Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the total 79 referrals received between October 1987 and March 1988 , the NSPCC team dealt with 50 cases alone , jointly investigated one with social services department staff and referred the remainder on for various reasons for example , secondary task work . |
| 2 | Because it 's a beta version , I do n't propose to harp on about any niggles , but will say this — if more DOS applications adopt its user interface and usability as well as its wealth of functions , the death of DOS may be further off than many of us have predicted . |
| 3 | The man in the light-brown coat spooned the henna powder on to fancy scales with tiny brass weights , then folded it into a sheet of brown paper tied up with string . |
| 4 | Progressive rock believed in FUSION , the grafting on of new musics . |
| 5 | There are only three ways of controlling phylloxera : by grafting on to phylloxera-resistant rootstocks , the accepted method ; by planting into ‘ phylloxera-proof ’ soil of at least 85% sand content ; or by submersion ( flooding the vines ) for a period of sixty days in slightly permeable soils and ninety days in very permeable soils , sufficient to kill phylloxera but hardly practical for a working vineyard , especially when there is every likelihood that the parasite will return . |
| 6 | Could you really address Princess Diana as ‘ Your Royal Highness ’ after hearing her babble on for 20 minutes to a man who calls her Squidgy ? |
| 7 | Call Fidelity on for more details . |
| 8 | The next stage was to transfer this jumbled narrative on to A4-sized cards . |
| 9 | Transfer the 3rd and every following 5th stitch on to adjacent needles at left and right at centre 0 , that is , with four stitches for cable at centre . |
| 10 | If the number 1 lefthand light is on for the 580 and the modular electronics and the number 1 righthand light on for earlier machines , then as we saw last month the first stitch of the pattern will fall to the right of the N1 cam , that is on needle number 14 to the left of centre . |
| 11 | Several downlights angled close to a wall of paintings ( say 60 cm [ 2 ft ] out from the wall and 60 cm [ 2–3 ft ] apart ) will give a dramatic effect by splashing light on to various surfaces with contrasting shadows in between . |
| 12 | The buckled roof of the modern , brick-built warehouse threw light on to ruined bundles of clothing . |
| 13 | It appears from Jean Piaget 's child psychology that perception has been inseparable from simulation right from the start , and that instead of learning to project my inwardness on to other persons I had to unlearn the habit of projecting it on to the rising sun or a bouncing ball . |
| 14 | His pickers embezzled one pound in twenty and disguised the weight loss by throwing the wool on to wet stones . |
| 15 | Gorbachev was equally forceful in attacking radical reformers , warning that some were " pushing us towards a bourgeois system and linking the solution of current problems with the country 's switch on to capitalist tracks " . |
| 16 | The day may soon come when manufacturers of pond food cotton on to boilie-type foods as an alternative to pellets . |
| 17 | When vision is directed to an object immediately in front of the eyes , objects in the peripheral ( outer ) areas of the field of vision are not seen in sharp focus , so it is necessary to turn the head and direct the gaze on to these objects in order to see them clearly . |
| 18 | The art of vituperation comes naturally to Busi , and , although the picture of Northern Italian provincial life ( in the vicinity of Brescia ) which the author paints occupies only a small part of the novel , which takes his picaresque hero on to greater things in Milan , Paris and London , it is a memorable picture , and provides the necessary underpinning to a writing that spares no effort to make the reader understand the nature of the social and sexual domination . |
| 19 | Yet , it often happens that these variables are socially salient and important for historical projection on to earlier states of language . |
| 20 | Thus , in general , it seems that backward projection on to historical states of language has tended to be based on present-day standard English and SBE , rather than other dialects , and as in the examples cited from Dobson ( below ) there has been a tendency to think of a phonemic set ( such as short /a/ ) as being invariant or nearly invariant within itself . |
| 21 | Some sceptics also felt that community care was in such a mess that it would be quite convenient for the government to transfer future blame for failure on to local councils . |
| 22 | Canalization involves the direction of attention on to particular objects — in this case toys of the domestic kind : miniature washing machines , cookers , dustpan and brush sets , and so forth . |
| 23 | ‘ I used a hot towel and left the product on for ten minutes after which time my hair felt very soft . |
| 24 | ‘ We were woken at 10.30pm and told to put our kit on for three hours of night-time navigation exercises , ’ says Peter . |
| 25 | So she puts the pinger on for three minutes . |
| 26 | They must be applied with care to avoid harmful drift on to nearby crops , households and natural vegetation , and materials which are as specific as obtainable for the purpose should be used . |
| 27 | He warned that the overall effect would be to drive the public back on to overcrowded roads . |
| 28 | The skill , once learnt , helped make me a little more popular and outgoing at school , where there was a craze on for such things . |
| 29 | Write a memo , to be pinned on the college notice board , offering to pass that knowledge on to other students . |
| 30 | Temptress Melanie Williams and partner in crime Eric Gooden refuse to ‘ Jump on to any bandwagons , even with new technology ’ and got their deal with Virgin 's Ten label the hard way . |