Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the need for honesty , there is little point , and usually no advantage , in allowing discussions to continue on the basis of anger or mutual recrimination . |
| 2 | Doleys and Arnold ( 1975 ) treated an 8-year-old mentally handicapped boy by encouraging him to copy another child and by reinforcing attempts to sit on the lavatory for longer periods . |
| 3 | When he and my mother came to live at the house he bought five Aylesbury ducks to swim on the pond and clear it of weed . |
| 4 | The indirect free-kick was positioned on the six-yard line with the referee physically forcing goalkeeper Tim Flowers and his fellow defenders to remain on the goal-line . |
| 5 | There have always been small groups of people who have predicted the end of the world on some seemingly significant date ( like the year 1000 ) and sold their possessions to sit on a mountain top . |
| 6 | He felt that Lord Atkin had been attempting to explain what was meant by a judicial decision but unfortunately his words had encouraged subsequent courts to concentrate on the form rather than the essence of the decision . |
| 7 | It was to go into effect at noon on Friday , giving the commanders a chance to disengage their forces and the political leaders 48 hours to work on a settlement . |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't close my fingers to pull on the water after an hour . ’ |
| 9 | The focusing device of this chapter will be the role of metaphor in the novels as a strategy for bringing specialized discourses to bear on the consciousness of the fictional character and for ‘ mobilizing ’ the discourses themselves . |
| 10 | It is unrealistic in these times to work on the assumption that profit sharing ratios , once fixed , are sacrosanct only ever to be changed when the number of partners changes . |
| 11 | Sir Patrick apparently has no plans to comment on the election 's outcome until next week , when he meets the Republic 's Foreign Affairs Minister , Dick Spring , in Dublin to discuss future steps towards dialogue . |
| 12 | television are obviously having trouble rousing experts to appear at ungodly hours to comment on the morning 's news . |
| 13 | With the housing market still struggling to recover , the Bonners may not be moving in the very near future — but it 's rare for follies to come on the market , especially ones you can live in — so it may not be long before a buyer comes along keen to take up residence in Enoch 's Tower . |
| 14 | But y you a are asking the inspectors to proceed on the basis that all land within the six-mile radius of the city centre serves a greenbelt function ? |
| 15 | Finding candidates to sit on the panels would not be a problem , not least among those moving out of the auditing profession itself . |
| 16 | An anti-Fascist march soon after the Cable Street incident was the occasion for Mosley 's supporters to go on the rampage in the Mile End Road , smashing the windows of shops whose owners were Jewish and inflicting injury at random . |
| 17 | On the other hand , if the flying fantasy is out of reach , there is always the wind sail , or windsock , you can make from scrap leftovers to erect on a mast as a bright locator for your base on the field . |
| 18 | The court must consider these arrangements before making an order and must invite the parties to comment on the arrangements ( s34(11) ) . |
| 19 | One of my preferred methods of listening to CDs is to put them on and then lie back with closed eyes to concentrate on the music . |
| 20 | Wilson saw she was being watched , closely studied , and dropped her eyes to concentrate on the jacket she was making for Pen . |
| 21 | The 16V Fiat Tipo which Dee was driving cussedly through the streets of London to his home in Tooting in one of the most fun cars to appear on the market , at an affordable price , for some time . |
| 22 | Lucky Rob had all criminal charges dropped , but only on the condition that he put in two years ' community service , visiting schools to lecture on the dangers of drugs , talking to juvenile delinquents and visiting prisons in his home town of Drayton , Ohio . |
| 23 | Last year 's link-up with the international BBDO network also brings new influences to bear on the creation of David Abbott , Peter Mead and Adrian Vickers . |
| 24 | Since there was neither oxygen to fuel the processes of decay nor any scavenging animals to feed on the bodies and destroy them , the tiny carcasses remained complete as the settling mud particles slowly entombed them . |
| 25 | But here he confuses the issue , for while print may well have initially encouraged authors to focus on an individual 's perception and cognition of the world , this does not mean that this technique is necessarily bound to be dominant in printed texts , for as the novel evolved , so did the concept of point of view . |
| 26 | The Independent has recently taken delivery of 65 laptops fitted with the software for their journalists to use on the move . |
| 27 | The insect also communicates through ripples , using its legs to tap on the surface of the water . |
| 28 | The report , published two weeks before the 25th anniversary of King 's assassination in Memphis on 4 April , 1968 , said army units used informants to spy on the King family and other US black leaders starting in 1917 . |
| 29 | Yes , there are other buttons and settings to use on the machine or carriages , but these deal more with the needle selection of the design , rather than with the way the actual stitch is formed . |
| 30 | you can get little speakers to put on the side but they use loads of power they do . |