Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [art] [adj] side " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have to concentrate on the financial side . |
| 2 | This leaves him free to concentrate on the creative side of cooking while maintaining effective management control . |
| 3 | Stimulated by Gould 's remarks , he reached for a piece of paper lying near to hand — presumably one that was being drawn on by one of the zoological draughtsmen working at the Society at the time — and proceeded to write on the reverse side of the drawing . |
| 4 | When Jos moved round to work on the other side of the gate , he handed Mungo a sheet of sandpaper , telling him to use plenty of ‘ elbow grease ’ . |
| 5 | Then a little genuine humility will help you to work on the negative side and this will get you going on the right track . |
| 6 | Professional investors have put at least $5 billion to work on the short side of the market . |
| 7 | If , however , you 're after more sophistication in both sound and facilities , and if you occasionally like to wander on the wild side , then the ME-10 is the way to go . |
| 8 | ‘ The way we sex a grape , or vineyard , in New Zealand , ’ he began , ‘ to ensure that there is the right amount of grape exposed to the sunlight , is to ask a friend to stand on the other side of the vine . |
| 9 | And the the women and that who live in that area , tend I 've noticed to walk on the other side of the road anyway . |
| 10 | It is standard practice for the dog to be trained to walk on the left-hand side of its owner , so start with this in mind . |
| 11 | There are so many compensations for everyone in the family during the teenage years that it is a grave mistake to look on the black side . |
| 12 | Well if he was there and you came along well that 's two people , so it 's not that secluded , okay , so we have to look on the positive side , if at the end of the day you 're going to get to a situation where , okay , you can see that the ordinary erm true blue course of events is just not gon na work , then it 's down to you , you have then got to make up your own mind what you 're going to do for the casualty and your own safety , okay , if somebody had been bleeding that long and you could n't of got help for them , what would your priority now probably be ? |
| 13 | She decided to look on the positive side . |
| 14 | And to look on the bright side , you will have your husband with you throughout the summer and I daresay you will enjoy it very much . ’ |
| 15 | She was consoled , too , to have them in her house where they made an uncommon amount of noise and were certainly not easy guests but their beaming countenances and determination to look on the bright side of everything lightened the atmosphere immensely . |
| 16 | ‘ Perchance Richard will be less of an angel by then — either way , I expect I shall manage , ’ she said , determined to look on the bright side . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's part of the adventure , ’ Carrie 's mother had said , and not just to cheer them up : it was her nature to look on the bright side . |
| 18 | Still , to look on the bright side : if they had been together all this time , by now they might already be a dull settled couple , instead of which the long separation had preserved the thrill of courtship in their marriage , with letters passing between them constantly . |
| 19 | Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time , and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia 's suffering from her . |
| 20 | He squirmed uncomfortably on the damp stone , and tried to look on the bright side . |
| 21 | ‘ Now to look on the bright side of ffeatherstonehaugh 's , I 've a few more lines of Rochester for you : |
| 22 | ‘ Because it is so rare , we do n't really know what the outlook is , so we have to look on the bright side , ’ said Mrs Horby . |
| 23 | One of Warner 's principal opponents was a dealer called Jay Hammond ; not least because Hammond was also happy to deal on the wrong side of the law . |
| 24 | Normally , the owner must take the cassette out of the machine by hand , and flip it over to record on the other side . |
| 25 | A group began to form on the other side of the potted palms . |
| 26 | The bullet traversed the skull and was deflected in its passage to emerge on the left side , shattering bones in the area of articulation of the lower jaw . |
| 27 | May not be able to sleep on the left side because of the palpitations and suffocation . |
| 28 | He wants to be friends with America because he thinks only American intervention will secure his aims ( he offered in the Gulf war to send 200,000 Sikhs to fight on the American side ) . |
| 29 | Although just what she had done with all her unencumbered time since he 'd moved the rest of them to Almsmead , other than take an excessive interest in the mill-school he 'd had to build to keep on the right side of that damned , interfering Factory Act , he was uncertain . |
| 30 | Her husband , looking hard at his glass , said : ‘ You ought to keep on the right side of her , any road . |