Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The game , to be unveiled at the London Toy Fair in January , is expected to go on sale in May . |
| 2 | Since then he has been permitted to search on Crown estates in Morayshire which were last excavated by the Duke of Richmond in 1860 . |
| 3 | That was how he had come to go on board the Santa Maria del Sud . |
| 4 | But he made it clear when he arrived in Perth the next day that he disagreed with Marsh 's sacking , an interesting observation given that the players ' code of behaviour specifically states that they are not permitted to comment on selection decisions . |
| 5 | Coach trips will be targeted to come on market days and the council hopes to introduce special theme days based on Darlington 's history . |
| 6 | People were expected to come on time , but that was accepted as Claudia being a bit eccentric . |
| 7 | Lord Donaldson implied , however , that solicitors who exercised their new rights of audience in these cases ought to be expected to concentrate on advocacy . |
| 8 | This reflects the greater responsibility successful candidates might be expected to exercise on behalf of an employer . |
| 9 | Knowledge of what they were expected to do on discharge was equally scanty and the elderly people did not seem to connect the pattern of drug-taking in hospital with a possible continuation once they were home . |
| 10 | In a move designed to save on court time , the Scottish Office yesterday confirmed that from 1 April motorists will be offered the chance to accept a fixed penalty notice requiring the payment of a fine within 28 days . |
| 11 | For example , the South West Africa Territory Force ( SWATF ) , numbering around 30,000 has been confined to base on full-pay instead of being disbanded . |
| 12 | However , Hitler 's scientists had developed another ‘ Victory ’ weapon — the ‘ V2 ’ — it was an advanced form of rocket with a nose-cap filled with high explosive designed to explode on impact . |
| 13 | This village had been built solely for the duration of the festival , for the thousands of funeral guests who were expected to arrive on foot from the far corners of the kingdom . |
| 14 | Other things equal , the higher the rate of interest , the more individuals can be expected to economize on cash holdings . |
| 15 | ‘ You have come to check on progress , gentlemen . |
| 16 | ‘ An unconditional order in writing , addressed by one person* to another , signed by the person giving it , requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to , or to the order of , a specified person , or to order ’ . |
| 17 | However , many animals have also come to rely on light , particularly those with keen vision . |
| 18 | Thus the link would be expected to occur on average after R/2 , and the overflow record would also take an average of R/2tn locate ( or R if the start of the overflow track has to be found before the record search can begin ) . |
| 19 | The CEGB 's Magnox series , for instance , was expected to produce on average 75 per cent of its maximum output each year . |
| 20 | While some single-parent families have an adequate income , others are poor , and some are destined to remain on welfare for very long periods . |
| 21 | Last night , as a tug prepared to remain on standby overnight , with a fresh refloating attempt planned for this morning , an environmental row erupted . |
| 22 | Judges are receiving firearms training from police but have threatened to go on strike as promised protection has not materialised . |
| 23 | The gondoliers threatened to go on strike and all the floodlights on the night of the show were mysteriously switched off because someone had n't had their palm greased . |
| 24 | The trade union representing the workforce at these plants had threatened to go on strike if their jobs are put at risk . |
| 25 | Ticket clerks irritated by a new automated reservation system have threatened to go on strike today . |
| 26 | Ba pe was sacked from the Cabinet early in May : Aung San told the public that his Ministers ‘ enjoyed an untarnished reputation for incorruptibility and honesty of purpose [ and ] should not be made to suffer on account of anyone who strayed from the path ’ . |
| 27 | This is acceptable in the textbook , and can even be made to work on audio , but it is more difficult when we can see real people in a real setting on video . |
| 28 | In the light of the various responses , the Board has decided to concentrate on specialist franchising . |
| 29 | It has decided to concentrate on laboratory services instead . |
| 30 | The cows are not as good for milk as the Aubrac or Salers : there was crossing with Durham Shorthorns in the eighteenth century to help milk yields from an essentially draught-and-meat animal but this was discarded when it was decided to concentrate on beef from the end of the nineteenth century . |