Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they must beat Edinburgh Royals at home at the Jewel & Esk Valley College tomorrow to stay on top . |
| 2 | ‘ Minister Warns EEC Not To Prosecute on Water ’ , declared the headline . |
| 3 | She of course is in a hurry to return to Rome where she left a sweetheart and has offered to do the ironing there to save on laundry expenses so great is her anxiety to be taken . |
| 4 | Indeed , about a million years ago some species of primate — the forerunners of human beings — seemed to select out larger brains in one of the most explosive periods of evolutionary change ever to occur on Earth . |
| 5 | Often most benefit is gained if the teacher goes over key points with the group afterwards to check on understanding . |
| 6 | The outcome of these cases is that the Chinese wall has not been seen as providing satisfactory protection for the interests of the former client and , despite the existence of a Chinese wall , the courts have required the law firms not to act on behalf of the new client . |
| 7 | ENGLAND swept aside defending champions Ireland at Hoylake yesterday to stay on course for their first men 's amateur Home International title for four years . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps the murderer only had enough evidence now to decide on revenge ? ’ |
| 9 | To a king about to embark on war , the support of wise counsels and mighty powers was indeed essential , and the men honoured in 1337 repaid the king 's generosity by loyal support for him in the forthcoming campaigns . |
| 10 | Supersaurus was probably the biggest creature ever to walk on Earth . |
| 11 | They arrived together , dressed with the studied perfection only achieved by gangsters and people about to appear on television . |
| 12 | Spitfire about to alight on Wasp 's deck . |
| 13 | Science : Windows on worlds beyond Science editor RogerHighfield spotlights the best of British space wizardry about to go on display in Seville |
| 14 | Equally , in practice , there will be many matters calling for decision where to insist on unanimity would be time-consuming and probably tendentious — the purchase of books for the library , decoration of the premises , recruitment of additional secretarial staff , and similar matters of an essentially administrative nature . |
| 15 | To a farmer it 's anathema not to produce on land . |
| 16 | Er but I think also the lower value of the pound er affects Madame Tussaud and the number of visitors here and Michael C O Madame Tussaud , would you Michael like to comment on tourist numbers ? |
| 17 | Mr Fuller , 52 , said yesterday the move would allow him , as executive chairman , to take ‘ half a step back to focus on policy and strategy ’ at a time of market upheaval for regional brewers and pub owners . |