
| 26 | Instead , he has relied on great fitness and stamina to enable him to keep sprinting in at full pace , and speed of arm and perfect balance to capitalize on the momentum ; combined with an unrelenting desire to keep on taking more and more wickets , it has all proved irresistible . |
| 27 | Where the Bill has been before a standing committee , so that Members not on the committee have had no previous opportunity to speak on the minutiae of the Bill , there is now an opportunity for them to make their points . |
| 28 | After a disastrous year for British producers , they are now faced with a unique opportunity to capitalise on the benefits of an industry with the highest standards in the world . |
| 29 | As she raised her little hammer to tap on the table , she wondered suddenly why the Advent had actually sent a reporter — they usually depended on the publicity secretary to supply them with a report . |
| 30 | He 's a cruel customer all right and an ideal looking-glass to spy on the greed , gloss , arrogance and vanity of his fellow Hollywood 's denizens . |