Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] on [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If none occur in that intersection , procedures for checking on component clash are initiated . |
| 2 | After landing on Kiwi soil , the Kerryman smiled : ‘ I thought I was seeing double the airport we touched down at was called Kerikeri ! ’ |
| 3 | I , I , something floated in front of my eyes that she was thinking of applying on part time for the complaint examiner , but she did n't . |
| 4 | Unless Blakelock had the early-morning job of checking on Lab security — and this was yet another of the questions to be asked — he and Brenda Pridmore would probably have got on with their normal work at the reception desk . |
| 5 | A memorandum of understanding on rice trading was also signed ( Vietnam and Thailand were two of the world 's largest rice exporters ) . |
| 6 | BMA accuses Clarke of reneging on drug pledge |
| 7 | MIDLAND chief Sir Peter Walters yesterday defended his bank 's record of passing on interest rate cuts to customers . |
| 8 | Although she argues mainly for process evaluation at whole-school level , her account is representative of a growing genre of writing on insider evaluation , which is generally opposed to the objectives approach . |
| 9 | Previous studies of the effect of smoking on gall bladder disease have reported conflicting results . |
| 10 | It is little known that poll tax collectors not only have the authority to arrest those they suspect of defaulting on poll tax and strip them naked for the purposes of search ( without any obligation to mend or replace clothing which is destroyed in the process ) , but they can also apply torture in cases where they have reason to believe poll tax is being withheld — at any rate until such time as the defaulters reveal where their money is hidden . |
| 11 | We can easily imagine the effects of hacking on family life . |
| 12 | Going to camp is like going on Pack holiday but everyone sleeps outside in tents . |
| 13 | Cuddling up to the Liberals is like leaning on candy floss . ’ |
| 14 | Cuddling up to the Liberals is like leaning on candy floss . ’ |
| 15 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |
| 16 | Perhaps because my own PhD , many years before , had been taken up with working on protein phosphorylation without fully realizing its significance ( Chapter 3 ) the temptation to explore it in the chick proved irresistible . |
| 17 | It was agreed that as the company had no cars suitable for running on conduit track , a service to the Cricket Green was to be provided only using L.C.C . |
| 18 | The research is therefore intended to contribute to this theoretical debate and , in drawing on field work over a period of nearly twenty years , to consider critically the applicability of ideas like discourse to a particular ethnographic case . |
| 19 | The most-loved horse in National Hunt history has been in constant demand for public appearances since his retirement from racing on Boxing Day last year . |
| 20 | In fact , plans to slow down before going on maternity leave went out of the window when C&R became involved in its most significant transaction to date — the rescue and restructuring of another quoted property company . |
| 21 | The importance attached to maintaining a job share position in our practice is such that one of us was appointed only weeks before going on maternity leave . |
| 22 | John Sluggett , who farms near Probus , mid-Cornwall , says he will be at least a week before starting on winter barley . |
| 23 | The result will be a slowdown in spending on computer hardware and software . |
| 24 | There has also been a decline throughout the decade in spending on teacher training , though the recently initiated Self Help Action Programme in Education ( SHAPE ) project may increase the effectiveness of in-service training . |
| 25 | If anything happened to him during the mission , Coleman was worried there might be a problem in claiming on life insurance policies taken out in his real name . |
| 26 | The person 's circumstances may change rapidly , from owner occupier to homelessness ; from a good income to living on sickness benefit ; from young and active to housebound and disabled . |
| 27 | I 'd be interested to hear anyone 's opinion on this subject , but do bear in mind that in any case we almost always mention construction materials , talk about frets and pickups , in addition to commenting on nut width and fingerboard radius during the course of a review . |
| 28 | Sarah Wilson meets Kenneth Richey 's lawyer who has devoted his career to defending on Death Row |
| 29 | ‘ But that 's terrible if you feel you ca n't go out even to the cinema without putting on war paint . |
| 30 | This line is also useful for pinching on swan shot when I need a heavier indicator . |