Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All readers hang on a minute Careto Profaine good stuff . |
| 2 | If the analyst normalises to the conventional written form , the words take on a formality and specificity which necessarily misrepresent the spoken form . |
| 3 | Wiz sounds as elusive and fragile as ever — lost somewhere in his own private world — while musically the songs take on a rougher-edged , gritty power . |
| 4 | The barriers take on a variety of forms including cartel agreements or arrangements , national market organisations ( such as co-operatives or trade associations ) which discriminate against other EC nationals , and abusive monopolisation of markets . |
| 5 | Events in our own lives take on a pattern , as if we really were walking with God in our midst , guided continually by his presence . |
| 6 | In effect governments take on a commitment to support a part of the costs of several hundred projects at any one time , such ‘ counterpart funding ’ in countries like Kenya or Tanzania frequently amounts to a nominal commitment of about $200 million per year . |
| 7 | Strangely , as they soar ever upwards , the balloons take on a mushroom-shape as if there 's been a nuclear explosion beneath . |
| 8 | In partnership , which is ‘ the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit ’ , every partner is an agent of the firm and of the other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership . |
| 9 | According to the Partnership Act 1890 a partnership is an association of persons carrying on a business in common with a view to profit . |
| 10 | Partnership is the relationship which subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit . |
| 11 | When tenants take on a lease they may make extensive alterations to the premises in order to make them better suited to the type of catering enterprise they intend to undertake . |
| 12 | From the travel point of view things carried on a bit from there in a local sense . |
| 13 | Roman asked mildly , and Garry 's rather weak features took on a look of selfcongratulation . |
| 14 | At p524 The Lord President stated : In neither of the English cases referred to was it doubted that if trustees carry on a trade or business — as they not infrequently have to do , at least for a time — they are assessable under Case I of Schedule D ; although again the balance of their profits and gains is theirs only in a representative capacity … |
| 15 | The snag was , everything had seemed perfectly fine and reasonable written down in black and white — but the book had omitted to mention that on snow the skis took on a life all of their own . |
| 16 | The highlight of the week on Lough Owel was the magnificent wild trout of 9lb 9ozs taken on a Mepps near Srudarra Island by Richard Malone , Portarlington . |
| 17 | The defendant in proceedings before the Dover Justices carried on a restaurant business . |
| 18 | N : Looking at my nappies hanging on a washing line in our kitchen |
| 19 | Clothes hang on a line at one side of the room . |
| 20 | Baked star biscuits to hang on a Christmas tree ? |
| 21 | If they were found worthy they were given help , including cash and the tools to carry on a trade , help in finding a job and regular visitation and advice until they could ‘ stand on their own feet ’ . |
| 22 | A load of schoolchildren going on a day out . |
| 23 | Even a small arbitrary gathering of friends or sailors took on a party atmosphere owing to Minton 's knack of having a good time . |
| 24 | In people with sickle cell anaemia , the molecule that carries oxygen in the blood , haemoglobin , is abnormal , and the red blood cells take on a sickle shape . |