Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hornby delivers the expected critical kicking to out-of-touch literary lads Martin Amis and Bill Buford , meditates on fannish obsession and the emptiness of suburban adolescence and finds time to ponder the eternal mysteries ( eg Malcolm Macdonald 's sideburns ) . |
| 2 | It focusses on small-scale interaction rather than society as a whole . |
| 3 | The research focusses on specific decisions in the areas of human resource management and technological investments in strategic enterprises closely matched between the UK and China . |
| 4 | Engels here , as elsewhere , is clearly influenced by the romantic nationalist tradition of nineteenth-century historians , and the praise which he lavishes on these groups , as well as the labelling of them as ‘ German ’ , is probably misplaces . |
| 5 | In the great tempting scene between Angelo and Isabella the deputy hypocritically exclaims on other men 's sins — ‘ Ha , fie , these filthy vices ! ’ |
| 6 | Under some conditions the determination of a strip number is very sensitive to movement of the test card , and it is possible for the announced approximate edge to lie in either of the two edge strips on either side . |
| 7 | Oh , sure , he quivers on slippery poles as tall as the moon is high , and lopes nude down tunnels while alarm-clocks sound , etc — but there are no worrying resonances . |
| 8 | Pursuant to the provisions of the NHS Act 1977 and other enabling powers , the respective Secretary of State regulates on all aspects of financial control of health authorities . |
| 9 | The Mamur Zapt stands on one side of you , the Man on the other . |
| 10 | After his speech today , we still do not know where he stands on that matter — not on the draft to which he was referring but on the principle of extended majority voting . |
| 11 | Pipe stands on 170 winners from more than 660 runs , a strike rate of 26 per cent . |
| 12 | Hutton is the smaller village and stands on higher ground , the very name Hoot meaning ‘ a hill ’ . |
| 13 | But instead of scooting , the rider stands on two side plates , while a small petrol engine drives the rear wheel . |
| 14 | I 'm sure sir you 're you 're not expecting me to make a a major contribution to this particular debate , but I felt that your the , various comments have been made around the table which would make it exactly clear where the Department stands on this issue . |
| 15 | The capital stands on both sides of a river , and has more than eighty thousand houses . |
| 16 | ever stands on both sides of him at once . |
| 17 | It is hexagonal and stands on seven columns ; the central one has a base of human figures and animals while the others are supported on the backs of lions . |
| 18 | Aldeburgh , for instance , stands on common land while Thorpeness is owned by a private company , the root of the principal difference . |
| 19 | Porvoo Cathedral was built c. 1415 and stands on high ground on the outskirts of the town . |
| 20 | Cauterets stands on either side of its Gave , with the older , more villagey quarter on the east bank and the newer , more upstanding parts on the west . |
| 21 | Some modern footgear and small sized chocks would have been better than acid drops on that day ! |
| 22 | Ariel feels the old woman flapping feebly with her legs , and though she holds on , Sycorax slides off her back and on to the ground ; she cries to Ariel again to run , run as hard as she can , and from the ground she begins to shriek , till the guard himself cries out , and drops on one knee to take aim in the pitch dark . |
| 23 | That 's the bit that joins on one side of the main entrance area ? |
| 24 | The careful exegete , however , will also be troubled by the fact that the Bible hardly majors on this issue , that we do not know the context of Paul 's two references to the subject , and that a strong anti-homosexual line is only possible if one has already assumed that such statements are immediately transferable into our situation straight from the biblical period . |
| 25 | He looked what he was , a veteran soldier , with sun-tanned face , clear eyes , dark doublet and hose , the only concession to fashion being the ornate , thick silver rings on each hand and a gold cross round his neck . |
| 26 | Ward ( 1971 ) found good agreement with the lower ( Reuss ) bounds on elastic moduli when considering the effects of orientation in low-density polyethylene , but in cold-drawn polyethylene terephthalate the elastic compliance lay midway between the Voigt and Reuss bounds . |
| 27 | While the Americans have continued to export cathartic , confessional product from the likes of Black Francis , Kristin Hersh , Kurt Cobain and Buffalo Tom 's Bill Janovitz , bands on this side of the Atlantic have seemed to delight in their complete lack of anything to say . |
| 28 | I was asked in the Straight Talking video last December — and I am still amazed at the number of people who believe that he questions on that video were stage managed , which they were n't — when morale would improve . |
| 29 | ( i ) Your basic annual leave entitlement is 20 days , to be increased by 5 days after 5 years reckonable service ( prior to the commencement of the leave year , which commences on 1 October and finishes on 30 September ) . |
| 30 | An MMD is opened on 15 January and matures on 15 February : M = 1,000,000 d ( 1 month , annualized ) = 9.25% N = 31 days . |