Example sentences of "[noun] on [pron] you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ right ’ side of a sheet of paper refers to the side on which you can read the watermark . |
| 2 | And there 's guidance on what you should eat and drink the moment you cross that line . |
| 3 | They can have a seat on which you can travel facing sideways , or facing to the front ; a platform on which you can stand , or a platform on which a wheelchair will travel . |
| 4 | He was a Stradivarius among performers ; a perfect instrument on which you could play anything . |
| 5 | And it it it 's called the fog index but the thing that 's interesting about it is that I 've got , I 've got some interesting examples of fog indexes erm and you 'll get people like Churchill who sometimes made speeches and their fog index is quite small you 're going to use this you know example and they might have a fog , fog index that 's fine and what Anne and I are talking about with say something like the Telegraph or the Times or whatever , might have a fog index that people but this is because Churchill was very clear , very concise and going back to the original point about , or some of the original points about this , and I was mak raising these issues earlier this evening one of the great sadnesses that I have is that , is that when I first went into journalism the tabloids as we call them were incredibly well written beautifully styled , well researched and okay they might have been punchier and shorter and everything else , compared to the turning up the er the , the Times or whatever , but they were well written and you might have had , if you can put the fog index test , test on it you might have had a fog index of say six or seven compared to eleven on the Telegraph story , but it was still full of clarity like to read . |
| 6 | I nearly always write with an acoustic , but if it 's tuned to an open chord you will obviously have to write something different ; if you stick a capo on it you 'll write something different ; if I use an amplifier and an electric guitar I 'll write something different again . |
| 7 | And one looks at the two most likely existing settlements on which you could do that to are , of course , Easingwold , to the Nor to the Northwest , and Tadcaster to the South . |
| 8 | Step I State the issue on which you will be negotiating . |
| 9 | This is a diet on which you 'll find you can eat hearty , sensible-sized meals and still reduce your weight . |
| 10 | Begin your research by looking for ideas on which you can expound and expand . |
| 11 | You 're going to think well I know what will happen , we 'll get if you drip hydrochloric acid on it you 'd get funnium chloride water and carbon dioxide . |
| 12 | They can have a seat on which you can travel facing sideways , or facing to the front ; a platform on which you can stand , or a platform on which a wheelchair will travel . |
| 13 | Basic information includes who employs you , what for and the type of problems on which you can advise . |
| 14 | I know but if you 're going to get glue on it you might as well get it on this instead of on the lace one . |
| 15 | After all , if it 's got your name on it you 'll get it anyway . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Other women may have enjoyed your Viking tactics but , let me assure you , if you lay one finger on me you 'll regret it . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah I know , you know , there 'll be two pound postage on it you can guarantee on it so the crafty devils they are |
| 18 | It 's a little bit bigger I think you 'll find if you put the tape measure on it you 'll find it 's a little bit bigger . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , a basically sound plan provides a framework on which you can build and progress in the light of experience and changing conditions . |
| 20 | A , a sentence on everything you can , think of that , that relates to it , but if you do , do practise them , it 's only just to , to talk about it , it 's difficult to know what you can write in fifteen minutes . |
| 21 | Call in and see what terms we 're offering on our different accounts — and use them to gain excellent returns on anything you can manage to save . |
| 22 | Similarly , extracts from Agatha Christie or general run of the mill commercial theatre very rarely have enough substance on which you can work . |
| 23 | Schools , polytechnics and universities all have magazines and newspapers on which you may gain actual experience while still a student . |
| 24 | Your personality sets boundaries on what you can and can not do in rather the same way that your physical build also sets constraints . |
| 25 | You know they 're either set up now you 've given them an education and thrown them on the world squandering it now they 'll only squander it when they get their hands on it you might as well squander it on yourselves , let the kids squander it for you . |
| 26 | The result is a database on which you can search for a favourite author or publisher , or search for packages that give you the required level of coverage of particular elements ( or units ) of competence . |
| 27 | A small portable tape-recorder on which you can record as well as play back . |
| 28 | Masking tape is an excellent way of marking things , because it usually peels off without damaging the paper to which it was fixed , and makes a clear , creamy coloured background on which you can write the date . |
| 29 | For information on what you can do to help , contact ; The West Midlands Anti-Deportation Campaign , c/o 101 Villa Road , Handsworth , Birmingham B19 . |
| 30 | Plenty of spaces have been left throughout the book on which you can add your own notes about the remedies . |