Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the incubation period , the gel piece is transferred into a new plastic tray containing 300 ml of freshly made DMS-stop buffer ( 0.5 M β-mercaptoethanol , 150 mM Tris-HCl , pH 7.3 , 5 mM EDTA ) and shaken vigorously on a rocking platform for 10' at 37°C ( at this temperature DMS is rapidly hydrolysed accelerating its inactivation ) . |
| 2 | And at the moment , all five of them have joined together on a single campaign , which is about trade . |
| 3 | Care must be taken to ensure that the new company , or its qualifying subsidiaries , carry on qualifying trades and , notably , film production companies and research and development companies qualify , so long as their activities are being carried on on a commercial basis with a view to profit . |
| 4 | And Clough has also cracked down on a similar plea from right back Brian Laws . |
| 5 | From the simplest beginnings the reader is carried along on a step-by-step journey to adventures in ‘ Harmonic landscaping ’ and a variety of textures . |
| 6 | Carried away on a rushing tide of dark enchantment , she quivered as his tongue caressed her skin , his mouth feather-light as it brushed enticingly , back and forth , over her swollen nipples . |
| 7 | A MAN perched precariously on a crumbling ledge yesterday — threatening to jump and protesting his innocence of a burglary conviction . |
| 8 | Now I 'm not for a mom , I 'm not for a moment suggesting that it 's something that would be picked up on a regular basis , but I think it does mean , as you rightly say , that er , if , if , if such a procedure does arise then I 'm conscious that I 'm in a one off situation , I know there 's at least one of our colleagues on our benches who has this on , with children on a more regular basis . |
| 9 | But this information is also readily available if the ferret is fitted with a transmitting device within its collar and the signals from this are picked up on a hand-held receiver . |
| 10 | The key language points of the unit are previewed clearly on a double-page spread . |
| 11 | A vertical window covering which can be rolled up on a spring-roller attachment , or drawn up by cords threaded through rings . |
| 12 | The haulier should be aware of the circumstances in which he ( or his debtor ) may be wound up on a voluntary basis and the circumstances in which his company ( or his debtor 's ) may be wound up by the court . |
| 13 | We had come out on a broad dirt road . |
| 14 | The Great Hall is let out on a daily rate to companies such as Deutsche Grammophon and EMI for classical music recordings . |
| 15 | A covering note would detail tasks which would have to be carried out on a regular basis and which agent is responsible for these tasks . |
| 16 | To make sure the system is working says stocktaking exercises are carried out on a regular basis and there are random checks of the collections . |
| 17 | Computer Science is a practical subject and , at Edinburgh , students are fortunate in having the opportunity to use systems ranging from single chip microprocessors to some of the world 's highest performance parallel processing systems , with much of their work being carried out on a distributed system of UNIX-based workstations . |
| 18 | Similarly , interviews with pupils are included but were not carried out on a systematic basis and the results have not been correlated with pupils ' GT4 scores . |
| 19 | I usually have some sympathy for a player who is dismissed simply for being over-aggressive , but I draw the line when this aggro is carried out on a fellow team mate . |
| 20 | A prospective cohort study [ 6 ] carried out on a general population in the west of Scotland found that mortality from all causes was higher in passive smokers than in a control group of nonsmokers , as were all causes of death related to smoking , including mortality from lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease . |
| 21 | This is despite evidence that little more than 0.1 per cent of tropical forestry is in reality carried out on a sustainable basis . |
| 22 | Prior to the meeting , the IWC 's scientific committee had said that the population of minke whales had now recovered to the point where renewed commercial hunting could be carried out on a sustainable basis . |
| 23 | Personal selling is a very expensive activity to maintain , and it may be best suited to relatively concentrated markets , such as in the UK for ceramics or steel manufacture , or those in which buying is carried out on a centralised basis . |
| 24 | As well as simple copying , assemble editing can be carried out on a stop-start basis under manual control of the machines provided that the VCR has the backspace edit facility . |
| 25 | The calculation of additional financing costs may also be carried out on a comparative basis , comparing what the costs would have been had the project not been delayed and disrupted compared with actual costs . |
| 26 | Lichen research is carried out on a world-wide collection which is particularly good on European crustose lichens . |
| 27 | Where a sanitiser can have advantages is where a particular cleaning task is carried out on a repetitive basis as for example the daily cleaning of a retail soft ice cream dispenser . |
| 28 | Stick making is still carried out on a limited scale , the Phoenix Stick Company at present occupying two floors of the main mill block . |
| 29 | As for the internal auditors ' role , ‘ they 're not expected to do a full statutory audit but a great deal of the detailed work which , carried out on a continuous basis , would greatly increase the probability of detecting fraud . ’ |
| 30 | Partial water changes will be sufficient — about 15% of the tank 's volume every fortnight , provided a larger water change of about 30% is carried out on a monthly basis . |