Example sentences of "[noun sg] on to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the limited visibility at the top of the hill a new access directly from Drum Brae Park on to Drum Brae could not be recommended . |
| 2 | We were not to see the famous ‘ stoop ’ dive on to prey after all . |
| 3 | It relies on the preferential absorption on to clay minerals of an ultra-violet sensitive dye . |
| 4 | Tap Right with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll right 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 5 | Tap Left with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll left 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 6 | The final whistle came with Rayners Lane holding on to win by three goals to nil . |
| 7 | It was completely dark and she dared not even put the light on to look at her watch . |
| 8 | To wit , the kind of speed on to man and ball and to the breakdown which would in itself render it a great deal more difficult for the All Blacks to make the Lions ' pack look heavy-footed to the point of statuesque . |
| 9 | There are plans to put this programme on to videotape , so it can be shown to customers locally without the need for lengthy and expensive trips to the UK . |
| 10 | Although several European countries have legal controls on such activities , in the U.K. the law has not been extended in this way , though there may be legal remedies in some cases for those who believe they have been harmed by the use to which the surreptitiously collected information has been put : if , for example , unauthorised entry on to property has occurred , or if there has been breach of confidence or copyright , or if conspiracy to commit a crime , civil wrong , public mischief or some outrageously immoral act can be proved . |
| 11 | We 'd dress up in our party things ; just put a little pinny on to start ; unpack the things from Fortnum 's , put them on to plates . |
| 12 | He switched the machine on to receiver mode . |
| 13 | For anyone who does a lot of knitting , the initial time spent learning how to use the program will be more than compensated for , because once you have saved your work on to disk , the same garment shape and / or stitch pattern can be used time and time again . |
| 14 | Experts were divided on the cause , with some blaming the hordes of pollen beetles that descended from fields of oil seed rape on to garden crops , other believing the hot , dry weather caused a change in the development of the reproductive system of the plants . |
| 15 | Before his eyes was the ‘ Vehicle Condition Monitor ’ , a dot-matrix display that gave warning of any problem from handbrake on to brake failure . |
| 16 | Sabine put her chicken casserole on to cook , then made up her bed . |
| 17 | ‘ Switch the engine on to charge . ’ |
| 18 | And if , when I turn my Mac on to upload this article , you hear James Brown screaming : ‘ Fellas , I 'm ready to get up an ’ do MAH thang ! ’ do n't fret . |
| 19 | What a good boy , I would of thought she 'd have put something on it , put some ointment on to stop it itching . |
| 20 | Experiments using portable computers at excavation sites , in order to enter the written record on to computer at that stage , have been tried . |
| 21 | More importantly John Sadler is credited with inventing a method of transfer-printing on to earthenware tiles . |
| 22 | Where it ends , do not continue on track past nature reserve notices but look for narrow path bearing left and passing through small copse on to area of grassy heathland ( b ) . |
| 23 | A sturdy clamp , removable via a screw holds three PP3s firmly in place on to snap-on terminals on the circuit board . |
| 24 | All right , we 'll bung the snazzy shoot-'em-up Gemini Wing on to boot ! |
| 25 | BUT LACK OF CASH FORCES ITS OWN SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ON TO HOLD |
| 26 | Erm well it depends erm the , the economics of power production are extremely erm er complex and , and t to a certain extent arbitrary erm and erm I mean there , there are various ways that the government can actually get out of this fix because obviously it 's caused a lot of concern to close the , the mines , and one is actually to , to subsidize the mines and put the price on to electricity bills er the other is to subsidize the mines er but pay for it out of the , out of , er out of taxes so it 's a basic , instead of paying for it on your electricity bill , you pay for it on your tax bill , yeah . |
| 27 | Spoon on to base , chill in fridge until set . |
| 28 | But Mandy 's gift for drama and her change to a quavering old voice had brought a reluctant smile on to Charity 's lips . |
| 29 | The most obvious test of television 's ability to set the public agenda was provided by its massive shift of emphasis on to defence in the third week of the campaign . |
| 30 | Television 's enormous shift of emphasis on to defence issues in the third week of the campaign correlated with a huge rise in the number of voters who saw defence as the Conservative Party 's main campaign theme , but with only a modest rise in the number of who wanted a defence debate . |