Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talks , held on 23–30 October in Montreal , produced total agreement on the need for an international authority to administer civil aviation , or , if that was not possible , a regional operators ' conference . |
| 2 | All the players gave this exhibition free of charge and , with the resulting revenue , the trust was able to set up a fund with which to promote junior golf on Jersey . |
| 3 | Stooping down and keeping a very sharp lookout from under my hat , I coughed several times , splashed the water about , and then , moving very slowly and gathering dry sticks on the way ( as the local Indians might do ) , I went to the foot of the steep rock . |
| 4 | Judging by how well labels sell in the shops — and they do — the world and his wife must be using sticky labels on everything , including the kids . |
| 5 | The National People 's Assembly had legalized political parties on March 26 . |
| 6 | Whilst in practice day to day supervision may rest with a single partner or small committee of partners , the rule imposes professional responsibility on every member of a firm to see that each one of its offices is properly supervised . |
| 7 | Despite having dispensed with sundry items deemed essential to sustain European stomachs on their World Cup visit in 1987 — doctor , diet sheets , microwave oven and Tesco-sponsored tuck-boxes all left them flushed , as it were , with lack of success — England have been here almost a week , practising every day in sauna-bath temperatures for their opening match against Sri Lanka on Sunday . |
| 8 | ( Tiger ) to signify complete surprise on the target . |
| 9 | The majority in favour of allowing sole practice on the traditional model to continue without restriction might have been expected to be larger given the preponderance of sole practitioner respondents to the consultation as a whole . |
| 10 | The CEN Technical Committees 116 and 117 which have been working on the creation of European Standards for bituminous sheeting and single-ply membranes have recently been disbanded to be replaced by a new Technical Committee , CEN TC 254 , which will prepare European Standards on waterproofing sheeting used in building and civil engineering works . |
| 11 | The whole of Holland , for example , was to be covered by SO 2 sensors at different heights , feeding into a computerized system drawing iso-concentration lines on a map of the country . |
| 12 | We were anxious to preserve total secrecy on the new product to protect our legal rights . |
| 13 | As well as these acute metabolic derangements found in diabetes producing acute effects on platelet function , other factors known to influence platelet function in non-diabetics may be operative in the diabetic population under study , such as the presence of vascular disease , ingestion of aspirin-like substances , exercise , smoking , and the use of the contraceptive pill . |
| 14 | Francis Poulenc 's orchestral , chamber and piano music receives extensive treatment on three ‘ Rouge et Noir ’ sets . |
| 15 | Triplex Lloyd , the steel fabrications and foundries group with enlarged motor and electrical distribution activities as a result of the Christy Hunt acquisition , made solid gains on most fronts in the latest six months . |
| 16 | It will be entering into contracts to both buy and sell specific currencies on or between specific dates . |
| 17 | Picture frames can make striking displays on occasional tables , window sills or other low-level areas . |
| 18 | Chapter 6 offers specific advice on some aspects of developing good study habits , but it 's important at this early stage to understand something about human learning . |
| 19 | He did not , as I had feared , ask me to perform covert assassinations on his behalf and nor did he insist on my using my eidetic capabilities to project myself into the noumenal world that he inhabited with such terrifying ease . |
| 20 | But this fog plays strange tricks on a woman 's mind . |
| 21 | Specific problems are resolved , while larger issues are clearly presented and students are given solid strategies on which to build long-term development . |
| 22 | Pavlov , however , applied political pressure on President Gorbachev to support his strategy of a gradual , self-sufficient transition to a market economy . |
| 23 | Paint a blob-and-trickle picture using watery paint on smooth or textured paper on an easel . |
| 24 | They made specific donations on the night in the knowledge that it all the proceeds were going to the cancer day ward and that helped to boost the figure . |
| 25 | Before unveiling the official plaque , Ian Wood made specific comment on the Trade & Industry Select Committee 's report that had prevented Tim Eggar attending the opening , since it would significantly affect all the industries gathered there on the day . |
| 26 | US representatives rejected any new " global " talks unless the EC made specific concessions on agriculture . |
| 27 | Books and newspapers should be provided ; every facility should be given to casuals to attend Divine Service on Sunday . |
| 28 | In July 1842 , the master noted that James Paine , an able-bodied man , ‘ objects and refuses to attend divine worship on the grounds that he is of no persuasion , and that he will not attend in a place like this , where they act contrary to scripture in parting man and wife ’ . |
| 29 | Terry Bickers left The House Of Love to rise to autonomous heights with Levitation but bungles total accomplishment on vocal ability only . |
| 30 | One of the resident theatre companies at the Old Museum , Out and Out , devised the show using extensive research on the situation of hostages and former hostages , including John McCarthy and Brian Keenan . |