Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthony Waugh sawed his way through his neighbour 's stair bannister in Londonderry Road , Stockton , to release Sarah Walters , three , who had got herself trapped while playing on the steps . |
| 2 | The third rectangle is initially visualized as superimposed on the second . |
| 3 | It follows that , when reading the reports of studies such as this , it is essential to be clear about the choices that the researcher made when deciding on the population to be surveyed . |
| 4 | From the end of the lane , a circular walk may be made as suggested on the map , starting along the path to Selside but turning off after a mile to aim due north for the far end of the Allotment wall . |
| 5 | This further implies that the product life-cycle should be seen as shown on the revised McKinsey-GE grid of figure 4.4 , rather than as running diagonally across the matrix from top left to bottom right , as figure 4.3 implies . |
| 6 | Speech production is seen as relying on the reverse process — that is , the ability to translate abstract ideas into speech sounds and to articulate those speech sounds in such a way that they are comprehensible to other people . |
| 7 | Chemically , they differ considerably from morphine , but they can usually be seen to correspond to part of the morphine molecule , and are thus envisaged as acting on the same receptors . |
| 8 | Criticism connected to choices we have made — about restaurants , films , books to read — may be interpreted as reflecting on the person who made the choice or suggestion , though this may not be the critic 's intention . |
| 9 | Cheques drawn but not yet presented for payment £131.00 ; standing orders shown as paid on the bank statement but not entered in cash book £82.00 ; cheques entered in cash book but not yet paid into the bank £64.00 . |
| 10 | To meet the needs of the present , it seems to me that as much precision as possible is used when deciding on the application of a pesticide . |
| 11 | It dries surprisingly quickly , and providing it 's laundered as directed on the label it 's relatively crease resistant . |
| 12 | This causes any submitted DCs referencing the package or its contents to be automatically assessed as agreed on the package managers behalf . |
| 13 | There was very definitely evidence of a zone in transition and these were marked as limits on the map , by observation of where the CBD finished and where there was a mixture of houses , shops and offices before the area became wholly residential . |
| 14 | When a room reservation has been confirmed it is then marked as confirmed on the chart and great care must be taken that all entries are correctly checked and charted . |
| 15 | Mohammed Azharuddin was slightly hurt when struck on the elbow by a stone while fielding , prompting the visiting team to run off the field through a hail of rocks and oranges . |
| 16 | Each Information memorandum should be dated and numbered when finalised on the disclosure page . |
| 17 | Such a scene can still be witnessed while standing on the quaint little hump-backed bridge opposite the mill . |
| 18 | The second rectangle is first imagined as superimposed on the first then moved vertically downwards 1 cm and rotated 45 degrees clockwise about its own top left corner . |
| 19 | Apart from being pressed , prodded , tapped and manipulated whilst lying on the bed , I was cardiographed , x-rayed , blood-tested and biologically examined in a series of walkabouts and strip consultations . |
| 20 | The Iraqis made the fullest use of these defensive advantages in 1984 to supplement the positions they had prepared on dry land while awaiting the half million or so Iranians whom US satellite photographs had identified as massing on the frontier near Basrah . |
| 21 | An employee had been electrocuted when working on the magnetron assembly line of the company 's Thornaby-on-Tees factory , which was engaged in another stage of the microwave oven manufacturing process , when he had come into contact with exposed conductors . |
| 22 | 3.1.2 to use the Trade Marks ( without amendment or addition ) in connection with the licenses granted under Clause 3.1.1 ( provided always that nothing in this Clause 3.1.2 shall be taken as conferring on the right to use the Trade Marks , exclusively or non-exclusively , other than in respect of the Licensed Products ) . |
| 23 | You will recall , however , that before you vanished from our lives you entrusted me with the notes you had kept while working on the Big Glass and the Green Box , telling me I could do what I liked with them , and adding , in your usual sensitive way , that I could always use them to wipe my arse if the paper decided to sack me and I found myself really hard up . |
| 24 | They all serve four and are to accompany 500g/1lb dried pasta , cooked as directed on the packet . |
| 25 | They were thus readily perceived as drags on the movement of the world towards greater political and economic freedom . |
| 26 | Even where the only ‘ standard ’ terms of the seller are those in the exemption clause itself , still a buyer whose contract includes that exemption clause could well be regarded as buying on the seller 's ‘ written standard terms of business . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ To be fair , Kitty told us you were listed as killed on the Marne and by the time anyone found out the truth it was too late . ’ |
| 28 | For corporation tax purposes , a dividend is treated as paid on the date when it becomes due and payable ( s 834(1) , Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 ) . |
| 29 | Norwegian Jacquard : This stitch design option will allow you to knit many different colours in a design style that is best described as based on the traditional Scandinavian type of pattern , where small designs are laid on to a multi-coloured striped background . |