Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll also get more local capability to off-load host processing , including a new Motif-run VT320 emulator , a local host chooser client , a local command shell and the ability to run local processes and display them on remote X displays . |
| 2 | It was also rumoured that Lloyd George might advocate protectionist policies and Baldwin make have called the general election and fought it on protectionist policies in order to undermine any such move by Lloyd George . |
| 3 | Being able to pick up a colour and press it on coloured paper was all very exciting . |
| 4 | It remained for the Spaniards to connect them in extended compositions and base them on secular songs as Cabezón did on the ‘ Canto del Caballero ’ and ‘ Guardame las vacas ’ or play them as so many Mass-movements and motets were even more incongruously played — on the lute . |
| 5 | Pour off the pulp , strain the seeds and spread them on absorbent paper to dry ; then store in a cool , dry place . |
| 6 | ‘ I put all the ingredients together and put them on individual plates , but lots of people helped get the lobster out of their shells , and Alfred made the mayonnaise . |
| 7 | Sun will be getting parallelising technology from KAI that will decompose code and run it on multiple processors . |
| 8 | There is another huge difference between pop and film , in that it costs little to set up a band , play in community venues , make a record and get it on local radio , whereas film remains largely the preserve of big business . |
| 9 | ‘ He ripped off a firm of disreputable City stockbrokers to the tune of about a million pounds and spent it on high living — yachts , mistresses , that sort of thing . |
| 10 | This might give vital stimulation to others and set them on new lines of discovery . |
| 11 | Chicherin ( with benefit of hindsight ) described the challenges which lay ahead as follows : [ Alexander ] was called upon to execute one of the hardest tasks which can confront an autocratic ruler : to completely remodel the enormous state which had been entrusted to his care , to abolish an age-old order founded on slavery , to replace it with civic decency and freedom , to establish justice in a country which had never known the meaning of legality , to redesign the entire administration , to introduce freedom of the press in the context of untrammelled authority , to call new forces to life at every turn and set them on firm legal foundations , to put a repressed and humiliated society on its feet and to give it the chance to flex its muscles . |
| 12 | A man who has slain Thomas Springall and blamed it on poor Brampton , afterwards making his death look like suicide . |
| 13 | In Sliwa 's last stunt he faked his own kidnapping and blamed it on off-duty police officers . |
| 14 | ‘ He said I was just to keep her warm in bed , and feed her on soft broth . |
| 15 | Under such unfavourable circumstances it was clearly not possible to pursue the Youth Allyah dream of creating a genuine community and to run it on democratic lines like a Kibbutz . |
| 16 | One of the greatest dangers to Amnesty International and other in the human rights movement is the increasing tendency of governments to control human rights through ‘ verbal formula ’ and resourcing , and to base it on multilateral diplomacy rather than international human rights law . |
| 17 | Keep your top people and keep them on top form |
| 18 | Handle the peels only by their edges to avoid grease marks , and lay them on clean , lint-free paper or cloth while they wait for mounting , to avoid dust and scratch collection . |
| 19 | Mr Singh could take him to the bus when he was on late shifts and collect him on early shifts . |
| 20 | And turn it on Sweet , where it belongs . ’ |
| 21 | Selecting the optimum building and obtaining it on satisfactory terms are matters of great importance where institutional finance is involved . |
| 22 | Protestants found it theologically unacceptable to separate the table from the laity in the nave , and to place it on high in the position of an altar at the east end of the church . |
| 23 | It 's a good idea to keep a press cuttings album and leave it on permanent display in the staff room or school reception area . |
| 24 | OK , we 'll flush him and put him on forced diuresis . |
| 25 | But one can not help thinking that a far greater contribution to the preservation of the World 's rain forests would be made if companies could be persuaded to make their annual brochures less glossy and to print them on re-cycled paper . |
| 26 | She ironed their tiny strips of white embroidered cuffs and collars herself , and sewed them on fresh nearly every day . |
| 27 | About 1861 it was decided to map the superficial deposits in addition to the solid rocks and to show them on published maps . |
| 28 | Oliver and Cathy were still taking glasses from a cardboard container and arranging them on small trays . |