Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's good to go dutch on power . |
| 2 | It 's worthwhile to give certificates on almost every conceivable occasion . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's unseemly to have women on stage . ’ |
| 4 | He says that it 's unfair to inflict rules on the way performers play or behave ; it 's just more red tape . |
| 5 | Instead , it is essential to manage disarmament on a regional , national and European level by intervening in the process of defence diversification . |
| 6 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp shares have been soaring on the hope that it will be able to raise its charges , and the company says it is keen to raise rates on all inter-city telephone calls including those from pay phones , but has not decided when to apply for permission from the Ministry to do so . |
| 7 | It is invaluable to make notes on your inner journeys , since it is easy to forget insights and action plans unless you write them down . |
| 8 | In order to understand how embryos develop , it is necessary to do experiments on the embryo itself , which may involve opening chicken eggs and observing their development as Aristotle did , grafting parts from one region to another , or adding specific chemical agents to observe their effects . |
| 9 | For all practical purposes it is necessary to run simulations on a computer , on account of the number of times it is essential to rerun the model under different conditions . |
| 10 | Since a firm intact skin is essential , both to exclude infections and prevent the contents from drying out , it is usual to leave roots on the soil surface for a few hours to harden their skins . |
| 11 | It is impossible to put figures on this phenomenon , which has to be guessed at from fragmentary glimpses of life after work : excuses for failure to attend a meeting and so on . |
| 12 | She says it is impossible to give guidelines on how to avoid TSS because it is so rare and everyone is different . |
| 13 | It was this particular feature that made its isolation so difficult , for it is impossible to grow chlamydia on the normal media used for bacteria , since they do not contain living cells . |
| 14 | The specification produced earlier should be included and to assist the supplier in providing information it is reasonable to supply information on the following : |
| 15 | We do appreciate that it is reasonable to impose restrictions on dogs in such areas as children 's playgrounds , flower beds etcetera and we do support the extension of the byelaws relating to dogs fouling footways and grass verges and also the byelaws relating to the removal of canine faeces . |
| 16 | It is possible to purchase gilts on the National Savings Stock Register up to a maximum of £10,000 in any one stock in any one day , and the interest is then received gross . |
| 17 | It is possible to arrange retirements on spurious ‘ medical ’ grounds , but this practice was heavily criticised by the Commons Home Affairs select committee earlier this year . |
| 18 | Er nevertheless , under P P G guidance , erm advice , the new settlement is a strategic issue and therefore it 's right and proper to think about it and look at look at it and try to determine whether it is possible to give guidance on a district location through this through through through this debate . |
| 19 | There should , in any case , be a wholeness to the item , even when showing variety , but sometimes it is possible to show variations on one particular technique , e.g. a travelling item . |
| 20 | It is possible to obtain forms on which to specify all the elements of the data analysis process . |
| 21 | Without studies of that kind , which we certainly do not have , it is proper to remain agnostic on the question of whether regional variations are of any significance . |
| 22 | In this controlled clinical trial , presumably it is important to test drugs on patients themselves and presumably the important feature , as you mentioned , is that they are volunteers , rather than people who are buying it , the medicines , in good faith with the expectation they 've already been tested ? |
| 23 | Really the only reason I could think of when it 's you know it is important to put things on paper are really like the last three bits that we talked the last three things we talked about which detailed information would need to be there so people can read it when you know it 's got to get to a lot people not all in the same place at the same time or when it 's you need a copy . |
| 24 | Since imaging can not accurately predict the aetiology of a biliary stricture it is illogical to base treatment on external imaging alone and most patients then undergo either endoscopic or percutaneous cholangiography . |
| 25 | It is difficult to provide advice on population planning in some Catholic countries , but I am pleased at the progress that we are beginning to make . |
| 26 | Just when it is vital to get policy on sterling right , the task has become virtually impossible . |
| 27 | While we might indeed readily hypothesize that these individuals were generally less likely than Ballymacarrett people to be subject to the pressures of their personal networks and more likely to be subject to a less localized outside influence , it is hard to suggest dimensions on which a number of looseknit networks , which differed greatly from each other , might be systematically compared ( but see 5.7.4 for an account of Bortoni-Ricardo 's study of rural immigrants to a Brazilian city ) . |
| 28 | Because of its size it is able to keep companies on its books for 20 years or more , providing top-ups when necessary . |
| 29 | After their previous performances against Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday , it was surprising to see Coventry on the defensive early in the game as County went close through Williams , Wilson and Devlin . |
| 30 | Woodcuts can be mounted with type , because what is to print black stands up from the surface ; so it was easy to put pictures on the same page as descriptions , and herbals and bestiaries were liberally illustrated . |