Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 2 | To recall and build on the earlier analysis , these rules have to do with truth-telling , sincerity , intelligibility , empathy and active listening . |
| 3 | The general purpose and scheme of the statutory superstructure is to strengthen and build on the continuing contractual foundation for the greater benefit of all affected — the company , the contributories , the creditors , both secured and unsecured , and the preferential creditors , as well as the public generally . |
| 4 | " [ Mrs Kit Nash ] , year by year , extended the boundaries of her plot by trimming the bramble hedges always from the inside , allowing them to spread and flourish on the outside … |
| 5 | And he would sit and wait on the other side for someone to come and pick him up when he was coming home . ’ |
| 6 | I was allowed to get up and dress on the tenth day after Heather 's birth , and go to the day room of the hospital ready to go to my billet at the fortnight . |
| 7 | He must try and look on the positive side as far as Maisie 's conversion was concerned . |
| 8 | The scanner is linked to a PC , which is used to display , manipulate , and work on the electronic image . |
| 9 | ‘ Experts ’ from a variety of European agencies were brought together to discuss and report on the various cross-cultural attitudes to drug-taking among young people . |
| 10 | Dissatisfied with the quality of many land availability studies , the DoE commissioned Coopers and Lybrand to carry out a study to assess and report on the varying assessments and assumptions about new housing made by the planning authorities and house builders , and to assess the extent to which both the provision in plans and land which is made available for housing takes account of the requirements of the market for new private sector housing' . |
| 11 | They are produced by life and , though they do not constitute the animating principle , they are essential for the creative energy to manifest and function on the physical plane . |
| 12 | Perhaps another chap would come along and stop on the other side of the road . |
| 13 | She 's gon na go and slap on the fake tan |
| 14 | Rover has been quick to identify and exploit on the visual cues that so distinguish its cars , as witnessed by the successful return of the traditional chrome grille . |
| 15 | Its edges , at first three-dimensionally sharp and rigid , after a while began to wave and shimmer on the red heat of the sand . |
| 16 | We supposedly get a couple of days to recharge and then turn up refreshed here to shine and glitter on the first night while they 're wrecked . |
| 17 | Clouds of mosquitoes were beginning to arrive and settle on the wounded . |
| 18 | The green grasshoppers fittingly tended to go and settle on the green backgrounds , and the yellow grasshoppers on the yellow . |
| 19 | It was somehow too much of an effort to lean forward and turn on the cold tap and besides , he wanted the heat . |