Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are likely to be allowed less freedom to go out on the streets and stay out late . |
| 2 | To enable researchers to report back on the results of recently completed research in the Scottish courts to an invited audience comprising the various branches of the legal profession , policy makers concerned with the administration of justice , pressure group and voluntary organisations and to stimulate an informed discussion of key findings . |
| 3 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 4 | They inevitably knock on the door on the one evening of the month when you 're dolled up in your glad rags to go out on the town . |
| 5 | In a unique demonstration they left their schools to sit in on a county council meeting discussing the cuts.Tim Hurst reports . |
| 6 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 7 | Even one so buttoned-down as Senator Al Gore trembles to consider that if he made a full-out run at Pennsylvania Avenue , every part of his private life would be scrutinized for the sort of improprieties that cause lips to purse out on the Plains . |
| 8 | What must we do to get our supporters to turn out on the day ? |
| 9 | In an attempt to cash in on the UK corporate market 's growing appetite for high speed personal computer graphics , NEC Corp has introduced its Image Series of desktops , launched in the US in February ( CI No 2,116 ) . |
| 10 | John Matthias brought the filly with a customary late surge to get up on the line to beat Zadracarta , the Canadian challenger , a head . |
| 11 | This permits the ring to move down on the line under greater tension , and up on the opposite side which would be on the outside of a turn . |
| 12 | High levels of mercury have been reported from Faroese for some years , and the Health Department there has advised islanders to cut down on the amount of whalemeat they eat . |
| 13 | Stella the personnel administrator will not simply push paper around in Personnel but will take action to cut down on the bureaucracy . |
| 14 | Tim Robbins , it was rumoured , might wish his American publicist to sit in on the conversation . |
| 15 | I opened the shuttered window to look out on a countryside blanketed in snow . |
| 16 | And the RUC is urging for public help to clamp down on the level of incidents throughout the province . |
| 17 | A FAST-TRACK law to clamp down on the carrying of knives in Scotland is to be backed by the Government . |
| 18 | It has been found that regular use of some 2 in 1 's can cause ingredients to build up on the hair shaft which may affect the results of a perm or colour . |
| 19 | What appears to be a mortar explosion close by causes the column to get down on the flooded ground . |
| 20 | A subsidised dog neutering scheme is being extended in South Tyneside to cut down on the number of stray dogs . |
| 21 | It 's all part of a plan to cut down on the quantity of rubbish being taken to already overflowing landfill sites . |
| 22 | Persian forces crossed the river Araxes in mid-July 1826 and forced Russia 's frontier troops to fall back on the Georgian capital of Tiflis ( Tbilisi ) . |
| 23 | The political consequences are first increasing loss of control and crumbling of the party apparatus , next the state 's need to fall back on the army and police to preserve its own existence , public order and , it claims , the chance of imposing painful economic reforms . |
| 24 | This enabled the banks to pull out on the grounds that involvement was not commercially justifiable . |
| 25 | The market ; always a place to catch up on the gossip as well as buy groceries , is still there . |
| 26 | no room to walk around on a train |
| 27 | I asked one member of a church planting team to look back on the experience . |
| 28 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 29 | Final addition is a button that electro-pneumatically locks the rear differential to help out on the serious off-road stuff . |
| 30 | He felt something like battle-fatigue — a great desire to lie down on the ground with his hands over his ears and take no further part in the war . |