Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] on this " in BNC.
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1 | So people have rung in on this direct line to find out what 's going on and things appertaining that could be useful to them . |
2 | I mean my impression is that the resource has come in on this , I mean extra staffing , I mean you need it you ca n't do it without , |
3 | Back in Manchester a glossy fanzine called Muze had picked up on this story and published a naively frivolous article which dared to question the somewhat confused ethical position of the band . |
4 | It 's nice to have but it remains a novelty : only IBM and Epson have picked up on this new format with any degree of enthusiasm . |
5 | Long afterwards , when it was over , when he could finally bear to think of it all , he understood that , deep down , Laura had not expected to live beyond thirty and that , without realizing it , he had picked up on this and joined in the relentless , exhausting determination to sample life to the fullest . |
6 | The people at the back may not be picked up on this so erm |
7 | I think probably the implications and a lot of people have er picked up on this as the policy has developed , is that er well they 're they 're concerned that the policy is in fact too flexible now because of how it is being interpreted by other people . |
8 | one of the criticisms that has come out on this one book was that because the , these child adults are skilled and put into education , they maybe still illiterate , but they are street wise , they are literate of the street |
9 | Detailed evaluations can be carried out on this mock-up before the real system is constructed . |
10 | Our most significant contract , at Teesside for Enron Power , is now nearing completion and the amount of work carried out on this project under extremely difficult conditions is a credit to all concerned . |
11 | When this was pointed out , the family 's reaction was at first disbelief and then concern , because the sale would have fallen through on this point , especially as , when they acquired the property , they had used a solicitor and a surveyor . |
12 | Sometimes it is , sometimes it is n't , but what black people have to do is to become so well qualified that they can not be turned down on this basis — or at least if they are they can refer it to the Race Relations Board . |
13 | ‘ Despite this , planning applications for change of use to offices have been turned down on this ‘ residential ’ side of the road . ’ |
14 | The , I mean , how long have to be , have we to , er and I 'm I 'm disgusted with Edinburgh that nobody has phoned in on this sort of point ! |
15 | It was possibly the first time the BBC had had to take other equipment out of service because someone ( Voigt ) complained of its bad performance , which had shown up on this speaker . |
16 | They must have been washed up on this ancient beach after being torn from their moorings , perhaps by a storm . |
17 | The seagulls have long since given up on this ferry . |
18 | In some cases your pause button the reason the pause button is taped over on this is cos the pause button |
19 | What sacred game was played out on this floor ? |
20 | Directly to his left the flint walls of Martyr 's Cottage glistened like marbles in the afternoon sun and less than half a mile to the north , set back among the Californian pines which fringed that part of the coast , was the dull square cottage rented by Hilary Robarts , a neatly proportional suburban villa incongruously set down on this bleak headland and facing inland as if resolutely ignoring the sea . |
21 | In 1962 ELDO was set up on this basis — with the L standing for launcher . |
22 | I find that is the situation that I 've tried to er , guard against with the budget that we 've been put in on this occasion , and I hope that answers er , er , Mr but er , I 'll answer any other questions that are put up . |
23 | But it is so vindictively cold in this ill-lit room , and my alabaster hand aches so much from the thousands of words I have put down on this unhappy day , and my head still throbs , and my stomach is so empty , and my grief is so heavy , that I think it would be wise of me to break off at this point , this hinge , blow out the once again guttering candle and for the third time today go down the stone stairs to streets where it is always February . |
24 | Research Association been put down on this |
25 | A lot of future conflicts are going to be fought out on this new cultural terrain and the left needs a better understanding of it . |
26 | So the machines have cashed in on this and this is how the conversation goes : ‘ Hallo , you there , Charlie ? ’ |
27 | But if they changed their portfolio balance , they would have lost out on this upturn , ’ said . |
28 | But the main difficulty was that if compensation were paid out on this ‘ once for all ’ basis , ‘ it would be exceedingly difficult for any future government ever to make radical changes in the financial provisions , however badly they were working . |