Example sentences of "[to-vb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may argue as a point of fact that , to carry on a taxable ‘ business ’ ( or ‘ economic activity ’ — the terminology in the EC 's Sixth Directive , Art 4(1) and ( 2 ) ) and so use the partial exemption rules , the person must do more than just sell a mere , say , £5 worth of food , drink , tobacco , matches , magazines , books , postcards , camera films , audio or video tapes , cassettes , compact discs , records , sunglasses or combs each year . |
| 2 | No conscious effort is required , and it is sometimes possible to carry on a non-relevant activity , e.g. holding a conversation , whilst performing the activity . |
| 3 | In addition to those covenants mentioned by Scott LJ above examples of those which have been deemed to touch and concern the land include : a covenant for quiet enjoyment ; a covenant by the landlord agreeing to supply a housekeeper to clean a block of flats ; a covenant in which a landlord agreed not to open a public house within half a mile of the tenanted premises ; a covenant placing an obligation on the tenant to repair ; and a covenant in which the tenant agreed not to carry on a particular trade at the premises . |
| 4 | Institutions authorised by the Bank of England to carry on a deposit-taking business in this country are required to make contributions to the Deposit Protection Fund as levied from time to time by the Deposit Protection Board . |
| 5 | She did not want to carry on a lengthy conversation with this garrulous dumb woman ; she wanted to go to bed and hug Edward Bear . |
| 6 | The tenant will not wish to restrict himself to too narrow a use , for while this might be satisfactory in the short term , if the lease is for 25 years much can happen to the tenant 's business , eg expansion or contraction resulting in the necessity for the tenant to assign or sublet the premises , in which case the assignee or subtenant may wish to carry on a different use . |
| 7 | With inflation the cost of stocking a small farm , quite apart from the value of the land itself , is so high that the tax imposition will make it virtually impossible for a farmer to pass on a flourishing farm to his son . |
| 8 | It had been a very long night to pass on a tiny piece of sandwich . |
| 9 | This is the second time you 've failed to pass on a vital message . |
| 10 | The postmodern obsession with ‘ surfaces ’ could also link to the more general and growing indeterminacy of the middle classes who need to put on a Goffman-like front in order to impose their ‘ nominative powers ’ . |
| 11 | By the following winter Michael Horovitz 's New Departures magazine had advanced so far as to put on a live performance at the same venue . |
| 12 | It is difficult to believe that a desire to put on a good show at an exhibition could shape a major research programme . |
| 13 | Pubs could become for her extensions of the office , places to put on a good show for the Yard , swilling pints of bitter with the lads to enhance her image . |
| 14 | Paul said : ‘ We have been training throughout the winter and are hoping to put on a good show for Scotland . |
| 15 | ‘ We want to put on a good performance , and I believe we can win this one if we adopt a positive attitude . ’ |
| 16 | Sports officer Ian Gardiner said : ‘ We will be submitting a bid for funds to put on a new series of Champion Coaching based on the popularity of the last course . |
| 17 | Six Local Art Societies , Art Gallery in the Town Centre , Queensway , Billingham ( until March 14 ) IT seems to me that the ink was barely dry on my last little piece which suggested that Darlington Society of Arts seemed content to restrict itself to one exhibition per year when , all of a sudden , came news that Darlington , the CAS and Hartlepool Art Club were to join forces respectively the Hambleton , Leven and Yarm art societies to put on a joint show of their work at Billingham . |
| 18 | We put this to you as an answer to all slimmers who say they only need to look at a single cake or bar of chocolate to put on a substantial amount of fat . |
| 19 | Remember that you have asked students to put on a public performance . |
| 20 | The obvious solution was for the ELR to put on a daily goods train to service the site from both Bury Buckley Wells yard and a temporary sand and gravel dump established at Ewood Bridge . |
| 21 | Penry laughed as he went over to the stereo to put on a compact disc . |
| 22 | I was knocked out by how brilliant it was when I first read it eight years ago , and now I want to put on a national tour and direct it . ’ |
| 23 | Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face . |
| 24 | A Washington Post report said that both men strove to put on a reassuring front when asked about opinion polls which continued to show a majority of voters in both republics against separation . |
| 25 | Only one binge 11 Decided to allow herself to put on a little weight 12 Gave away ‘ thin ’ clothes and bought new ones . |
| 26 | In spite of all the hard work she began to put on a little weight . |
| 27 | The ‘ 89 needs to put on a little weight . ’ |
| 28 | Although I would have been surprised if London 's Charles Dickens Society required its members to put on a white tie for its annual dinner , the invitation card demanded it for the Scott dinner . |
| 29 | The one where this governess is told to put on a special dress and sit with her back to the window . |
| 30 | And this has prompted one of the oldest museums to put on a special exhibition of sketches that have become collectors ' items . |