Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus deadlock can occur if and only if the environment offers to communicate on a set of channels disjoint from one of the sets represented by the |
| 2 | The machine adds the capability to communicate on the Bi-Bop Telepoint network to the basic PowerBook , with the Bi-Bop modem supplied to Apple by the state phone company . |
| 3 | In the ‘ twenties the list of protected birds was small and this gentleman , Mr. Thomas , did quite a trade in song-birds which he used to catch on the downs around the city . |
| 4 | Gloucestershire are continuing to struggle on the cricket field . |
| 5 | City , whose power struggle has dominated the season 's headlines , continued to struggle on the pitch where they conceded two goals in the first 22 minutes and have now gone nine Premiership games without a win . |
| 6 | Perkin took Mackie to shuffle on the square of dance floor adjoining the table . |
| 7 | He was even known occasionally to sprint on the spot . |
| 8 | Since all foreign relief organizations dealt with Pomgol and with Eiduk as chief plenipotentiary , subsequent non-Russian scholars have tended to over-concentrate on the workings of Pomgol and its guberniia equivalents . |
| 9 | She ought therefore to slip on the fur boots … put a little hay in the bottom of the coach … |
| 10 | The unwary movement caused her foot to slip on the footpath made muddy by the overnight rain . |
| 11 | Where a company incorporated outside Great Britain establishes a place of business in Great Britain it must deliver to the Registrar of Companies a list of names and addresses of one or more persons resident in Great Britain and authorised to accept on the company 's behalf service of process and any notices required to be served on it . |
| 12 | Shortly after the Berlin Wall came down , a leading East German art historian , well known for her extensive work on Socialist Realist painting , was invited to lecture on the subject at a West German institute . |
| 13 | Lucky Rob had all criminal charges dropped , but only on the condition that he put in two years ' community service , visiting schools to lecture on the dangers of drugs , talking to juvenile delinquents and visiting prisons in his home town of Drayton , Ohio . |
| 14 | He was very interested in astronomy and he used to lecture on the stars and that sort of thing . |
| 15 | Famous hunters such as F. C. Selous returned home to lecture on the value of big-game hunting as a means of training the next generation of empire-builders . |
| 16 | But even as he at last turned and , more like a conjurer than ever , whipped the cloth from the object on the table , which turned out to be a saucepan containing water scooped from the shattered font , the first heavy drops began to drum on the altar table ; and while the Padre was saying : " Hope Mary Ellen , I baptize thee In the name of the Father and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost , Amen , " the Collector , forgetting that he had only just renounced an interest in the vain pomp and glory of the world , thought crossly : " That wo n't do the Louis XVI table any good at all . " |
| 17 | The disadvantage of the Helblaster is that it is impossible to reload on the battlefield — each barrel has to be removed and fitted with a new charge before it can be replaced on the gun . |
| 18 | At present , if there is an objection to bail on the ground that the young offender may commit another crime while on bail , there are two alternatives . |
| 19 | Edward explained that in order to encourage freedom of expression he preferred not to jump on every solecism . |
| 20 | MERCHANDISERS were quick to jump on the popularity of Home Alone 2 . |
| 21 | Competitors are certain to jump on the bandwagon with rival systems and Nimslo 's much-vaunted patents could be unable to stop them . |
| 22 | There was no attempt to jump on the bandwagon of the more flamboyant recruitment advertisements for commission paid saleswork , for example : " I 'm Martin . |
| 23 | They may choose to jump on the bandwagon and agree with the decision that will be made anyway or they may choose to cosset disagreements . |
| 24 | Acer is the latest PC company to jump on the bandwagon signing up handwriting recognition software expert CIC to develop pen based applications to be run on Acer hardware . |
| 25 | For a while , the seif-centred members of celebrity circles were falling over themselves in their eagerness to jump on the bandwagon . |
| 26 | Well to jump on the bandwagon I used to go to the same school as Batts and although he 's a couple of years older than I am one of my friends sisters used to beat him up . |
| 27 | er The ransom story may , may have come from er a source er possibly a Hezbalar source er trying to latch on to the , basically to the er the , the thoughts of freedom and just to jump on the bandwagon . |
| 28 | Broadcasters are quick to jump on the Press when they feel public opinion is that the papers have Gone Too Far . |
| 29 | And if he stays behind that door ’ — the mounting gale of voices behind him was lifting him as he spoke , he wanted to jump on the factor , grab his hair and swing him against the door like a battering ram — ‘ we will fire the roof ! and smoke him out ! ’ |
| 30 | Yeah je , when I was having breakfast he used to jump on the table ! |