Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DIRECTOR Roman Polanski turns on the shock treatment in the passionate but quite perverse BITTER MOON ( Cert 18 ; West End ) . |
| 2 | The self-supporting framework builds on the children 's existing collective resources : their knowledge and experience , their social relationships , their capacity to support and stimulate one another through shared interests and concerns . |
| 3 | The male sits on the nest , but at the moment he appears to be out getting a meal . |
| 4 | Not the other respectable brigade , and indeed in Eden End , the whole play turns on the jealousy of the sister , who remained at home . |
| 5 | Sixteen per cent of the budget goes on the care of the mentally ill and mentally handicapped . |
| 6 | Hospitals close , trains stop , radar goes on the blink , satellites spin wordlessly in space , and for everyone dialling long distance or local calls , the pips announce that time is finally up . |
| 7 | His briefcase bulges on the table , full of slides and biopsy reports , medical histories and letters from Dr McKenzie and Professor Sikora , as well as his own carefully compiled notes . |
| 8 | and souvenir crosses on the mantelpiece |
| 9 | Our paradigm capitalizes on the observation that visually presented letters are transformed into a phonological code and access the articulatory loop , through the subvocal rehearsal system , even when there is no direct auditory stimulation . |
| 10 | So , with it at the front the board lies on the water flat , and with it back the tail digs in . |
| 11 | The disqualification stands on the proposition that , where there is no market so that the user can not by taking his custom elsewhere , discipline the provider , it is wrong to adopt any form which creates a right and duty to use the monopoly so as to satisfy the interests of an exclusive group of owners , as against those of the users . |
| 12 | Back room stage so small the performers have to rest their mike stands on the floor in front . |
| 13 | They need to be the product of shared work between head , governors , staff and , as far as possible , parents , but the main responsibility lies on the head . |
| 14 | Their case lies on the counter like a mussel , |
| 15 | Escheat has been abolished , and all property in such a case devolves on the Crown as bona vacantia . |
| 16 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |
| 17 | Many general practitioners will know the unpleasant effect that a broken phial of dextrose has on the inside of a medical bag . |
| 18 | Foreign investment turns on the attitude of international institutions such as the IMF and World Bank and on a major creditor , the Japanese . |
| 19 | This study builds on the work of an existing paper ( to be published in the Economic Journal in March , 1989 ) which argued that , during the 1980's the export performance of the UK manufacturing sector improved to the extent that the historical decline of the sector 's share in the world total had been arrested . |
| 20 | You know that the lace carriage belongs on the left so you will slide it back to the left . |
| 21 | Investigators say it 's possible the money may have been taken to Iraq or Turkey to buy refugee supplies on the spot . |
| 22 | The 10-month-old tot sleeps on the car 's back seat , lying in a jumble of old blankets and toys . |
| 23 | Killer goes on the run with violent robber |
| 24 | Yellow sits on the fence between the powerful punches of red and true-blue ; curiously , green ties are often associated with failure . |
| 25 | right , that is something else to pursue in your technical contacts here , as to how much influence the States side has on the gears , the bearing design , the di , the the gear design in Europe . |
| 26 | The House of Lords held that the onus of proving causation lies on the plaintiff . |
| 27 | Farming systems research which studies the complex of decision-making by farmers as a whole system implies that the researcher spends time with the farmers rather than in the research station and adapts research needs on the spot — in the farmers ' fields — to ongoing work by the farmers . |
| 28 | I remember my father giving me specific advice on just how he climbed the crux section of the corner crack above ; ‘ When you get to the steep bit — you 'll know it when you get there — just face right and use the square cut holds on the edge . |
| 29 | One of the areas that was targeted for local government investment lies on the north side of the Allegheny river , directly across from the ‘ Golden Triangle ’ which forms the heart of Pittsburgh 's downtown . |
| 30 | The terrace lies on the east side of the Fronalpstock the bluff , stumpy mountain which forms the corner buttress where the main lake turns into the Urner See , its long south arm . |