Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was far safer politically and economically to sit on the scientific fence . |
| 2 | The report went on to comment on the absence of objective criteria for setting health priorities and to emphasise the need for health service research to be multidisciplinary . |
| 3 | McIlvanney went on to work on the Scotsman as a news reporter and feature writer , though with his passion for football and boxing , the attraction towards sports was inevitable . |
| 4 | Oliphant , who was also knighted , went on to work on the atomic bomb , and subsequently returned to his native South Australia , where he became Governor . |
| 5 | When the gunmen climbed in to sit on the benches at the side they had to put their booted feet on the prisoners . |
| 6 | Very few erm Continental countries would consider entrusting the administration of justice erm to erm people who took an afternoon or a day off work every week or so and went in to sit on the Bench . |
| 7 | No well having said that , if you 're fool enough to sit on the side |
| 8 | They also pointed out that there was no room service and Maggie sank back down to sit on the bed and nurse her aching face . |
| 9 | Staring at him worriedly , she slowly sank down to sit on the edge of the bed . |
| 10 | What was he if not the creature who circled that dark silhouette , sometimes letting a wing-tip brush the brickwork , sometimes soaring on an up-draught , better to look down , better to choose , better to fall on the prey ? |
| 11 | The sparkle of spray , the glassy mist hanging over the water were pretty enough to taste on the tongue . |
| 12 | But when Zanuck returned and found Preminger at his studio , he promptly fired him from directing Laura , allowing him only to remain on the film as its producer . |
| 13 | Normally , unless you have one of these keys , you would have to call the water company 's engineers if you wanted the mains turned off for any reason — perhaps to work on the mains stopcock inside the house . |
| 14 | One has only to stand on the bridge over the Trannon at Trefeglwys and look upstream to see the stable narrow river coursing elegantly between its magnificent borders of ash and sycamore , and compare this with the immediate downstream reach , which wanders amidst a waste of gravel . |
| 15 | Soon she would get down to work on the garden ; it would be something to do at the weekends . |
| 16 | Pausing only to pull on the lightweight wrap that lay across the foot of the bunk , she grasped the torch more firmly and peered cautiously around the curtain . |
| 17 | I started to fix the tongue and groove boarding , and with a few boards in place , felt confident enough to work on the roof . |
| 18 | Towards 2000 will see members of FYT Regional groups and committees meet together to work on the needs of marginalised young people in the last decade of this century . |
| 19 | With the help of the ESRC , the Yorkshire Dales National Park hope to transform countryside interpretation into an active and creative means of bringing landowners , policymakers and the public together to work on the best way to manage one of the great scenic treasures of northern England , yet maintain a healthy rural economy . |
| 20 | French masons were brought in to work on the glorified hunting lodge of Falkland in Fife until it came to resemble a French Renaissance palace in miniature , with the courtyard 's south range richly decorated with Scots thistles , French fleurs-de-lis and pictorial medallions . |
| 21 | However , as before , No 7819 started in spectacular fashion only to falter on the latter part of the climb . |
| 22 | One has only to reflect on the enumeration of the varied properties of a state of full employment in the General Theory to realize that something is seriously wrong . |
| 23 | It 's small enough to fit on the mantelpiece . |
| 24 | But they do need to be small enough to fit on the cover without taking up much space , and light enough not to tear the paper . |
| 25 | First , the notion of ‘ usability ’ leads us not only to focus on the eventual users of the information for whom , presumably , companies are investing significant amounts of money on more or less elaborate information-processing systems and structures . |
| 26 | Your dear new uncle-in-law whom I was fortunate enough to encounter on the morning train from Paddington agrees that it would be nice if our friends from the constabulary were to join us . ’ |
| 27 | However , what an owner sees as his due rights may be seen by others as undue privilege ; and where the general interest is material enough to insist on the second alternative , it may with whatever necessary degree of consideration and justice , seek to override the first . |
| 28 | The pressures to evade the tax — a new imposition bearing particularly hard on poor people in deprived , high spending areas — will encourage some people to disappear from all public record and perhaps to keep on the move to avoid detection . |
| 29 | Make it a loose fit over the frame and deep enough to rest on the base-board . |
| 30 | As you do so , take your arms up and then down to rest on the floor above your head . |