Example sentences of "but [vb base] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take your cue from the tone set by the interviewer but err on the side of formality . |
| 2 | ‘ I was left sitting on my own with nothing to do but concentrate on the screen . |
| 3 | I do n't drop down into the deck well , overcrowded as it is , but remain on the edge , with arms woven around the chrome railings for safety . |
| 4 | These two groups agree on rejecting many economic policy prescriptions of the ‘ wets ’ but disagree on the role of the state . |
| 5 | It is assumed that these are linked not to profit maximisation , but depend on the size of the enterprise . |
| 6 | The sections which follow are not about computer-based systems and jargon but focus on the information needs and systems of schools . |
| 7 | But look on the bright side : we 've finally found a way of getting rid of Liverpool , too . |
| 8 | I 'm sure you must feel pretty bloody at the moment but look on the bright side , you could be Belgian . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing is more remarkable ’ , wrote Wellesley , ‘ than the apathy of the people who have taken neither side of the question but look on the quarrel as to be one between the army and the king . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm sorry if I 'm taking up your valuable time , but look on the bright side , ’ she said with unarguable logic . |
| 11 | Well , I 'm terribly sorry if I did n't add another notch to your bedpost , but look on the bright side — at least I saved you the bother of having to come up with a nice little farewell speech at the end of it all . |
| 12 | Most have no wings but stay on the same plant , feeding and multiplying . |
| 13 | ‘ Put all your weight behind it , but move on the ball of your foot , ready to recover if the swing does not strike home . ’ |
| 14 | At the very top are those superior employees — librarian , tutor , governess , lady 's companion — who not only work but live on the family side of the house , and may sometimes even eat at the family table . |
| 15 | The detachable top ring needs to be set at such a pressure as to stay in for the cast but detach on the strike or more accurately the wind-down . |
| 16 | Having your cosy liaison disrupted was never going to go down easily , but think on the bright side — at least I 'm here to keep you company . |
| 17 | Granted the systematic nature of language , the results of such a study as this can not but reflect on the quasi-nominal forms of the verb as a whole . |
| 18 | Tottenham Hotspur ..... 3 Queen 's Park Rangers .. 2 THE GROUND is beginning to look like the finished article , but work on the team is still behind schedule . |
| 19 | These lists are not exhaustive — if they were they would fill the entire book — but work on the principle of : if it looks as if it will fit , then it probably will . |
| 20 | But work on the Ariane launcher advanced , as did French national and European co-operative work on telecommunications and meteorological satellites . |
| 21 | On the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros dam and hydroelectric power station project on the Danube , Hungary had on May 25 renounced the 1977 agreement on environmental grounds [ see pp. 38843 ; 38939 ] , but work on the Slovak side had gone ahead , and the facility was to begin partial operations in early November , according to a CSTK report on Sept. 10 , with construction due for completion by the end of 1992 . |