Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As recently as last year , Anderson was asked by the Ugandan government to advise on the restructuring of the civil service there , following the turmoil of recent years . |
| 2 | ‘ They are not clear on their objectives and are not given the technical tools to use on the field so that they can not play to their potential . |
| 3 | Quite a large group apparently went to work as compositors in the south of England , if that is the right interpretation to put on the mention " gone to Colchester " which is recorded against the names of some women in the trade-union membership registers which are the chief source for this information . |
| 4 | Their civilian Folbot canoe had no added buoyancy of Mae-West lifebelts , no navigation aids , not even a spray cover as they crossed the sound from the Scottish mainland to land on the isle of Mull . |
| 5 | He was an acknowledged expert in the system of ‘ payment by results ’ which was introduced into Irish national schools in 1872 , and as such was appointed by the British government to report on the education system of Trinidad in 1869 and that of Malta in 1878 . |
| 6 | Peace with Russia enabled the German forces to concentrate on the western front before the troops arriving from the United States of America could be fully deployed , so in the spring of 1918 , a massive Germany attack was launched and their troops came within fifty miles of Paris before being halted . |
| 7 | THE FRENCH love to lay on the style and their over-the-top preliminaries - world 's biggest scrum , Un Show Laser — to this week 's Bicentenary match against the Lions in Paris gave the evening a sense of occasion which the rugby itself also justified . |
| 8 | His worst fears were realized when the next day word came from Georgiades that a monster procession was being formed which would march from the gates of el Azhar through the Old City to converge on the Mar Girgis , where a demonstration was planned . |
| 9 | Weaver 's body was photographed , and taken away in the second ambulance to arrive on the scene . |
| 10 | The arrangements for the Chief Executive to report on the Agency 's performance are set out in Section C. |
| 11 | Having closed the thin curtains , he tiptoed over the cold lino to undress on the bedside rug . |
| 12 | I remember that my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian challenged the Prime Minister to comment on the increase , and he answered that the chairman must be worth that salary . |
| 13 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 14 | ‘ It means it now rests with the international side to put on the same , if not a better kind of performance as we put on against Norway last month . |
| 15 | Snuggled on my mother 's knee on the fire-side rocker , waiting for the black kettle to boil on the hob , I could smell the dinner cooking in the coal-fired oven ; only the cat , nestling in the plate-warmer , could have been any more cosy . |
| 16 | The logical place to begin on the Basque Coast is Bayonne , which is a port , but three and a half miles from the open sea down the navigable channel of the river Adour . |
| 17 | At all events , Mr. Nicholls was content in the present case to proceed on the basis of the law as stated in Reg. v. Galbraith , and on that basis he submitted that the magistrate was entitled , on the evidence before him , to conclude that there was such evidence before him as would justify the committal of the applicant , the question of the reliability of Price 's evidence being a matter for the Swedish court . |
| 18 | Baker 's announcement was greeted with satisfaction by many Arab representatives who believed that the settlements issue was the major obstruction to progress on the peace process . |
| 19 | It should always be possible for the salaried partner to rely on the nature of his subordinate position to claim to be entitled ( at any rate by necessary implication ) to an indemnity from the full partners in respect of any additional liabilities to which his being held out has exposed him : but as a matter of good practice , every would-be salaried partner should insist on written terms which clarify his standing in the firm and effectually indemnify him against extraordinary expenses and liabilities . |
| 20 | This really means cutting in angled sweeps , allowing the double blade to cut on the forward and return arc . |
| 21 | The authors believe the cause of these persistent spells lies in the ability of the short waves to react on the long waves in such a way that , under certain situations , they favour the very pattern that caused them . |
| 22 | On each occasion I felt that insufficient effort had been made by the surgical teams to decide on the capacity to give informed consent , and I was dismayed at the immediate assumption of incapacity because the patient had been sectioned . |
| 23 | Neil Armstrong is a good example , as the first man to walk on the moon : ‘ One small step for man , one giant leap for mankind . ’ |
| 24 | Style mogul Simon Forbes from Antenna made history in October by becoming the first hairdresser to appear on the Wogan show . |
| 25 | The first volcanoes to appear on the surface of the cooling planet erupted on a far greater scale than any that we know today , building entire mountain ranges of lava and ash . |
| 26 | UNIT GROUP , which obtained the distinction of being the first company to float on the Third Market , is about to make an important diversification into the engineering sector . |
| 27 | He would be the first boy to land on the moon . |
| 28 | ( Phoebe ) Bradley became the first lady to serve on the Club Committee , an event doubly unique , for although not a bondholder she was elected by their Committee to represent them for a four-year term . |
| 29 | The first men to win on the pools |
| 30 | Yet Mrs Molina becomes the first Latino to sit on the county 's governing board since 1872 — and the first woman ever . |