Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] on [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following recipe makes a fairly soft cream which will harden slightly if kept in the fridge ( to halt the formation of mould ) , but nevertheless melts on contact with the skin . |
| 2 | While Bridget mostly concentrates on deconstruction at the Cambridge end , Loretta finds her way through the delight and danger offered by ‘ dishy ’ student Jamie Baird ( Greg Wise ) . |
| 3 | Ben always goes on holiday with his owner . |
| 4 | Right , you , you think proba , this does n't sort of seem right to me , and this is sort of developing your common sense approach to maths , which always goes on top of the actual maths , you 've done the maths , yeah , you have a little look and it wo n't , does that make sense ? |
| 5 | Accounting usually focuses on measurement of the financial impact of events as they affect a particular business entity such as a sole proprietorship , a partnership or a company . |
| 6 | Recently a German feminist art historian , Angela Rosenthal , ( who also writes on portraiture in the book ) has suggested that Angelica Kaufman 's paintings have to be read as a carefully constructed game of masking she claims that she is making , through her use of certain key subjects , for women 's artistic and intellectual intelligence . |
| 7 | The future of the industry also depends on ease of access to the ports and a smooth progression through customs and immigration procedures . |
| 8 | The size of the note issue also depends on Bank of England intervention in the money market . |
| 9 | As part of its operation , OSO also relies on feedback from companies which have gained first-hand experience of trading in specific markets . |
| 10 | Jonathan also reports on supermarket till number 13 at the Widnes branch of Asda , which has amazing fertility properties . |
| 11 | Jonathan also reports on supermarket till number 13 at the Widnes branch of Asda , which has amazing fertility properties . |
| 12 | Drake often sits on water with tail cocked up . |
| 13 | AN AQUIFER often lies on top of a layer of less permeable rock . |
| 14 | For his own charges , the escape from the relegation quicksand now depends on success in their remaining two games — away against Edinburgh Acads and at home to fellow toilers , Stirling County . |
| 15 | The Construction industry Council is becoming increasingly influential and now speaks on behalf of all industry professionals . |
| 16 | The bird simply sits on top of an ants ' nest and allows the ants to climb all over it , squirting their defensive fluids as they do so . |
| 17 | Research then focusses on access to the public housing sector , in order to reveal whether the role of the state was less direct ( specifically aimed at the Caribbean population through the migration agency ) than indirect ( through the role of employers and the general involvement of the state in housing provision ) . |
| 18 | But acknowledgement of increasing complication and uncertainty is not a retreat from objectivity ; doubt or acceptance of a supposed historical fact or law of nature likewise depends on accumulation of evidence which can never be complete . |
| 19 | The car officially comes on stream at Honda 's new manufacturing plant in Swindon on the eighth of October . |
| 20 | Even our local guillemot or tystie rarely comes on land except to nest . |
| 21 | Linkage of the addition reaction to the molecular mechanism of catalysis therefore depends on demonstration of sequence specificity . |
| 22 | Assumes only minimal amount of previous knowledge , and therefore concentrates on clarity of definition and explanation . |