Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a plot of sorts involves the intrigues of the Egyptian Queen , whose enfeebled brother and consort has no power to break her obsessive love for ‘ the Wanderer ’ , the story turns on the simple fact that Odysseus must for ever love an unattainable ideal . |
| 2 | DIRECTOR Roman Polanski turns on the shock treatment in the passionate but quite perverse BITTER MOON ( Cert 18 ; West End ) . |
| 3 | The self-supporting framework builds on the children 's existing collective resources : their knowledge and experience , their social relationships , their capacity to support and stimulate one another through shared interests and concerns . |
| 4 | The male sits on the nest , but at the moment he appears to be out getting a meal . |
| 5 | Not the other respectable brigade , and indeed in Eden End , the whole play turns on the jealousy of the sister , who remained at home . |
| 6 | Sixteen per cent of the budget goes on the care of the mentally ill and mentally handicapped . |
| 7 | Almost 40 per cent of the country 's budget goes on the 57,000-strong civil service . |
| 8 | Hospitals close , trains stop , radar goes on the blink , satellites spin wordlessly in space , and for everyone dialling long distance or local calls , the pips announce that time is finally up . |
| 9 | His briefcase bulges on the table , full of slides and biopsy reports , medical histories and letters from Dr McKenzie and Professor Sikora , as well as his own carefully compiled notes . |
| 10 | One part turns on the other and sees it as worthless , leading to the self-reproaches and relentless self-criticism of melancholics . |
| 11 | By using arcs struck about the assembly points and passing through the other attachment points on the intermediate link , the member may be Positioned initially to a chosen point on the locus of point P ( see Figure 7.42 ) and then rotated to generate an attachment point on the locus of point Q ( link C ) . |
| 12 | and souvenir crosses on the mantelpiece |
| 13 | Our paradigm capitalizes on the observation that visually presented letters are transformed into a phonological code and access the articulatory loop , through the subvocal rehearsal system , even when there is no direct auditory stimulation . |
| 14 | On the death of father or mother the guardianship devolves on the surviving spouse ; but either can by deed or will appoint guardians to act with the survivor . |
| 15 | So , with it at the front the board lies on the water flat , and with it back the tail digs in . |
| 16 | The disqualification stands on the proposition that , where there is no market so that the user can not by taking his custom elsewhere , discipline the provider , it is wrong to adopt any form which creates a right and duty to use the monopoly so as to satisfy the interests of an exclusive group of owners , as against those of the users . |
| 17 | Back room stage so small the performers have to rest their mike stands on the floor in front . |
| 18 | They need to be the product of shared work between head , governors , staff and , as far as possible , parents , but the main responsibility lies on the head . |
| 19 | Although there have been some useful television series , most television coverage focusses on the sensational , and some major documentaries and plays have compounded the fears and misunderstandings of the public rather than alleviate them . |
| 20 | Their case lies on the counter like a mussel , |
| 21 | The Moebius Strip stands on the southern bank of the Grand Canal about a kilometre along from the Baratha Arcade , between the Church of the Directed Panspermia and a crustacean restaurant . |
| 22 | Escheat has been abolished , and all property in such a case devolves on the Crown as bona vacantia . |
| 23 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |
| 24 | Many general practitioners will know the unpleasant effect that a broken phial of dextrose has on the inside of a medical bag . |
| 25 | I now see a certain awkwardness in the way Summerchild sits on the other side of my desk . |
| 26 | Cornering adjustability verges on the sensational , providing huge entertainment , though the brakes are oversensitive . |
| 27 | Foreign investment turns on the attitude of international institutions such as the IMF and World Bank and on a major creditor , the Japanese . |
| 28 | This study builds on the work of an existing paper ( to be published in the Economic Journal in March , 1989 ) which argued that , during the 1980's the export performance of the UK manufacturing sector improved to the extent that the historical decline of the sector 's share in the world total had been arrested . |
| 29 | You know that the lace carriage belongs on the left so you will slide it back to the left . |
| 30 | Thus a great deal turns on the exact terms of the contract — whether it stipulates ‘ 200 tons of potatoes to be grown on Blackacre ’ or simply ‘ 200 tons of potatoes . ’ |