Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now just to give you some figures I mean same tariff that 's the world price supplied the rest of the world , in fact the tariff on it show them that the operation of a a tariff can affect erm world prices and just to give you some idea erm ah , can we just you know when we were talking about the net economic costs well they 're within the European Community , those costs . |
| 2 | If I put another ring on it cuts like that one . |
| 3 | Got a sort of sheen on it has n't it ? |
| 4 | Les clearly liked the look of the place , took an immediate shine to the audience and launched himself into a neatly structured tirade on what makes tradition tick . |
| 5 | Right , er , he also agreed with you about the lung and black , right , and he s , and he said the same as you that , erm , if it 's got blood on you leave it alone . |
| 6 | The exercise , they say , was useful in concentrating the mind on what had to be done . |
| 7 | and you , it 's quite easy to switch your mind on you know |
| 8 | Although there has been much research on the determination of asset prices , there has been little research on what determines the volume of turnover in asset markets . |
| 9 | Moreover , there has been little recent research on what befalls older manual workers following redundancy , although the labour market has undergone a period of rapid change over the last few years ( one recent exception is Bytheway 1987 ) . |
| 10 | As the ribber needle moves back , the stitch on it comes over the latch of the ribber needle and is picked up by the transfer needle . |
| 11 | But once you were qualified for the job you could n't put a stranger on you had to ta teach that stranger a job . |
| 12 | And for obvious reasons if there is an athletics programme on I make sure I watch it . |
| 13 | You know when I want to turn a corner I 've got to stand on my toes and put my full weight on it to turn it . |
| 14 | It 's easy to sway the emotions by showing monkeys with their brains cut open , genetically stunted pigs or smoking beagles , less so to drag on someone suffering from a vile disease and say ‘ this person will die unless we keep on chopping up small furry creatures . ’ |
| 15 | However , concentration on what motivates , as in the content theories , ignores three substantial issues : |
| 16 | The composition is saved from monotony by the subtle characterisation of these figures , and united by the concentration on them effected by the inward-facing chariot-teams and the looks of some of the seated figures and of the two reclining in the angles who frame the design . |
| 17 | Though he rightly acknowledges that large parts of the country were unaffected by this enclosure movement , his concentration on it gives us a somewhat unbalanced picture . |
| 18 | Probably , perhaps you do n't notice it so much do you , but something , something like that breaks the tension on it do n't it I suppose |
| 19 | Pushing all the forceps to one side he almost ran from the room and reappeared shortly with a tray on which reposed a long chisel and a metal mallet . |
| 20 | By the side of a registration book stood a tray on which rested a bottle of Scotch and four small glasses . |
| 21 | It contains a lot of questionnaires for which there are no answers and with not much guidance on what to do with the answers once you have filled in the pages . |
| 22 | I mean it looks alright if you 've got all the gear on you know cycling shorts and top and everything |
| 23 | And then there were Henri II 's handouts to various Scottish nobles , including Glencairn , who accompanied Mary of Guise on her begging expedition to France in the winter of 1550 — 1 . |
| 24 | Instead , as officials realised that the failure of agriculture , the failure to industrialise and the continuing Ostflucht were combining to produce a massive crisis in the east , they cast around for an external enemy on whom to project the cause of their misfortune . |
| 25 | Well yeah they 're free but they 've got their advert on it have n't they ? |
| 26 | The interdependence of criminal justice , where the working of one part has an effect on what happens in the other parts , means that to set off too fast , or prematurely , in a given direction , may lead to unexpected reverses . |
| 27 | Mr Clinton is apparently determined that this will have no effect on what looks like being a cordial relationship between two leaders who have much in common , especially as Mr Major says he had no knowledge of it . |
| 28 | The effect on anyone flying into Kuala Lumpur and hearing a Malaysian Airlines hostess saying , ’ You are about to land in Kuala Lumpur : if you bring drugs into our country , the penalty is death by hanging ’ must be very salutary indeed . |
| 29 | ( i ) If your salary grade is below PO1 ( that is below spinal column point 35 within the APT & C grades ) you are permitted to engage in extra mural employment provided it does not have any adverse effect on you performing the normal duties of your post . |
| 30 | They may be made redundant or their marriage may break up ; even the loss of regular overtime can have a disastrous effect on someone living to the limits of his or her income . |