Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Welding a bonding cable on to the new rail .
2 If you want a conventional light switch to control the new lights , run the sub-circuit cable to a four-terminal junction box first , and connect the new switch cable tin to it before running cable on to the new lights .
3 And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year .
4 ‘ His name is Matthew Blake , ’ Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge .
5 Ybreska vaulted over the low , crumbling wall surrounding the old churchyard on to the rough pitted track which led towards Tbilisi .
6 This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments .
7 To the extent that policies are widely publicized and are regarded as credible by agents , the grafting on of the rational expectations hypothesis simply speeds up the process of adjustment to a lower rate of inflation .
8 Instead his lips compressed , as if he were physically stemming a tide of words , and he slung his briefcase on to the bare chart table .
9 Maybe fate had to give you a shove on to the right path . ’
10 A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base .
11 A ten week preparation course on to the Open University programme leading to the diploma in Health and Social Welfare starts .
12 SAVE 's proposal was to transfer the ‘ air rights ’ of the old building on to the lorry-park site .
13 But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below .
14 I ran to the T-junction on to the main road .
15 The thirty-minute flight was followed by twenty minutes in a truck to a dilapidated harbour where a black-skinned man hauled himself from a motor boat on to the patched wooden dock .
16 Once I have finished knitting the first side of the neck it is very easy to replace the stitches for the second side on to the correct needles and knit on for a ‘ clean ’ neck every time .
17 Words from the letters banged about in Thérèse 's head , just above her eyebrows she pictured them , as she dripped melted butter from the little saucepan on to the yellow puddle of egg yolks .
18 If they became angry at things said to them by professionals , as a majority of them did at some point , the horrifying causes of their anger were true , and were not projections of their own distress on to the professional concerned .
19 She bundled Dot on to the front seat with rugs up to the chin .
20 From the outside it looks uninhabited facing on to the icy , wind-ravaged sidewalks as anonymously as any of the disused warehouse and industrial buildings that litter the once-thriving district .
21 Doyle swerved , running the car on to the right hand verge , and braked hard .
22 Pushing open the heavy door , she began to climb the stairs to the second floor , admiring the way in which the stained-glass windows on each hall-landing cast triangles of coloured light on to the worn stone steps .
23 He once shone a surprising shaft of original light on to the economic scene .
24 In one house , on the corner , there was a light on in the front bedroom .
25 The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them .
26 She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser .
27 He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle .
28 Using a slight pushing action , he shifts the weight on to the extended right leg while at the same time skipping with his left foot towards the extended right leg and almost simultaneously jumping off the ground with the right leg .
29 Outside , another fierce white explosion of water burst over the side , carried by the screaming banshee of a wind on to the armoured glass plate of the bridge .
30 The second point I want to raise is the issue erm of the green belt , er which is er a constraint in Greater York erm we 've made significant progress in moving towards the statutory definition of the green belt , the green belt local plan has now completed erm its public enquiry , and a lot of the deliberations in Greater York have centred around the effect on of the green belt on development potential in Greater York , so that is a main issue , I think , in response to issues , the discussion of issues in Greater York .
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