Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But having put him in , he rarely consulted him on general policy issues and gave hint little role even in industrial disputes , which were still the traditional concern of the Board of Trade . |
| 2 | They deteriorated with time , and the only way to prolong their life was to store them carefully in airtight containers and only wear them on special occasions . |
| 3 | Even if your interest only takes you on regular tours of the local antique or junk shops , it will give you some stimulation . |
| 4 | I 'd better get mine on quick fifteen two fifteen four six pairs eight . |
| 5 | And because I ca n't just dump myself on complete strangers … ’ |
| 6 | and just keep them on meagre wages and then they 'd have to subsidize themselves or |
| 7 | With the gentry his charm and distinction soon put him on excellent terms . |
| 8 | Well I 'm just putting them on clean dishes because I think these dishes |
| 9 | The solid ground rocked and heaved beneath us , but we were soon gorging ourselves on rich noodles and spicy chilled crabs and lobster — forbidden fruit while amongst our Islamic Bugis . |
| 10 | Antibodies are proteins which , once synthesized by cells of the immune system to counter and inactivate ‘ foreign ’ molecules , enable the body to retain the ‘ memory , for the intruder and hence the capacity rapidly to inactivate it on subsequent invasion . |
| 11 | She , who had always prided herself on total moral and material independence . |
| 12 | Yet she remained tense , trying to vanquish that unease which always attended her on transatlantic flights , despite a helpful air-sickness pill . |
| 13 | ( If they are not on the shelves , you can always request them on inter-library loan . ) |
| 14 | Across Britain , Tory associations have enough to pay off the Central Office deficit and still spend plenty on local campaigning . |
| 15 | Golden Friend also meets him on equal terms today . |
| 16 | Golden Friend also meets him on equal terms today . |
| 17 | You would probably see them on front doors and perhaps some of you have already got them , where about a third of the way up is a little brass plate , and it 's an integral lock that 's fitted into the door . |
| 18 | You can also work it on other machines which will knit holding position needles to working position on the slip or free pass setting . |
| 19 | You may also find them on other kinds of plant . |
| 20 | The need for improved facilities for Arts and Social Studies , as an aid to the recruitment and retention of academic staff and to assist in the improvement of research activity , has caused the University to launch a review or three sites ( namely the area around the St Cross Building , the central site surrounding the Bodleian Library , and the Taylorian/Ashmolean site ) to see what scope there is for the rationalisation of existing uses and what changes can be made to make better use of them , with a view to defining a comprehensive and coherent scheme for the development of each site which has most to commend it on academic grounds . |
| 21 | That way , unless I 've really laid it on thick , I can get along at a cracking pace . |
| 22 | He became quite well known for his extreme left-wing views and often aired them on rare visits home . |
| 23 | The cadets , who had fasted for five days , now gorged themselves on toxic fungi from a death world specially grown in the hydro-culture vats , slurped up glutinous soup made from decomposing venom-gland fish , devoured foul cadavers heaped with stenchful excremental sauce , and chewed their way through discarded parchment and leather , while officers , Battle Brothers , and older cadets dined more modestly on fresh fruit and vegetables . |
| 24 | The fear of suffocation that accompanies an asthmatic attack is understandable , but the anxiety itself can make the attack worse — or even bring one on unaided . |
| 25 | Here put it on low . |
| 26 | At a more specific level there were matters like the involvement with the Military College at Shrivenham , where students were military employees and where the College wished the students to handle security classified material in their courses and possibly even to examine them on classified material . |
| 27 | In that task I am assisted by a team of six managers , all of whom are professional nurses and district nurses or health visitors and they of course are there to advise me on professional issues , and to share with me the management task of using the resources of Oxford City in the way that we feel is best appropriate , and in doing that , I think one of the important things for us to do , I do n't think we do it quite as well as we should , is to work more closely with the local council , and to look really at what the needs of our local communities are for health , and to try and make sure that the feelings that might well be expressed by individuals , either individually , or through caring associations , or through other statutory agencies , or through voluntary health organisations , are actually given a chance to be there , and to influence our , that official policy and constituents , and to , to influence the planning process . |