Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The quicker heat escapes from your hot water tank , the more often you will need to switch on the water heating to warm it up . |
2 | For those tha who are not to familiar with , the initials P P G , it stands for planning policy guidance , and there are a whole series of these guidance notes produced by the Department of the Environment for the er advice guidance of , well not only the local planning authorities but anyone else who is interested in the development business , and they are expressions of , I suppose government policy , er and their attitudes towards various aspects , whether it 's countryside , housing , trans or transport , and they do pro provide a useful backcloth , in fact an extremely valuable backcloth to the way in which er this matter should be considered , erm I know from the submission which North Yorkshire County Council have used they would say that the fact they have n't had regard to all this er , but I would like to carry on the discussion against that background , and could you direct your thinking at this stage about the need for a new settlement in the light of the principles spelt out in P P G three and particularly paragraph thirty three . |
3 | The room was growing very dark , yet Breeze did not like to put on the light . |
4 | Please contact the Office immediately if you would like to take on the challenge of this demanding task . |
5 | The team elected by Labour members yesterday bore some resemblance to the team the public might elect to take on the Tories . |
6 | They are strengthened by the return of Matt Kerr and Phil Houlton and will hope to carry on the momentum of one of their best starts to a season for years . |
7 | Right , we , we , we did actually draw , or we not draw , we , we adopted a constitution during the year and the officers that are erm elected are the Chair , the Secretary and the Treasurer , erm and other , together with other such officers , yeah to determine by general meeting , erm , so it 's really only those three , er and we have sometimes had Advice Chair if there 's only been one Chairman have n't we , one Chair person erm so I think people need to say if they do n't wish to carry on the jobs they 're doing and if anybody wishes to nominate anyone in a particular post then slip at the bottom of the minutes could be filled in and either brought to meeting or sent back to the Secretary . |
8 | ‘ You do n't have to switch on the computer , load the program and recall a file from disc — you just switch on and it 's there , ’ Lyndon-James says . |
9 | No longer does Gascoigne want to take on the world single-handed , and his reckless nature has been replaced by a more thoughtful approach . |
10 | But Thamesdown councillors are worried that few private companies will want to take on the project in the depths of a recession . |
11 | Officially , the bike route ends here ; more experienced cyclists may care to carry on the ascent to the Krimml waterfalls . |