Example sentences of "[verb] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To identify a new chairperson for the board , or to derive full value from bringing on those trustees , five years is too short . |
| 2 | A strip of electrician 's tape stuck round both sides of the base to make them waterproof and they 're ideal for bringing on any bulbs destined for the windowsill . |
| 3 | Andrew Holden , joint secretary of the Northern Examining Association , said : ‘ We will be looking at the position and seeing whether we think it is worthwhile to offer a similar scheme or whether we would prefer to cut the general level of fees so that we are competing on even terms . ’ |
| 4 | A mother 's agony goes on 20 years after her son 's death |
| 5 | Rushing , rushing , traffic from morning to night : it goes on twenty-four hours a day . |
| 6 | None the less , the consensus in the General Assembly will give Mr Perez de Cuellar scope to carry on behind-the-scenes negotiations with all sides in the conflict , to agree to a UN peace plan . |
| 7 | The Vought Corporation is developing an ASAT ( anti-satellite ) missile for the USAF to carry on F-15 fighters . |
| 8 | A wooden gate , hanging on rusty hinges , dragged half open as Michael set his shoulder to it . |
| 9 | hanging on bare branches . |
| 10 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 11 | The white man 's burden had to be carried on strong backs . |
| 12 | The number of passengers carried on international flights quadrupled between 1960 and 1970 , and quadrupled again ( to 4.2 million ) between 1970 and 1988 . |
| 13 | But Japan Air Lines ( JAL ) experienced only a 3.5% drop in the number of passengers carried on international routes in the year to March 31st . |
| 14 | Each section of the deck of the road is carried on sliding bearings , to allow for expansion of the sections . |
| 15 | Contemporary with the alterations to the main east-west road , at least one or perhaps two possible public buildings were constructed immediately to the south on Sites 1 and 2 , each with a frontage carried on four columns and set so close to the road that the new roadside drains had to be diverted . |
| 16 | Each tank was carried on four pairs of tracks , making a total of 16 points of support to each vehicle . |
| 17 | They were carried on four pairs , of which the two middle ones were fixed , whereas to move sideways in a radial direction when going round a curve , though normally they were held in a straight line with the fixed wheels by a pair of springs in compression . |
| 18 | The blooms are carried on long stalks and are over an inch across . |
| 19 | A 45m or 50m rope should be carried on all climbs , even though only short sections are used when moving together . |
| 20 | Of the three windows , the large central one is carried on carved figures , an unusual design , which has much in common with the façade at Spoleto Cathedral , of similar date , but with a later porch in front . |
| 21 | The Church of S. Luke has a central dome carried on 12 piers with squinches to transform the square into an octagon while higher up are small pendentives which convert the octagon to a circle . |
| 22 | Solid silver is extremely heavy , so these were carried on ceremonial occasions by huge men from a special clan on the Indian side of the border . |
| 23 | I have no desire to pass on nasty stories about other people , not even when I know the facts of the case . |
| 24 | An untapped telephone number was to be communicated to the gang , who would use it to pass on further details , identifying themselves by the same method they had used with Valesio . |
| 25 | ‘ Can we ask all preservationists to keep their eyes out for anyone trying to pass on these parts and a reward will be offered to anyone supplying information . |
| 26 | I contacted their next-of-kin and I undertook to pass on any scraps of information , or even rumour , that I could glean from every possible source . |
| 27 | The experience of working for a number of American executives , who were too busy protecting their jobs and the inflated salaries that went with them to pass on any responsibilities to me , made a move imperative after about a year . |
| 28 | At the prizegiving , the winner is expected to pass on any tips to other members of staff . |
| 29 | Amsterdam Travel Service will make every effort to pass on particular requests concerning travel or accommodation arrangements , e.g. adjoining rooms , low floors etc . |
| 30 | Well I mean I can assure them that the , the National Rivers Authority in the Thames region is monitoring rivers on a daily basis throughout the year and that we would hope to deal with pollution incidents as they occur , and we would hope with our monitoring and the pressure we put on third parties to er actually over the years , to improve things from what they are at the moment and to make things better . |