Example sentences of "pick up on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alluvial gold , which most commonly occurs as dust or fine flakes , the residue left behind when lighter materials have been removed by the flow of natural waters , can be won by simple sluicing or washing , or even picked up on the surface in the form of nuggets shaped by the compression of fine particles into compact masses by natural forces . |
| 2 | At the end of every chapter there 's a review of what you 've just learned and a few questions to check that it 's really sunk in ( and a mini glossary of any new terms/jargon you may have picked up on the way . |
| 3 | The case of R v Dayle outlined at ( B ) 2 shows that the offence is ‘ had with him ’ and not ‘ picked up on the spur of the moment ’ . |
| 4 | The two men were picked up on the Ross ice shelf , about 350 miles from the coastal camp at Scott base which was their original target . |
| 5 | You no doubt have picked up on the typos etc. but it is sometimes useful to have another ‘ eye ’ . |
| 6 | I got out of Bullwood Hall on a Tuesday and I was picked up on the Thursday , two days later , for robbery . |
| 7 | To be completely safe , he activated his automatic call-signal which would be picked up on the ground . |
| 8 | These are n't just people I 've picked up on the street and thought , Ooh let's show some kooky S&M now ! |
| 9 | Er with this instruction , it will get picked up on the quality |
| 10 | So far , the tabloids only seem to have picked up on the claim that couples using brain machines together have better sex . |
| 11 | So far , the tabloids only seem to have picked up on the claim that couples using brain machines together have better sex . |
| 12 | Erm I was going to pick up on a number of points that have been raised by previous speakers , but erm Mr Grigson and Mr Curtis seem to have er dealt with a few of those , erm just with regard to the the table put in by C P R E , with their figures , I would just agree with Mr Cur er Mr Grigson that there is a very substantial degree of double counting in those figures , there is also a very substantial degree of over provision in the allowance for for conversions , er past conversion rates in Greater York have averaged something like twenty nine dwellings per year , over a fifteen year period your talking about four hundred and thirty five dwellings , which is the figure that both York City Council and ourselves have have made allowance for for conversions , that compares with a figure of a thousand dwellings referred to by the C P R E and I see no foundation for that figure , erm , as I say Mr Curtis already picked up on the point about windfalls rates by Mr Thomas , erm just turning to the difference between the tables er submitted by the County Council and York City Council on the the residue within the er Greater York area , I would accept the figure , the figures put in the tables by Mr er by Mr Curtis , I think that they have picked up the the more recent planning permissions and the completions information , and they also take on board there more recent work on erm development within the city , and I I accept that table . |
| 13 | What made things particularly difficult was that I felt I was n't Black enough for my Black colleagues and that white workers picking up on the division used this to their advantage by divide-and-rule tactics . |
| 14 | How is he to measure it against ‘ Look before you leap ’ , ‘ Care for your parents ’ , and such other imperatives as he has been picking up on the way ? |
| 15 | Carolyn was picking up on the movements of the three women , which had seemed so mysteriously random at first . |
| 16 | How , picking up on the terms you use Professor Lock , how would the policy guarantee that what this elephant was special ? |
| 17 | I was busy doing interviews , as the media were beginning to pick up on the story . |
| 18 | ‘ It was one of the few bits of information we did manage to pick up on the grapevine . |
| 19 | I 'd just really like to pick up on the employment argument . |
| 20 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 21 | ‘ But if the players are only going to produce their best in the glamour games and not pick up on the importance of matches against the likes of Wimbledon and Sheffield United , then they wo n't be playing when the big games come round again — it 's as simple as that . ’ |
| 22 | Gordon Grant , for example , suggests that CMHTs play a crucial role in assisting the development of voluntary sector services , although he is cautious about the ability of teams to unlock " an unlimited capacity for care amongst voluntary groups or family carers The developmental function here clearly picks up on the prominence given to the involvement of voluntary groups and parents in the service planning process in Wales , where Grant and his colleagues are monitoring aspects of the All-Wales Strategy . |
| 23 | This chapter picks up on the development of the FAOR methodology , examining the concluding phase where all the main components , including the SSM , were tested in the field as a final trial of the package as a whole . |
| 24 | Brennan ( 1973b ) picks up on the idea that revolution mechanism is a strong possibility in a society with large income disparities . |
| 25 | Green floortiles complement the walls and bathroom linen in a warm burnt orange picks up on the Mediterranean feel . |
| 26 | Bread and got some sausages bit of erm boiled ham which you can pick up on the way through |
| 27 | ‘ You 'd be amazed what you can pick up on the remainder counter for a song . ’ |
| 28 | The suggestion is that COSI will pick up on the work of Taligent Inc , the object-oriented operating software joint venture between IBM and Apple Computer Inc . |
| 29 | With closer scrutiny though , you can pick up on the activity of the street . |
| 30 | There 's a lot of frequencies you ca n't pick up on the record listening through small speakers . |