Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It requires a depth of human understanding , an ability to communicate on a one-to-one basis with different characters , and I do not believe that Frank can do this very well . |
| 2 | While non-verbal communication of the kinds described above have a powerful role in underlining , reinforcing or betraying our feelings and aspirations , the moment we try to communicate on a wider scale than inter-personal , we must look at other sign systems to convey meaning . |
| 3 | Until recently , only the dedicated enthusiasts would identify the components as a B.R. Standard Class 5MT , but since the completion of volunteer Dave Clark 's expert temporary lining and numbering on the exposed cab side , 73156 is now brought to the attention of all train-board visitors . |
| 4 | For a start Claridges Hotel , in London 's Mayfair , where the Russians would be staying , was fully bugged by MI5 on a permanent basis ( because so many ‘ interesting ’ foreign guests stayed there ) and it was certainly not going to miss the opportunity of eavesdropping on the two leaders . |
| 5 | SNOOP Cyril Reenan was branded a prying sneak yesterday for eavesdropping on the intimate phone conversation . |
| 6 | These products excel where text and graphics are to be mixed on a single page . |
| 7 | Another factor in Ethernet 's favour is that different types of cable can be mixed on the one Ethernet network , so you could lay cheap cable in most areas and higher-performance stuff in critical sections . |
| 8 | Even then opposing fans mixed on the same terraces without the ‘ taking of ends ’ . |
| 9 | Usually the line represents the flow of something but that something might be material , energy , information or time but again these should not be mixed on the same diagram unless differently coded lines are used . |
| 10 | Sleep on a firm mattress — or , better still , a plank under the mattress . |
| 11 | Those having no money were forced to give up their clothes and sleep on the bare floor , often with fatal results . |
| 12 | MAX : I sleep on the right-hand side of my particular bed . |
| 13 | In both kinds of work take care not to draw the yarn tightly at the back or the stitches will pucker on the right side of the work . |
| 14 | A four-fold procedure could be used : first , the text should be read silently ; second , it should be re-told or described by the child to the teacher ; next the text should be read aloud , with the teacher marking miscues on a duplicate copy ; finally the text should be discussed in more detail with the teacher . |
| 15 | The Thinker , already a winner of the race , stands at 20-1 , but he is difficult to train and even more difficult to catch on the right day . |
| 16 | OSF on the other hand contends that the complex software is on schedule for the next phase , its Distributed Services Release due in September . |
| 17 | There are machines which will act on a spoken command . |
| 18 | Why do the Government not act on the huge injustices currently affecting business people , such as original lessee liability ? |
| 19 | The lie had a pronounced effect upon Lettice who immediately ventured on a small excursion into terror . |
| 20 | At a conference in Stockholm in late September 1986 , nonetheless , a last-minute agreement was reached that each side should give the other advance warning of troop movements , and that on-site verification should be permitted on a limited basis for the first time . |
| 21 | Cycling is not officially permitted on the narrow towpath , however walkers can join it in Linlithgow at the canal basin at the top ( south end ) of Station Road . |
| 22 | A report is awaited on the entire electrical circuit and plans to improve sound amplification are in hand . |
| 23 | Is this another one leaping on the fashionable let's-destroy-the-party-from-within bandwagon ? ] that — for years — to assert these facts has been heresy . ’ |
| 24 | **Represents percentage of vote won on a proportional basis on individual party lists . |
| 25 | And the presidential election is not won on a first-past-the-post basis by simply tallying the votes for Bush , Clinton and Ross Perot across the country . |
| 26 | Just like the General Election , our awards are won on a first-past-the-post basis . |
| 27 | It was , in fact , as if the football pools had been won on a massive international scale . |
| 28 | Any contracts won on an exclusive basis could affect the price at which it is offered for sale . |
| 29 | B " Hitler 's prestige rose to new heights in Germany , where relief that war had been avoided was combined with delight in the gains that had been won on the cheap … |
| 30 | For Pindar , Cyrene was the place of many sheep ( Pyth. ix.6 ) , and the equestrian successes of Arkesilas and Timokrates were won on the famous bay horses of Cyrene . |