Example sentences of "switches the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the interrupt system is on , and any device flag register is set to 1 then the computer finishes the current instruction , switches the interrupt system off , stores the contents of the program counter in the left-most twelve bits of store location 0 , and continues to execute instructions starting at location 1 . |
| 2 | I turn over and pretend I 'm still asleep but she pulls the duvet off me and switches the lights on . |
| 3 | There is a clock on the cooker ; another on the video ; another on the dashboard of the car ; another built in to the pocket-calculator ; yet another on the end of the pen she uses ; another on the device that switches the boiler on and off ; yet another on the outside of the tall building Steven passes in his car on the flyover . |
| 4 | Evan switches the spots off , leaving only the headlights on . |
| 5 | This automatically switches the machine on when it hears a message coming through , recognises the medium being used , and then turns the machine off after the message has been recorded . |
| 6 | The KUBE is built into a simple black box whose front panel carries rotary controls for HF and LF Contour and push-buttons for Tape Monitor and Bypass EQ ( this switches the unit out of circuit , which can be helpful in making A-B comparisons during initial setting-up ) . |
| 7 | So much for what switches it on ; what , if anything , switches the appetite off ? |
| 8 | When the victim switches the switch he will be in for a big surprise . |
| 9 | So it 's it 's an interest thing as well it keeps the interest it changes the emphasis switches the attention makes a break does n't it it just changes er er a natural break that happens and it changes attention . |
| 10 | A guidewheel on the top of the vehicles , controlled from the cab , moves into the appropriate slot in a ‘ V ’ -shaped track , and switches the train to right or left , according to the driver 's wish . |
| 11 | The sophisticated falsificationist account of science , with its emphasis on the growth of science , switches the focus of attention from the merits of a single theory to the relative merits of competing theories . |
| 12 | The , the problem is if it it 's alright to out-price and then reducing your service , but that soon switches the client off . |
| 13 | Contran illuminates a warning light if any transmission exceeds twenty seconds in length , and automatically switches the transmission off if it exceeds thirty seconds . |
| 14 | She switches the light on in her room , and I go in and sit straight down on the chair . |
| 15 | ‘ None of the electronic or automatic systems work , so each time you bowl , a man jumps down from a shelf behind the pins at the end of your lane , switches the light off , resets the pins , jumps back onto his shelf and switches the light back on ! ’ she said . |
| 16 | But if your dad switches the light on for anything |
| 17 | Evan switches the roof spots on full beam . |