Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be the result of using or working on certain materials , e.g. lead ; of labour in a harmful environment , e.g. damp , ill ventilated , fume or dust filled ; of harmful working postures ; or of the repetitive use of particular muscles or organs . |
| 2 | The main purpose of the research project is to illustrate and examine the extent to which national laws either converge or diverge on selected major issues covered by the law of the sea convention . |
| 3 | It stands or falls on this one event . |
| 4 | I mean , everybody round here just stands or sits on those bar stools . |
| 5 | ‘ I am willing to stand or fall on this one , ’ he had said — but when he was proved wrong he did not fall , he rose yet higher . |
| 6 | WHILE pundits and pollsters floundered yesterday , householders breathed a great sigh of relief after the election was won and lost on that most emotive of personal finance issues — taxation . |
| 7 | And this is what I am going to try and do on this course . |
| 8 | ‘ I am working hard to try and build on this and so far we have about 16 corporate members . |
| 9 | There has always been this tendency over here to try and save on public spending , ’ says Professor Greve . |
| 10 | It still thinks that by interfering and pouring on more layers of bureaucracy and government it will achieve something that has eluded it for so long and will continue to elude it if it takes that path . |
| 11 | After a restless night of tossing and turning on lumpy , wet French soil , Charlie was woken at four , and in turn kicked Tommy , who simply turned over and went straight back to sleep . |
| 12 | These programs could then be installed and run on any machine for which an ANDF installer exits . |
| 13 | Members were told the weighbridge had already been installed and work on some of the other projects had also begun . |
| 14 | I have been bruised and cut on several occasions . |
| 15 | There was an incapable sleeper somewhere in his mind , a sleeper bruised and tossing on heaped feather mattresses , the Real Princess , suffering the muffled pea . |
| 16 | A relieving officer was attacked and robbed on successive days ; the Ampthill House of Industry was stoned and the High Constable knocked down . |
| 17 | As indicated in paras 1.1. 5 and 6 above , the developments in European Studies and American Studies are expected to consolidate and build on existing research strengths in these fields . |
| 18 | There 's a lot of banging and crashing on this tape . |
| 19 | It has been rebuilt and extended on many occasions with the passing centuries , much of the present buildings dating from the middle part of the 19th century . |
| 20 | All listings for the final thesaurus must be converted to the format appropriate for typing , printing or input to a computer database , and each feature checked , edited and tested on some examples . |
| 21 | When Antonov was finally caught and killed on 24 June 1922 , his slayers were warmly greeted by peasants as the corpse was taken into Tambov . |
| 22 | The rampart shook under our weight and the ice all over the bog cracked and broke on both sides . |
| 23 | Rather than wait for the release of the third cinema outing , Ocean have written an excellent multilevel extravaganza , incorporating and improving on existing styles from the other two RoboCop games . |
| 24 | Thicker films , while less liable to crinkle and curl on porous or high relief specimens , are much more difficult to mount flat , and give lower contrast and microscopic resolution . |
| 25 | Inside , they were all busily writing or drawing on small pieces of paper . |
| 26 | While Keynes 's ideas overlapped with Liberalism , his philosophy taught him that all political principles were expedients to be adopted or discarded on ethical grounds . |
| 27 | Some of these registers are not saved or restored on each procedure call . |
| 28 | Remove and place on one side . |
| 29 | Behind the famous outcry of the converted Muslim princess in his poem lay a century in which theologians had humanized Christian teaching , and Christian and Muslim had met and mingled on all the frontiers of southern and south-eastern Christendom . |
| 30 | Urging firms to take up the challenge of the new markets to safeguard their future , he added : ‘ It is the innovative and proactive oil and gas service companies of Scotland with the vision and drive to explore and capitalise on international markets who will succeed and grow in the next century . ’ |