Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin , with darkened eyebrows , oily black hair smoothed down on either side of a central parting , dark sunglasses and Italian gestures , wastes much of his talent in this frenzied , intermittently funny satire on Italian customs . |
| 2 | The youth of Port Talbot were broken in on great drama and fired , from the beginning , to reach for the sky . |
| 3 | They travel great distances , carried along on floating pack-ice . |
| 4 | The Wall Street Journal has now picked up on that story we reported last month that Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc are working together to build the Macintosh System 7.1 look and feel atop Novell 's MS-DOS-compatible DR DOS to run on Intel Corp iAPX-86-based machines ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 5 | Meantime the Wall Street Journal has now picked up on that story we reported last month that Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc are working together to build the Macintosh System 7.1 look and feel atop Novell 's MS-DOS-compatible DR DOS to run on iAPX-86-based machines ( CI No 2,133 ) . |
| 6 | Back in Manchester a glossy fanzine called Muze had picked up on this story and published a naively frivolous article which dared to question the somewhat confused ethical position of the band . |
| 7 | There was not a great deal to see , as he was curled up on one side with his thumb jammed in his mouth , and four chubby fingers obscured that part of his face not pressed deep into the bolster . |
| 8 | Twenty-four hours since she had last looked out on that scene , watched the same blue curtains stir in the draught through the ill-fitting window-frame . |
| 9 | However , the NFU and the SLF said their members were seriously concerned at the lack of a requirement for water authorities to seek a way-leave , particularly if the industry is privatised and any work carried out on private land would result in increased profits for the water company without its having to pay anything for the rights to gain access . |
| 10 | Morphological measurements and enzyme activities carried out on intestinal mucosa are another good method of assessing dietary nitrogen quality . |
| 11 | All processing was carried out on one definition at a time . |
| 12 | In Foley v Classique Coaches Ltd [ 1934 ] 2 KB 1 the restraint of trade doctrine was applied to an agreement whereby a purchaser of land agreed to take from the seller all the petrol required for the purchaser 's business carried out on that land . |
| 13 | He is blind to the independent studies that have been carried out on that programme , such as that by Professor Snower of Birkbeck college , which demonstrates clearly and beyond doubt how damaging those proposals would be to the creation of jobs in this country . |
| 14 | One example of how course documentation can be invaluable for evaluation was a documentation analysis carried out on Modular Course Staff Guides and course resubmission documents in 1984 ( see Table 6.2 , Modular Course management structures ) . |
| 15 | Or they can be plotted against the fitted ( here smoothed ) values , to look for indications of non-constant variability ; if the residuals get bigger as the smoothed values get bigger , this usually means that the the analysis would be better carried out on another scale . |
| 16 | In an aftermath when the relentless and remorseless inhumanity of the mill owner and his magisterial friends passed into local lore , an attempt was made to assassinate Cartwright and one was successfully carried out on another mill owner , William Horsfall , who had boasted his intent to ride up to his saddle girths in the blood of Luddites . |
| 17 | In some respects their concerns run parallel to the much more extensive studies recently carried out on social work decisions in child care more generally and which have been extensively referred to elsewhere in this volume ( summarized in DHSS , 1986 ) . |
| 18 | In addition , the CEGB has more than doubled , from £3.1 billion to £6.4 billion , the extra provisions needed ‘ for work still to be carried out on nuclear fuel and wastes from past years ’ . |
| 19 | Further trimming can be carried out on smaller diamond saws , which are capable of producing thin slices . |
| 20 | Most of the research on learning has been carried out on unnatural behaviour patterns , in the laboratory , particularly in two species : rats and pigeons . |
| 21 | Furthermore , this latter study was carried out on native Japanese , a population with a considerably lower incidence of colorectal cancer and probably not comparable with our population . |
| 22 | A parental ballot was carried out on grant-maintained status and the parents decided to vote against the application for that status . |
| 23 | Detailed evaluations can be carried out on this mock-up before the real system is constructed . |
| 24 | Our most significant contract , at Teesside for Enron Power , is now nearing completion and the amount of work carried out on this project under extremely difficult conditions is a credit to all concerned . |
| 25 | Polishing is carried out on adhesive-backed paper discs ( Engis papers ) attached to the lap . |
| 26 | Castro subsequently admitted that he had been opposed to the removal of the missiles , and his adamant refusal to allow US inspections to be carried out on Cuban territory ( despite Soviet pressure ) testifies to the anger and resentment that he felt over the fact that matters which vitally affected Cuban sovereignty were settled without his knowledge or consent . |
| 27 | A study by Tahira Hira carried out on 400 CAB debt cases in Scotland between 1984 and 1987 points to interesting trends . |
| 28 | Helped by gearing that 's a trifle lower and a torque peak shifted down to 3,200rpm , the Legacy can be booted around on little throttle ; engine response to small pedal movements is swift and crisp . |
| 29 | When this was pointed out , the family 's reaction was at first disbelief and then concern , because the sale would have fallen through on this point , especially as , when they acquired the property , they had used a solicitor and a surveyor . |
| 30 | There are many other hon. Members present from the north-east , who have struggled down on British Rail to participate in this debate because we have seen in recent months horrifying scenes on our televisions . |