Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Effective measurement requires detailed knowledge of the properties of phenomena which are to be reflected or mapped on to some mathematical system . |
| 2 | Keeping clear of the wharves where machinery roared and clanked as cargoes were being discharged from or loaded on to rust-streaked ships with flaking paint , Nathan tied Seawitch to the rickety wooden pontoon reserved for yachts in transit . |
| 3 | Arguments over the validity of the notice and justification of the motives of the partners serving it are better left to an appropriate tribunal ( judge , arbitrator or mediator ) than carried on in acrimonious correspondence . |
| 4 | And although frowned on by some , sugar has its place in small quantities amidst the salt and pepper , particularly if the vinegar is very acid . |
| 5 | For example , what if Mr Heath had won the February 1974 general election , as he nearly did , and carried on as Prime Minister ? |
| 6 | These were low-paid , largely female , occupations mainly unmechanized and carried on in small workshops . |
| 7 | Although the average working week was still forty-eight hours , most men at that time had been reared when toil used to start at six o'clock in the morning and carried on until eight each evening . |
| 8 | Sales manager Graham Cooper says : ‘ The introduction of video printing techniques means that images can now be ‘ grabbed ’ and transferred on to other materials such as T-shirts , mugs , key-rings and baseball hats . |
| 9 | The following are diagrams of a machine where a letter is put in and operated on by each box in turn as the letter goes along the conveyor belt . |
| 10 | Cream 's ‘ fraternal individualism ’ , for instance , is easily metamorphosed into ‘ elitist exhibitionism ’ ( musically , this is the development from Cream to what has often been described as the ‘ empty virtuosity ’ of many later ‘ guitar heroes ’ ) ; similarly , the ‘ thinking ’ of unpredictable extended forms , given the predictable lulling rhythms and bland timbres of Mike Oldfield , is turned into LP-length ‘ easy listening ’ ; the ‘ psychedelic sound ’ becomes exactly that : a fetishized label , isolated from the radical harmonic/rhythmic context it has in ‘ Strawberry Fields ’ , and pinned on to simple Top Ten dance tunes , as a tribute to the middle class ideology of riskless hedonism . |
| 11 | Her subconscious had registered and clung on to those unfortunate comments made during the course of the operation . |
| 12 | The next day we were taken down to the Brahmaputra river and loaded on to large river steamers . |
| 13 | Dry off gladioli corms in trays , then remove very small cormlets that have developed around the base — these will eventually flower , but only when grown on for several years . |
| 14 | Polythene DITRA Matting is said to make a perfect surface for ceramic tiles when laid on to most floor surfaces . |