Example sentences of "on [pron] you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Other women may have enjoyed your Viking tactics but , let me assure you , if you lay one finger on me you 'll regret it . ’ |
| 2 | On them you will find all you need to know on a variety of subjects such as : |
| 3 | Codes can easily be devised to suit your individual tastes , but the following are a few hints on which you might build . |
| 4 | If you 're partial to drinking bottled water , the report on Which you might like to read some time . |
| 5 | This is a diet on which you 'll find you can eat hearty , sensible-sized meals and still reduce your weight . |
| 6 | Schools , polytechnics and universities all have magazines and newspapers on which you may gain actual experience while still a student . |
| 7 | And one looks at the two most likely existing settlements on which you could do that to are , of course , Easingwold , to the Nor to the Northwest , and Tadcaster to the South . |
| 8 | He was a Stradivarius among performers ; a perfect instrument on which you could play anything . |
| 9 | This is something on which you will need legal advice , from a lawyer familiar with the law in that country . |
| 10 | The only occasions on which you will have to pay anything are if you take advantage of some of our other services linked to the Current Account , which are subject to their own costs . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , a basically sound plan provides a framework on which you can build and progress in the light of experience and changing conditions . |
| 12 | They can have a seat on which you can travel facing sideways , or facing to the front ; a platform on which you can stand , or a platform on which a wheelchair will travel . |
| 13 | Basic information includes who employs you , what for and the type of problems on which you can advise . |
| 14 | And , of course , it has a telephone , on which you can make a right nuisance of yourself . |
| 15 | A small portable tape-recorder on which you can record as well as play back . |
| 16 | Once you have decided on the questions you want to ask , you should draw up a chart like A on which you can record customer 's responses quickly , simply by ticking or filling in the appropriate column . |
| 17 | Begin your research by looking for ideas on which you can expound and expand . |
| 18 | They can have a seat on which you can travel facing sideways , or facing to the front ; a platform on which you can stand , or a platform on which a wheelchair will travel . |
| 19 | The ‘ right ’ side of a sheet of paper refers to the side on which you can read the watermark . |
| 20 | Similarly , extracts from Agatha Christie or general run of the mill commercial theatre very rarely have enough substance on which you can work . |
| 21 | Plenty of spaces have been left throughout the book on which you can add your own notes about the remedies . |
| 22 | on which you can write your information . |
| 23 | Masking tape is an excellent way of marking things , because it usually peels off without damaging the paper to which it was fixed , and makes a clear , creamy coloured background on which you can write the date . |
| 24 | At the moment erm the way that we use computers is , of course , to use a keyboard , but I was talking to some people today who 've now developed and you can buy it , erm a system on which you can write on what you want to say , so that as long as you print fairly clearly you do n't have to learn any new typing skills . |
| 25 | The result is a database on which you can search for a favourite author or publisher , or search for packages that give you the required level of coverage of particular elements ( or units ) of competence . |
| 26 | The facts on which you must build your argument are scattered throughout the statement of the problem in what the examiner thinks is flowing English , but which is sometimes anything but clear . |
| 27 | Right so you 're given a date on which you should claim them by do you ? |
| 28 | You will perhaps be affronted by my frankness Ellen but I am distressed and if you were to think on it you would understand . |
| 29 | And it it it 's called the fog index but the thing that 's interesting about it is that I 've got , I 've got some interesting examples of fog indexes erm and you 'll get people like Churchill who sometimes made speeches and their fog index is quite small you 're going to use this you know example and they might have a fog , fog index that 's fine and what Anne and I are talking about with say something like the Telegraph or the Times or whatever , might have a fog index that people but this is because Churchill was very clear , very concise and going back to the original point about , or some of the original points about this , and I was mak raising these issues earlier this evening one of the great sadnesses that I have is that , is that when I first went into journalism the tabloids as we call them were incredibly well written beautifully styled , well researched and okay they might have been punchier and shorter and everything else , compared to the turning up the er the , the Times or whatever , but they were well written and you might have had , if you can put the fog index test , test on it you might have had a fog index of say six or seven compared to eleven on the Telegraph story , but it was still full of clarity like to read . |
| 30 | Printed on it you 'll see a space for the date of birth already filled in and also a space for the date of death , not yet filled in . |