Example sentences of "[verb] on the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report is awaited on the entire electrical circuit and plans to improve sound amplification are in hand . |
| 2 | For this reason , it seems likely that much weight will fall on the final major justification for the project , diversity of fuel supplies . |
| 3 | The Bank of England is , of course , free to respond as it chooses to any such bids or offers but , as well as being concerned to finance the government 's borrowing needs on the best possible terms , the Bank has a publicly-expressed interest in the liquidity of the gilt-edged market . |
| 4 | And his voice rose on the last two words . |
| 5 | He flicked his hand and I thought I saw a few spots of red appear on the shiny white tile beside me . |
| 6 | Our approach , however , focusses on the individual lexical unit as the primary operational semantic unit , and consigns the lexeme to a secondary position . |
| 7 | She knelt on the tufted rebellious grass and closed her eyes . |
| 8 | This loop is located on the three dimensional structure of the co-crystal at 15 Å from the -50 region of the promoter ( cf. for example Fig. 2 in [ 7 ] ) . |
| 9 | There you had ‘ Doyler ’ appearing on the Late Late with his two wives . |
| 10 | ‘ And I want to stick close to the TARDIS , ’ Ace said , appearing on the stripped-down rear platform . |
| 11 | Effectively , you agree with a bank that on , say , 1 January you will pay the bank interest on a notional principal calculated using a fixed interest rate reflecting the current yield curve ; the bank will pay you interest on the same notional principal at whatever interest rate pertains on 1 January . |
| 12 | He also allowed his mount to drift out by six horse widths during the first 200 metres , which is forbidden on the straight Vaal course . |
| 13 | Let us determine now the mutual inductance between two coils wound on the same magnetic core ( Fig. 4.7(b) ) . |
| 14 | say what 's happening on the twenty third of January |
| 15 | But we suspect it was found necessary to place the Monkeys ' Dance where the score has it in order to allow time for setting this exotic scene — and six dancers cavorting about on the forestage could make a useful amount of noise to mask what was happening on the darkened scenic stage behind the proscenium arch . |
| 16 | He knew only too well what would happen ; no doubt his stepfather would have the daily help to come in and take care of him , but as far as the business was concerned , it would likely be whipped from under him by the many land sharks who would prey on the defenceless old man without the slightest compunction . |
| 17 | Today , eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground . |
| 18 | Fran let her eyes linger on the scarred red paintwork and shattered windows of her little Fiesta , then looked away with a sigh . |
| 19 | And finally , some concluding remarks are offered on the ways in which additional linguistic frameworks may be brought to bear on the same linguistic data . |
| 20 | This friendly hotel stands on the bustling main street of traffic-free Taormina . |
| 21 | And not for Descartes either , who expelled them in order to concentrate on the immediate mechanical causes of natural phenomena . |
| 22 | The fellow shrugged and Athelstan tried not to concentrate on the great yellowing ulcer on the right side of his face , the pus now suppurating , bubbling out , staining his -cheek . |
| 23 | They agreed to concentrate on the under-age international sides and to the inauguration of a development squad . |
| 24 | As you play through this passage you should be careful with the position shift occurring on the third 16th note ( beat three ) of bar one . |
| 25 | To begin with Quakerism , Friends taking the initiative against the slave trade in the 1780s drew on the colonial American Quakers Benezet and Woolman . |
| 26 | But there was always a second non-evangelical element in his political support which drew on the independent unionist populist tradition . |
| 27 | You start out with good intentions , helping with the homework , making it fun : you lay out the chocolate drops on the giant musical stave and challenge them to find the note ‘ B ’ and eat it : you run supportively alongside the wobbling bicycle , getting your ankles chewed up by sharp pedals . |
| 28 | In 1939 , Dr Paul Kosok of Long Island University discovered the enigmatic straight tracks on the pampa near Nazca , Peru , and in 1978 the zoologist Tony Morrison reported on the old straight tracks to be found in the remote altiplano region of western Bolivia . |
| 29 | The Diocesan Secretary reported on the recent national Council meeting and the events of the past year in the Lancaster Diocesan foundations . |
| 30 | Issues discussed include general and reporting guidance for both the continuing auditor ( who audited and reported on the previous financial statements ) and the incoming auditor ( where the previous financial statements were either audited by another auditor or not audited at all ) . |