Example sentences of "[noun pl] come on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the variable of interest may of course genuinely swing around abruptly ; the monthly count of unemployed people rises very sharply when school-leavers come on to the register , for example . |
| 2 | The counter-argument is that seasonal adjustment will itself take care of much of the distortion ( as it will eliminate the predictable seasonal rise in unemployment in July and August when school-leavers come on to the register ) . |
| 3 | His appetite whetted by this auction , he was a natural target for Sotheby 's when Irises came on to the market . |
| 4 | Whole farms and landed estates at the edge of urban areas came on to the market ; suburban land prices therefore were very low . |
| 5 | Obviously we 're trying to make a homely atmosphere so that parents can come and go , er when new parents come on to the ward , when new patients come on to the ward , nursing staff maintain a , a close control and a close liaison with them , so were any undesirables as it were , to come on to the ward , I am sure they would be picked up almost immediately . |
| 6 | THE creation of a spot market for industrial gas to help cope with the volumes coming on to the market as a result of the reduction in the British Gas business has been raised by the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 7 | He switched on the refrigeration unit , and as it shivered into life the counter lights came on under the glass . |
| 8 | A few lights came on in the villages . |
| 9 | Lights came on in the Mootwalk shops as one by one they began to open . |
| 10 | Suddenly , all the lights came on in the hospital and they eventually opened a side-door and let her in . |
| 11 | Jazz switched the television off and came outside with them and they kicked a tin-can round the field a bit and then sat on some dumped oil-drums and watched the lights come on along the front and smoked a cigarette and reflected on their fate . |
| 12 | There would be a dramatic increase in the volume of good quality country houses coming on to the market in May , June and July , predicted Mr Andrew Hay of Knight Frank and Rutley . |
| 13 | The expressway flies over quiet suburban streets with old-fashioned lamps coming on among the elms . |
| 14 | There seemed only one answer , for India had seldom boasted fast bowlers of sufficient quality to operate much beyond the first half-dozen shine-removing overs before the spinners came on for the rest of the innings . |
| 15 | Obviously we 're trying to make a homely atmosphere so that parents can come and go , er when new parents come on to the ward , when new patients come on to the ward , nursing staff maintain a , a close control and a close liaison with them , so were any undesirables as it were , to come on to the ward , I am sure they would be picked up almost immediately . |
| 16 | ‘ The Americans come on in the afternoon . ’ |
| 17 | A FURTHER tranche of fixed-rate mortgages came on to the market this week following last month 's cut in official base rates from 7 to 6 per cent . |
| 18 | Traffic levels in the city are growing rapidly , with 500 additional vehicles coming on to the streets every day . |
| 19 | There are one or two magnificent examples coming on to the market . |
| 20 | These involved considering : ( a ) how long it will take the purchaser to build up further clientele ; ( b ) how frequently customers in the market change between the various competitors ; ( c ) how quickly new products come on to the market and are taken up by customers ; ( d ) how long it will take the vendor to re-establish itself in the market if there is no restrictive covenant . |
| 21 | Amid mounting chaos , Iliescu issued a radio appeal to factory workers and others to come on to the streets to defend the revolution . |
| 22 | Most complaints come on in the evening or night and subside by midnight usually . |