Example sentences of "[to-vb] on the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is certainly true that the central core never issued a single agreed programme , a considerable degree of cohesion does emerge from an examination of their critical writings , and an impression of shared novelistic values is suggested by their willingness ( to a greater or lesser extent ) to appear on the same platform at conferences on several occasions and to accept , however grudgingly , the ‘ nouveau roman ’ appellation . |
| 2 | In the final week , however , Waverley and Eildon are expected to appear on the same platform at public meetings . |
| 3 | The human mind — which , from this viewpoint , is the brain — is said to work on the same plan as a computer , with operations being carried out on physical symbols . |
| 4 | And then there 're the classic multi-user applications , like sales order processing , where different users have to work on the same file at the same time . |
| 5 | However , as before , No 7819 started in spectacular fashion only to falter on the latter part of the climb . |
| 6 | Cos it was due to sail on the same day , on the Sunday , you know what I mean and er it was these locks as I 'm telling you about and her a very , very famous firm and er my correspondence come from London because he had offices was there , you know and erm our erm I 've been at the service as I , if I might say so , but in most people it 's surprising how it get 's round and er the jobs that I 've had to do . |
| 7 | I want first to focus on the latter meaning , and to describe in some detail what teachers are talking about when they say they are stressed , or suffering from stress . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't like to play on the same team as him or even get changed in the vicinity of him , ’ he said a year ago , after Justin came out . |
| 9 | The pair , both 73 , decided to quit on the same day they celebrated their golden wedding . |
| 10 | At least , it would be pathetic if he always remembered to limp on the same leg . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're developing a spreadsheet product that will allow a group of people to interact on the same spreadsheet , so people can contribute different ideas , assumptions and scenarios to a common spreadsheet . |
| 12 | Faith , her boyfriend and I waited to ride on the same flight as the box . |
| 13 | Such a split should clarify the distribution of costs and make it easier for competing train services to run on the same track . |
| 14 | ‘ And I want it to go on the same way till I 'm free to offer you more . ’ |
| 15 | When he can walk outside confidently , the patient can plan to increase the distance he walks , or to go on the same route , but taking less time to complete his walk . |
| 16 | That case can thus be seen to proceed on the same basis as the colore officii cases . |
| 17 | But even if we did have some such reason — even if we thought it slightly more natural for right-handed people , who form the majority , to drive on the right — our reasons for wanting everyone to drive on the same side would still be much stronger . |
| 18 | He plans to continue on the all weather at Southwell and Lingfield up to Christmas . |
| 19 | The US decision was the decisive factor in persuading the military-backed interim government and local business groups to agree on the same day to renewed negotiations with the Organization of American States ( OAS ) . |
| 20 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 21 | We both had large appetites and although we tried to get on the same table at mealtimes so that we could monopolise the food , we were permanently hungry . |
| 22 | I would like to expand on the same topic by expressing my thoughts on the structures that exist , or fail to exist , in this country to help promising junior players become accomplished professionals . |
| 23 | Three- and four-year-olds appear to act on the same assumption . |
| 24 | Because of the latter requirement there can not be a double charge to tax on the same income ( s744 ) . |
| 25 | The software works with all ‘ legal ’ Macintosh hard disks and allows a single application , not a user , to operate on the same computer ; a print spooler or electronic mail package , for example . |
| 26 | Other diarrhoea-causing bacteria seem to operate on the same principle as cholera enterotoxin ie. by blocking sodium and chloride ion reabsorption and causing chloride ion secretion into the gut lumen . |
| 27 | On the one hand , if the landlord has redevelopment plans or if a higher rent could be achieved on a reletting of a greater part of the building , it will be in the landlord 's interest to ensure that all tenancies are expressed to expire on the same date . |