Example sentences of "[coord] switch [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Removing stale , moist air from inside the house may be brought about deliberately — by opening a window or switching on an extractor fan — or may occur fortuitously — air passing up chimney flues , for example , or finding its own way out through one or two small gaps in the house structure . |
| 2 | Can a chimp perceive a movie as representing a second individual trying to solve a problem , like reaching bananas or switching on a heater ? |
| 3 | Switching On or Switching Off ? |
| 4 | He could have been warning his receptionist off the line or switching off — or on — a recording device . |
| 5 | If this light is modulated , or switched on and off to create pulses , an optical fibre can carry audio and video signals just like a coaxial cable . |
| 6 | In both methods the light source is either varied in intensity , as an analogue of the signal , or switched on and off in digital code . |
| 7 | One reason is that it is a three-terminal device , which can act as an amplifier or switch on its own . |
| 8 | He was manipulating a kind of toggle or switch on the head of his cane . |
| 9 | You open the papers or switch on the radio or television and find out . |
| 10 | Advertisements at the cinema reach a ‘ captive ’ audience , unlike TV or radio , where the viewer or listener may be distracted or switch off . |
| 11 | ‘ Depending on the personality of the child , he or she can either become destructive or switch off completely . |
| 12 | Our pattern will return of course , as we did not erase it or switch off the controller . |
| 13 | A survey by the waste management company Grundon found that ( i ) incinerators were run at too low temperatures , were overloaded , and produced black smoke ; ( ii ) emission and temperature warning alarms were ignored or switched off ; and ( iii ) storage areas were littered with burst bags , exposing used syringes , dressings and other material . |
| 14 | Maths tuition can be tailored to the needs of people budgeting for the family groceries , learning to measure and switching over to metrication or simply those wanting to be able to help their children with maths homework . |
| 15 | Have several light points and keep a good general level of lighting at all times , using fairly high wattage lamps and switching on early , well before dusk and twilight . |
| 16 | The common misery imposed by coal rationing could be avoided by the simple expedient of plugging in and switching on , and in the later 1940s about two-fifths of domestic electricity sales were for space heating . |
| 17 | That is the difference between switching on and switching off , and switching on is an absolutely essential ingredient to the art of making it happen . |
| 18 | ‘ No — you 'd find it even hotter if we did , ’ he told her firmly , placing their suitcases down and switching on two small lamps on the tables set either side of a large , shabby couch which had clearly seen better days . |
| 19 | The team of non-professional drivers reached the high point of 109 mpg and a low of 94 mpg , merely by accelerating smoothly , braking gently , and switching off the engine in traffic jams . |
| 20 | Finally , if the model is low and slow and you think you have made a mess of things , remember that ‘ chickening out ’ and switching off the ‘ hold ’ will probably just produce a more expensive crash ! |
| 21 | Huckerby , a worried-looking , balding man , had a responsible position which basically involved overseeing editorial expenditure and running the paper day to day , but was best known for fussing round the office collecting old coffee cups and switching off the lights last thing at night . |
| 22 | That is the difference between switching on and switching off , and switching on is an absolutely essential ingredient to the art of making it happen . |
| 23 | Insulating your loft , fitting double-glazing , making your doors draughtproof and switching off lights and fires when you do n't need them save energy — and money too . |
| 24 | According to a report commissioned by the government , cases of euthanasia in the strict sense accounted for 2,300 deaths annually ( out of a total of around 130,000 ) , assisted suicides for 400 , and switching off life-support systems for 1,000 . |
| 25 | My favourite of them is the Power Toolbox , a way of taking program launching and switching out of the Program Manager altogether and putting your own buttons on the desktop . |
| 26 | In this case , you have to go through the full manual routine as outlined above , stopping on play-pause and switching back to record-pause when you reach the desired edit-out point on the previous recording . |
| 27 | She rose to draw the curtains and to switch on the lamp . |
| 28 | That 's generally ample time for you to close down a database without panic , and to switch off the computer in an orderly fashion . |
| 29 | and to switch off and then go into role play after very strange |
| 30 | She cleared her desk onto the floor , made coffee and switched on the typewriter . |