Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rangers went ahead when a superb ball from John Brown allowed David Robertson to go down the line on the left , and McCoist was on the spot to whip home the cross . |
| 2 | Erm we 'll need to isolate separately the wages on that cost Lynne because we 'll need to add it to the |
| 3 | He said one of their main hopes was to tighten up the law on fire precautions in flats . |
| 4 | SMALL Firms Minister Eric Forth refused to disclose the Government 's view on a plea from small businessmen to tighten up the law on bouncing cheques . |
| 5 | B would fail to comply with this if , when asked for brake fluid , he knowingly passes A the oil , or when asked to tighten up the bolts on the steering column he merely pretends to do so Similarly , A would fail to observe the maxim of Quantity , the injunction to make one 's contribution in the right proportion , if " when B needs three bolts , he purposely passes him only one , or alternatively passes him 300 . |
| 6 | He said the council intends to tighten up the by-law on dog fouling making it an offence for owners not to clear up after their dogs . |
| 7 | A husky laugh and he runs off to try out the gag on a wheel-chaired pallid little pal , recovering from a recent kidney transplant . |
| 8 | Even if a permanent garden circuit is contemplated , it makes sense to try out the lights on a temporary basis to find the best positions to fix your power points . |
| 9 | LLNL is working with the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to try out the process on polychlorinated biphenyls , which are such a problem for conventional incineration . |
| 10 | We are not going to enquire into the details how such beams can be produced ( it belongs to the subject of physical electronics ) ; we shall accept the fact that the beam exists and will try to work out the forces on the outermost electrons . |
| 11 | Question : I want to work out the total on a set of numeric fields in my Paradox data table , so that I can see how much has been made by my sales staff . |
| 12 | If you come from a long line of octogenarians , then clearly you will need to work out the sums on the basis of the next 20 years or longer . |
| 13 | In other words , if we choose coordinates so that the linearised flow near the origin takes the form we can use these equations to work out the point on the side of B where a trajectory emerges from B if it starts at a point on the top face of B. ( We assume that the box B is a cube with faces which are part of the planes . |
| 14 | Wiltshire Social Services want to know how the Mail on Sunday obtained confidential information about the 14-year-old for a story it ran at the weekend . |
| 15 | Wiltshire Social Services want to know how the Mail on Sunday obtained confidential information about the 14-year-old for a story it ran at the weekend . |
| 16 | It is not difficult to infer where the information on curvature must come from . |
| 17 | Free to smell again the sweat on the brow of the bourse ; free to bask in the slipstream of wide-bodied jets ; free to sit in on the counsels of the alleged good and the alleged great . |
| 18 | That course would doubtless prompt an application by the P.C.A. to set aside the subpoena on grounds of public interest immunity . |
| 19 | He crossed to the window to set wide the shutter on the last night of May , and heave the smokiness of his long closeted hours out of him in great , assuaging breaths . |
| 20 | Use a flat file ( or the flat side of a half-round file ) to clean up the burr on the outside of the pipe so that the pipe will enter the fitting |
| 21 | Bring in the dumb-bells and we need the decibels , start to pump up the jam on the dance floor and we are into pumping up the volumes . |
| 22 | She sighed , and turned to pick up the clock on the bedside table . |
| 23 | So we have to pick up the pieces on this one . ’ |
| 24 | Mierle Laderman Ukele proposed an exhibition about maintenance called Care in 1969 : ‘ After the revolution who 's going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning ? ’ |
| 25 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 26 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 27 | The ‘ specially urgent need to take whatever steps were immediately possible to improve the safety testing of drugs ’ in the light of the thalidomide disaster led the Joint Sub-Committee on Safety of Drugs to set up the Committee on Safety of Drugs in 1963 . |
| 28 | Once you have a bootable machine run FDISK to set up the partition(s) on your drive . |
| 29 | Julia cleared the glasses from round the room and prepared to set out the coffee on the drum table beside the chief armchair . |
| 30 | The autocracy undertook to guarantee full civil liberty , to give major legislative powers to the promised Assembly ( the State Duma ) , and to broaden greatly the franchise on which it was to be based . |