Example sentences of "[noun] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One by one , he put the drowsy birds on to the top perch . |
| 2 | And putting coals on at the far end . |
| 3 | Welding a bonding cable on to the new rail . |
| 4 | If you want a conventional light switch to control the new lights , run the sub-circuit cable to a four-terminal junction box first , and connect the new switch cable tin to it before running cable on to the new lights . |
| 5 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 6 | The hall in which the manservant greeted them was theatrically lit from the Regency gothic windows of stained glass which threw the early evening sun in coloured patterns on to the black and white marbled floor . |
| 7 | ‘ His name is Matthew Blake , ’ Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge . |
| 8 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 9 | The establishment of English Heritage opened up the possibility of a second refuge for endangered houses , capable — at least in theory — of taking houses on without the massive endowments required by the National Trust . |
| 10 | Ybreska vaulted over the low , crumbling wall surrounding the old churchyard on to the rough pitted track which led towards Tbilisi . |
| 11 | This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments . |
| 12 | From the tablet a graphics program is called which allows the operator to insert chosen values on to the displayed graph axis . |
| 13 | To the extent that policies are widely publicized and are regarded as credible by agents , the grafting on of the rational expectations hypothesis simply speeds up the process of adjustment to a lower rate of inflation . |
| 14 | Instead his lips compressed , as if he were physically stemming a tide of words , and he slung his briefcase on to the bare chart table . |
| 15 | Maybe fate had to give you a shove on to the right path . ’ |
| 16 | A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base . |
| 17 | A ten week preparation course on to the Open University programme leading to the diploma in Health and Social Welfare starts . |
| 18 | The determination to move the party 's and public 's attention from internal splits on to the current political agenda was demonstrated in speeches last night by Mr Chalmers and a former SNP leader , Gordon Wilson , targeting the constitutional question . |
| 19 | SAVE 's proposal was to transfer the ‘ air rights ’ of the old building on to the lorry-park site . |
| 20 | But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below . |
| 21 | His snowdrops were already wilting like wax candles in the warmth of his hand , and as he copied the mourners ahead of him and stood up , one flower slipped between his fingers on to the rust-coloured floor . |
| 22 | Robyn held it out at arm 's length , glanced at it and then cursed as she saw the blood that dripped from her fingers on to the black plastic . |
| 23 | As you straighten your hand the band will jump from the first two fingers on to the third and fourth ones . |
| 24 | Those of Gide 's travel journals published as Amyntas are even more revealing of this process whereby loss of self becomes a discovery of self ; both selves , the centred and the dispersed , being kept alive , both being necessary for the lyrical , unorthodox Western narrative which Gide maps on to the African landscape and his own illicit sexuality within it . |
| 25 | I ran to the T-junction on to the main road . |
| 26 | Pictures of old , tired faces : Madge 's made vacant by drugs , Bella 's grey with pain on a bad day , threw themselves like projected images on to the white kitchen wall . |
| 27 | Transfer the loops from the back bed needles without pushers on to the front bed needles with stitches on . |
| 28 | Australia 's defeats at Swansea and Llanelli , and only four tries in five matches in Wales , have given new hope to home players and fans only 12 months on from the 38–3 record home defeat at the hands of the Wallabies . |
| 29 | Tranmere are not expecting any dramatic changes this time round , 12 months on after the massive upheaval that launched a new set-up last season . |
| 30 | The 30-year-old Londoner , son of the late Graham Hill , steered his Canon Williams Renault on to the front row of the provisional grid alongside pole man and team-mate Alain Prost with a brilliantly controlled display of driving on the treacherous Interlagos track . |