Example sentences of "if [vb pp] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a drop or two on a pad of wet cotton wool or handkerchief will subtly perfume a room if placed on a radiator . |
| 2 | However the gem is surely the Third Ballade with the opening pages played as if improvised on the spot , the figuration commencing at 3′34″ foaming and cascading with a freedom and liberality unknown to most players . |
| 3 | This model determines a straight line ( the regression line ) if presented on a chart ( i.e. in a coordinate system , where the vertical axis shows the values of Y and the horizontal axis that of X ) . |
| 4 | After a weekend of uproar over reports that the Government intended to by-pass Parliament if defeated on the Maastricht bill and ratify the treaty anyway , Mr Hurd met the Prime Minister , John Major , the Leader in the Lords , John Wakeham , and the Chief Whip , Richard Ryder , at Downing Street yesterday morning . |
| 5 | If you have solid external walls , adding insulation is likely to be disruptive if tackled from indoors , and expensive if done on the outside . |
| 6 | However , it is quite thin and would be unsatisfactory if used on a stretcher . |
| 7 | As argued for above , a denial of re-hearing based on a ‘ last opportunity ’ rationale only convinces if premised on the foregoing of an opportunity which would have been afforded . |
| 8 | Reminiscent of the CKR 's ‘ no disp ’ clause , however , the transfer will be effective only if noted on the sea waybill . |
| 9 | And even if based on the assumption that no more returns can be included In analysis , the response rate is over 50 per cent of the total number of questionnaires sent out . |
| 10 | They do so automatically even if raised on a bottle , by humans . |
| 11 | If laid on the ground , a year 's production would stretch 130 times round the world . |
| 12 | At last he understood , and fell into a chair , as if hit on the head . |
| 13 | ‘ A shot from Charlton , especially if hit on the run from outside the penalty area , is one of the great events of the sport , not because it is rare , which it is not , but because the power of it is massive and it erupts out of elegance , ’ Arthur Hopcraft , who followed Charlton 's career from shy schoolboy to elder statesman , wrote in his classic account of the English game , The Football Man . |
| 14 | It floats above us , gleaming in the darkness as if supported on a cloud of talk and booze while the people below swarm and chat and roar Andy on ; the champagne — already dripping down off the edges of the table onto the temporary matting beneath from spillages — is almost overflowing the second-last level of glasses . |