Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should cut down on red meat , always choose lean cuts and eat more white meats , such as chicken and turkey . |
| 2 | Britain may stock up on strategic metals |
| 3 | ‘ Darlington could miss out on foreign trade opportunities if it does n't begin an enlightened dialogue with these people . ’ |
| 4 | Hundreds of victims of crime could miss out on vital counselling , because of restrictions on the use of computer information . |
| 5 | ‘ Knowing the amount of people who could come over on cheap air fares and that 's another concern it could be a problem . |
| 6 | Bombs and poison gas would rain down on undefended cities . |
| 7 | None of us had foretold that our games would end up on life-support systems in intensive care . |
| 8 | After morning parade , those not required for any tests or interviews would go off on working parties around the camp . |
| 9 | It can moreover lead to endless trouble : there are always children who will opt out on parental instructions or with parental permission , or who may be thought to need alternative provision . |
| 10 | Jumble up the shades cottage-garden style or choose a cool colour such as cream that will show up on dark wintry days . |
| 11 | He reckons we are going into it on the last of the downward slope this winter , and then will run along on level ground for the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 12 | For example , ‘ No child of practising religious parents will miss out on religious education — it will be provided at home . ’ |
| 13 | ARMCHAIR soccer fans will miss out on live TV coverage of the new Premier League matches . |
| 14 | On the return journey we will drop in on Lylehaven Farms and Connant Acres , both herds with an established reputation for producing show cows and exporting top quality genetics around the world . |
| 15 | By making money follow the pupil , LMS will encourage good schools and penalise bad ones ; and by delegating budgets to individual heads , it will cut down on time-wasting bureaucracy . |
| 16 | Tandem declined to say whether the new operating system will come out on current or future Tandem Integrity machines , all based on MIPS chips . |
| 17 | His studies of more than 10,000 executives in the past three decades persuade him that , unless our line of work calls fundamentally on our buzzgiving skills , we are unlikely to shine at it — even though we may muddle through on quasi-automatic dexterity alone . |
| 18 | They can cash in on good ideas from staff and benefit from many small improvements and occasional large leaps forward . |
| 19 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 20 | apart from the current guys , we can look back on other great Leeds teams : |
| 21 | There have been many memorable moments : watching a gyr falcon trying to out-manoeuvre puffins in flight off the headland of Tjörnes ; finding purple sandpipers , dunlin , redshank and Arctic terns all breeding together near Núpscatla ; the spectacular east coast road which in places cuts across forty-five degree mountain slopes where you can look down on vast flocks of moulting eider drakes on the sea below . |
| 22 | They may , for instance , be unaware that they are being spoken to unless referred to by name , and they can miss out on humorous incidents which make the rest of the class laugh . |