Example sentences of "switch on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the school librarian or teacher has mastered the simple stages of switching on the different parts of the microcomputer , e.g. to set up the BBC microcomputer , the user 1 ) Plugs in the computer , the disk drive , the monitor and the printer 2 ) Switches on the microcomputer , the disk drive , the monitor and the printer 3 ) Puts a disk into the disk drive 4 ) Types in a command on the microcomputer s/he will be able to use programs for different applications such as database creation or word processing and the applications are covered later in this book . |
| 2 | ( Thus Auer complains of Gumperz that " sometimes he makes strong claims about the effect of a given type or instance of code switching on the subsequent development of the sequence , which are based on informants ' reports , but fails to reproduce this subsequent passage " ( Auer 1984b : 106 , fn. 10 ) . ) |
| 3 | Checking Zhukov 's pulse , he satisfied himself that the man would be senseless for at least another five minutes , then walked smartly into the darkroom , switching on the red safety light . |
| 4 | The timeswitch he 'd primed earlier had flipped on , switching on the electric fire and igniting the materials he placed over it . |
| 5 | If new proteins are to be made , the DNA must be activated in some way , so as to switch on the relevant genes . |
| 6 | Well he had to switch on the interior light to be able to fill out the form . |
| 7 | Television was so quick to join the Yuppie Backlash that there is now a real danger of a Yuppie Backlash Drama Backlash , in which the viewer starts muttering about not being able to switch on the bloody set without seeing a broker being broken . |
| 8 | ‘ Clinger told me before he left that his lordship had had him in the second Sunday he was there and told him he expected him to switch on the electric fire in the private chapel ten minutes before matins . |
| 9 | He reached to switch on the soft bedside light . |
| 10 | As soon as she reached the club , as soon as she was back in the public eye , she would have to switch on the false persona that had carried her through the past week . |
| 11 | Once the left engine was turning over at 45 per cent , he switched on the right engine , using the live engine 's generator to save the battery . |
| 12 | There he sat until a child switched on the widescreen t.v. showing a news broadcast . |
| 13 | Naked , she switched on the powerful shower-jets , and raised her voice to be heard above them . |
| 14 | He even switched on the blue urinal lamp to see how its light looked against the clean walls . |
| 15 | Let's have a bit of light on the subject " She switched on the blue urinal and looked at it . |
| 16 | Like a zombie she let him lead her from Tivoli , allowed him to fasten the seatbelt of the Mercedes round her , followed him into the apartment , standing motionless while he switched on the soft wall lighting . |
| 17 | Kevin switched on the public address system and shouted into it . |
| 18 | He activated the aircraft 's radar scrambling unit , switched on the moving map display and set the detection and recording equipment for fully automatic sequence . |
| 19 | He re-locked the drawer , stood up , and that was when someone switched on the main light . |
| 20 | At ten thirty-five , Rachaela switched on the main light and walked behind the screen into Ruth 's area . |
| 21 | She switched on the electric fire , the room was freezing as if hung with icicles . |
| 22 | She switched on the electric kettle and made a cup of instant coffee flavoured with powdered milk and artificial sweetener . |
| 23 | The on/off switch on the front panel should only control the power amplifiers and display functions . |
| 24 | The relay contacts RLA1 switch on the UV Exposure Light Unit , which is connected to the Timer via the miniature mains socket SK1 . |
| 25 | Better , fit a true mains switch ( e.g. a cord switch on the primary side of the transformer ) and hope that people will use it instead of the on-off switch on the radio . |
| 26 | Wait a minute till I switch on the other light . |
| 27 | ‘ But we want all the complications down in black and white before we switch on the green light , ’ said Mr Wright . |
| 28 | He wished that he could as easily delete the memory of what had followed after she had switched on the overhead light . |
| 29 | Funds can be switched on the same day from one currency to another by use of a personal identification number ( PIN ) , free of charge save for the foreign exchange commission of 0.1% , minimum £5 , maximum £20 . |
| 30 | BRITAIN 's first solar-powered lavatories have switched on the National Trust to cutting its £2.5 million power bill by using more ‘ green energy ’ . |