Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb mod] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before taking any decisions about living together , everyone should agree on the basic structure and routine of how it can work , from sharing the bathroom and kitchen to how to manage finances . |
| 2 | ‘ You did n't think it was odd that someone should call on the Rector that late at night ? ’ |
| 3 | Everyone might agree on the need for national unity , development , and the rapid elimination of poverty , ignorance and disease , but what institutional framework would be workable for the media ? |
| 4 | It was also felt that it was a company which nobody could attack on the grounds of political bias in favour of the project — if anything , thought Walsh , the other way round , after he had seen a portrait of Margaret Thatcher prominently displayed in its Ealing headquarters . |
| 5 | Somebody used to sit on the carpet at one end of the room with a walking stick and a chalk mark in front of him and the contestants used to have to come up to him and try to rub the marking out and he used to rap the hands with his walking stick . |
| 6 | Obviously , there are other pricing schemes a firm could employ , but none would seem on the face of it to be as compelling as the ones we have discussed here . |
| 7 | Of course one may draw on the past as one will . |
| 8 | Furthermore one may remark on the fact that that which is considered ‘ feminine ’ , which the male also now takes on , corresponds simply to what have traditionally been women 's tasks ( nurturing and caring ) . |
| 9 | Or if one prefers psychology , the more individual , personal approach , one may muse on the notions of B. F. Skinner , Hans Eysenck , Arthur Jensen , William Shockley , and J. B. Watson . |
| 10 | Voltaire 's work is , arguably , offensive but one should err on the side of allowing it to be available . |
| 11 | Erm logic suggests surely that that erm one should concentrate on the adequacy of the phasing er the existing phasing mechanism , and the words within policy H one and the guidance that the county is giving to the to the district authorities , in how they should phase the release of the committed land . |
| 12 | However , departures from this occur at lower values of z/L than one might guess on the basis of eqn ( 21.29 ) ; they are detectable for z/L above about 0·01 and very substantial when . |
| 13 | Within this general analysis there is a considerable variety of micro-climates — as one might expect on a small island in the Atlantic with altitudes from sea-level to 1,800 metres . |
| 14 | There was a peculiar hissing sound in the room , a radiophonic kind of vibration , a noise one might expect on the sound-track of a science fiction film as the visiting card for the presence or arrival of aliens with long , bent , furry legs and eyes as scorching as red-hot coals . |
| 15 | ‘ I do , too , ’ he said , his voice low and reassuring , the voice one might use on a frightened child . |
| 16 | It might be thought that so long as one asserted the local sign theory only in principle ( that is , did not specify the precise nature of the ‘ feeling ’ or ‘ colouring ’ which is supposed to subserve localisation ) , one could rely on the testimony of introspection for one 's theory to be confirmed . |
| 17 | ‘ Black people are the original people of the Earth , no one could exist on the planet without us and we must wake up , to struggle and do what we have to do to come into power , ’ announces Chester , striding across the stage , as the audience cheers . |
| 18 | And everything used to go on the old garden bonfires did n't it , in the past ? |
| 19 | Very occasionally , such a challenge is mounted in the United Kingdom with results far from the conclusiveness one would expect on a matter of such a fundamental constitutional character . |
| 20 | Within these one can still discern the ‘ earlier ’ items , whose syntactic combination in accordance with Montague 's formation rules involves only relatively minor peripheral modifications ( just what one would expect on the Sampson-Simon model ) . |
| 21 | An assassin 's ruse : one would knock on the door , the other would be waiting in the darkness . |
| 22 | One would stand on a chair and cut a piece off at mealtimes . |
| 23 | There , one would sleep on a special bed ( from the sound of it , usually especially uncomfortable ) , and any dreams reported would be interpreted . |
| 24 | Much would depend on the exact state of affairs in Ireland and something would depend on the success of the Progressive parties in patching up a new electoral pact ( although after the events of 1912 and 1913 it could not be expected to work as well as in 1910 ) , but all of these factors would operate in the broad context of a probable Unionist victory . |
| 25 | Everything will depend on the circumstances . |
| 26 | and then , then it will be , one will come on the top ! |
| 27 | There are difficulties in identifying areas common to the brains of people and other animals and , even when that can be done , it is unclear how far one can rely on the areas working in exactly the same way . |
| 28 | That tentative conclusion probably is as far as one can go on the basis of empirical evidence . |
| 29 | This has often been contrasted with the situation on our side of the Atlantic where one can stand on the coast of south-west Ireland or Brittany and see the fold belts heading straight out into the ocean . |
| 30 | If this work is apparent it seems only sensible to do it and then try out as good a schedule as one can produce on the real people . |