Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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1 | By law , all gas and electric fires have now to be fitted with a fire-guard by the manufacturers , and when helping an elderly Person to choose one it is wise to encourage her to buy one with the on/off control switch on the top or high up on the side , to avoid unnecessary bending . |
2 | Whe , why to take the , the sting out of the issue they could put the , the line higher up on the earning scale , or higher up on the sa the receiving scale for the older ones who have so , possibly stopped working ? |
3 | Watching Smotty 's four-minute debut — missing an open goal whilst tying his bootlace , refusing to take a second-minute penalty until he had washed his shin pads in the puddle on the centre circle , then when he did take it hitting the corner flag — I could feel the supporters forcing my head further and further down on the block . |
4 | And far out on the perimeter of empire in the Russian Middle East , where — apart from the mullahs — there was no intelligentsia , Russian colonization of the nomadic grazing lands made class conflicts over land and revolutionary land reform vital national issues . |
5 | London is faring particularly badly : this quarter new commissions were valued at £3,143 million , 23 per cent down on the previous quarter and dramatically down on the £7,247 million value for the same quarter last year . |
6 | It was noted in the Faroes ( where the oystercatcher is the national bird ) , in Scotland , where the birds began to penetrate inland up the river valleys , and in Shetland , where they forsook the shingle beaches and moved to fields and even up on the heather hills . |
7 | The £300.24 figure is an increase of £24.76 per person or around 9pc on the present level , and well up on the Government 's estimate of £257 . |
8 | She schooled him on the lunge and in a fenced paddock over jumps , and then out in the fields and then out on the marshes , accompanying him on her own eventer and leading him over ditches and fences . |
9 | The caravan is ideally designed as er an exhibition with steps in er either right or left in to see whatever 's on show and then out on the opposite side . |
10 | It was a remarkable achievement by any standards , but it proved that Waites was well and truly back on the scene and still a competitor to be feared . |
11 | Lyon will be alright then the might be all right but right over on the Italian branch it might be all right mmm yes |
12 | In practical terms , this means that when a yellow-hot lava is first emitted , it can flow at a rate of many kilometres an hour , but lower down on the flanks of the volcano , when it is cooler , it slows to the speed of a run , and then of a fast walk . |
13 | Tidswell lifeguards with three slat gates were fitted and the lamp was removed from below the roof ; it was replaced by small side lamps in boxes like those on the bogie cars , but lower down on the dash . |