Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus deadlock can occur if and only if the environment offers to communicate on a set of channels disjoint from one of the sets represented by the |
| 2 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 3 | I 've got this friend who is slim , and she keeps saying she has to go on a diet , so you think : well , if she had to go on a diet , what must I be like ? |
| 4 | A leader can only achieve results through other people and in doing so needs to draw on a range of different styles such as Directive ( see page 53 ) , Consultative ( see page 38 ) , Collaborative ( see page 32 ) , and Delegation ( see page 49 ) . |
| 5 | Since the discourse analyst , like the hearer , has no direct access to a speaker 's intended meaning in producing an utterance , he often has to rely on a process of inference to arrive at an interpretation for utterances or for the connections between utterances . |
| 6 | Just as an actor has to take on a role as an inner state , rather than relying solely on costume and a loud voice , so , in this case , guarding is achieved primarily through an inner attitude of alertness , watchfulness and a readiness to act swiftly . |
| 7 | The regional council says that unless it gets guarantees about the money it wants to spend on a railway service now facing privatisation , it may have to switch the money to its own plans to upgrade Glasgow public transport . |
| 8 | On this trip , Gerald plans to stay on a boat , so his companion wo n't have to rough it as much . |
| 9 | Sir James , whose birthday is February 26 , plans to lay on a ferry for 400 guests to take them over to France . |
| 10 | ALTHOUGH Prince Andrew is seemingly lovelorn , we can reveal that he intends to go on a shopping trip next week for high-class ladies ' underwear . |
| 11 | Five is relative to the law of potentiality which shows that nature tends to build on a system of five-fold construction ; e.g. five toes on each foot , five fingers on each hand , five senses . |
| 12 | Lewis 's performance was a reminder of how compelling heavyweight boxing can still be when it dares to step out from behind the curtain of cynical and protective matchmaking ; when it dares to put on a career life-or-death fight between two men with the pedigree to be king . |
| 13 | ‘ Pod ’ ( 60cmx×27cm ) , made from two blocked sheets of gilding metal , soldered together and supported on steel legs , appears to float on a brush of spiky copper wire . |
| 14 | Observe his glasses , his mussel shells for mixing the paint , the fine pencil which he appears to use on a copper base , but most of all note his ‘ bohemian ’ air . |
| 15 | In Japan , structure relates to the hierarchical nature of a collective society ; in individualistic Britain structure appears to rest on a sense of being reasonable ; in Sweden structure seems to have its origins in group perceptions of what is expected , it is an interpersonal process rather than a legal process . |
| 16 | It will also help to introduce a ‘ copper card ’ scheme which involves young neighbourhood watchers collecting a series of crime prevention stamps to stick on a card . |
| 17 | Ferranti then hopes to decide on a course of action and in particular on how to restructure its capital base . |
| 18 | Young people with backpacks and habitual travellers may know what it means to go on a journey , but for most the romance of escape begins with deciding where to go on holiday and then getting there as quickly as possible . |
| 19 | Now , if the children have grown up and the wife wishes to embark on a career , or return to her former one , or if an elderly relative needs to receive full-time care , the roles may need to be redefined . |
| 20 | The Former West German Chancellor , Mr Willy Brandt , has said that any party in East Germany that decides to run on a reunification plank is virtually assured of a runaway victory at the general elections set for next May . |
| 21 | Despite this the finale still manages to ride on a wave bigger than any individual personality , bigger than the music itself . |
| 22 | If possible , the patient learns to walk without any support at all : if he learns to lean on a stick , tripod or quadrupod , his body balance is likely to become totally distorted , and he can not learn the necessary body control to walk safely . |
| 23 | Are there general principles which will determine the relevance or nature of the specification , or does the analyst have to make ad hoc judgements on these questions each time he attempts to work on a fragment of discourse ? |
| 24 | Continue to bounce the Squig Hopper and continue to attack until it fails to land on a model . |