Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is extraordinary how one of those pianos prominently placed on stage almost becomes part of the action . |
| 2 | But it is extraordinary how one of those pianos prominently placed on stage almost becomes part of the action . |
| 3 | Some British homes already rely on cable TV . |
| 4 | Second phase would be to capture Chris ' data held on about 20,000 cards , and integrate this with Aljos Farjon 's data already held on disk . |
| 5 | Jenny and Antony looked at each other , brown eyes unblinkingly fixed on blue , over the rims of their upraised pint pots . |
| 6 | ‘ Looking to the future further controls on mercury ought to follow the path it takes before accumulating in the fish . |
| 7 | As Gore Vidal once remarked on TV , ‘ America has one-party , the Property Party , although it has two wings , the Republican and Democratic ’ . |
| 8 | The future of the industry also depends on ease of access to the ports and a smooth progression through customs and immigration procedures . |
| 9 | As part of its operation , OSO also relies on feedback from companies which have gained first-hand experience of trading in specific markets . |
| 10 | Warning and danger signals often depend on hearing . |
| 11 | ‘ Human beings learn their behaviour and use their intelligence whereas animals simply act on instinct . ’ |
| 12 | But they must beat Edinburgh Royals at home at the Jewel & Esk Valley College tomorrow to stay on top . |
| 13 | I intend to give you a demonstration today based on work that Kevin has done . |
| 14 | The Tee piece then goes on top and the nut is tightened to compress the olive onto the pipe . |
| 15 | Research then focusses on access to the public housing sector , in order to reveal whether the role of the state was less direct ( specifically aimed at the Caribbean population through the migration agency ) than indirect ( through the role of employers and the general involvement of the state in housing provision ) . |
| 16 | Our results are in agreement with those of Bamford et al from the largest study yet performed on evening primrose oil in AD . |
| 17 | The car officially comes on stream at Honda 's new manufacturing plant in Swindon on the eighth of October . |
| 18 | It is hoped that social scientists will not only be able to carry out with greater ease and rapidity those types of computation previously undertaken on mainframe computers but that they may also be able to take advantage of the machines ’ ability to handle graphical information . |
| 19 | In other words , the text already exists on paper . |
| 20 | With static ( off-line ) input the text already exists on paper and is digitised by a scanner . |
| 21 | To simplify local government in England , we will establish ‘ most purpose ’ authorities generally based on district councils . |
| 22 | On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’ |
| 23 | Receipt only issued on request . |
| 24 | We used to treat our coral cuts with iodine , unaware that the coral polyps which had entered the wounds normally thrived on iodine which they extracted from seawater — and were now extracting from our blood . |
| 25 | The stock editor generally concentrated on stock revision and supervision of withdrawals , but in some authorities he or she also played a large part in the selection of new books . |
| 26 | The Boulton and Watt job , with its huge cast-iron beam , is reckoned to be the world 's oldest engine still running on steam . |
| 27 | What is worrying is that these countries may serve as reservoirs of infection should any of the richer countries ever get on top of their own VD problem . |
| 28 | The decaying submarines , with their crews still living on board , are tied to buoys near the submarine bases at Murmansk and Vladivostok . |
| 29 | Later in the century political factions still depended on association with particular claimants to the throne . |
| 30 | Khasbulatov later appeared on television to apologize for having caused offence . |