Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Question : I want to work out the total on a set of numeric fields in my Paradox data table , so that I can see how much has been made by my sales staff . |
| 2 | It is also the place for those who want to soak up the sun on their hotel terraces or at the Lido , a huge pool so close to the sea that waves frequently wash into it . |
| 3 | I remember when I was out on the road , I had a particular connection with , we had a motor bike policy , and it was an appalling risk , and it came up for renewal , and er , nobody had take it round the market , and I mean , that that was an idol threat , because nobody in their right mind would want this particular motor and we said , well not if they want to jack up the premium on it , they wanted to jack it up by about thirty or forty per cent , and and the broker was not very happy about this . |
| 4 | Sotheby 's Publications continue to bring out the volumes on Alexej von Jawlensky with the Catalogue raisonne of the oil paintings , Vol. 3 , 1934–37 ( £175 ) . |
| 5 | Once you have a bootable machine run FDISK to set up the partition(s) on your drive . |
| 6 | If you try working out the return on a single room , using the well-known 1:1,000 room rate:room cost ratio , assuming a realistic annual occupancy rate ( say 65 per cent ) and providing for interest and tax , you will realize that it could take several decades to recover the original cost . |
| 7 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 8 | If there 's already a working phone line at your new address , and you arrange to take over the service on the same day as the old customer disconnects , it will be re-connected free of charge . |
| 9 | I have written off the cost on a straight line basis in the accounts and the inspector has disallowed this for tax purposes . |
| 10 | US AGENTS have turned up the pressure on the besieged Texas cult by using glaring floodlights on the compound and cutting off electricity , and those inside are trying to communicate with banners and Morse code . |
| 11 | So we have to pick up the pieces on this one . ’ |
| 12 | I can remember stuff they thought too petty for Trivial Pursuit and then somedays I have to look up the instructions on my bootlaces . |
| 13 | We have nailed down the lid on the recession . |
| 14 | At a rally they heard the Labour leader John Smith repeat his criticism of the government having a fatal addiction to V A T. Several Conservative MPs have stepped up the pressure on senior ministers to reverse the plans . |
| 15 | They have tightened up the rules on availabilty for work and only pay out to those genuinely entitled to the money . |
| 16 | They have tightened up the rules on availabilty for work and only pay out to those genuinely entitled to the money . |
| 17 | East Anglian surveyors Bidwells have taken up the cudgels on behalf of farmers not only at the timescale for completion of claim forms for area and set-aside payments and ewe and beef premiums , but also at the fines which could result from late or incorrect returns . |