Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time . |
| 2 | In the evolutionary version , the payoffs are changes in fitness ; hence , although they may be difficult to measure , they do fall naturally on a linear scale . |
| 3 | If standard steps are followed on each occasion , it should be easier to prevent mistakes occurring and ensure that the terms are incorporated into all contracts ; in addition , if the normal procedures do break down on a particular occasion , it may be possible to rely on the previous course of dealing . |
| 4 | ’ It would n't be an overstatement to say we 've carried near on a hundred tons of material of one sort or another up this driveway to our house , whereas it could have been done in a couple of days with permission to drive up . ’ |
| 5 | At a time when the easy option for a band like Moose would be to step up the distortion , rip off a few riffs and steam into the easy-money heaven where rock pigs run wild , they 've flipped away on a heady , affecting tangent that 's been traced in the last five or ten years by The Weather Prophets and Lloyd Cole , but rarely in that time with such grace and preconception-shattering nerve . |
| 6 | AT A time when the easy option for a band like Moose would be to step up the distortion , rip off a few riffs and steam into the easy-money heaven where rock pigs run wild , they 've flipped away on a heady , affecting tangent that 's been traced in the last five or ten years by The Weather Prophets and Lloyd Cole , but rarely with such grace . |
| 7 | There 's little hope of much change from a fiver once you 've splashed out on a basic box of 12 . |
| 8 | And at the moment , all five of them have joined together on a single campaign , which is about trade . |
| 9 | High prices and a determination to stick to plain , some say ‘ dull ’ pieces , meant that they have missed out on a growing market for decorative items in the lower price range , while the move to new premises essentially changed their image from a shop to a ‘ view by appointment ’ private gallery . |
| 10 | ‘ As a farmer whose children have grown up on a busy farm , I am very aware of the risks and the work pressures that all too easily lead to children being exposed to danger . |
| 11 | You know so you have to reach out on a daily basis for these gifts . |
| 12 | Five years in the making , ‘ The Century of Tung Ch'i-ch'ang ’ marks the first time the two Chinese museums have participated jointly on an international exhibition . |
| 13 | In reality it becomes almost impossible to find this amount in the budget , and projects have to limp along on an underfunded basis or with the overseas donor financing an increasing proportion of the total costs . |
| 14 | The Rome Central Institute of Restoration and the Calabria Soprintendenza Archeologica have teamed up on a year-long project to remove the corrosive salts from the interiors of the statues . |
| 15 | Second , the ASB believes that analysts have concentrated unduly on a single figure in the accounts , earnings per share . |
| 16 | Last year the town missed out , but the borough council , residents and business people have worked together on a new ten-point plan which includes regenerating the town centre by making it fully pedestrianised , building a new shopping development and improving access for disabled people . |
| 17 | JMTC and Gillotts School , Henley-on-Thames have worked together on an exciting project to develop new teaching materials describing an everyday or industrial application of chemistry . |