Example sentences of "[verb] on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to four microphone inputs can be mixed on this unit . |
| 2 | I 'd slipped out of bed , leaving Margot the launderess and her sister Phoebe gently snoring ( they sleep on either side to keep me warm ) , and crept downstairs to my secret chamber , behind the high table in the Great Hall . |
| 3 | Below the urethral meatus is the orifice of the vagina , surrounded on each side by small folds of skin called the labia minora . |
| 4 | The lower-ranking mandarins who agreed to work as interpreters were rewarded with big tracts of good rice-growing land in the Mekong delta , and the idea soon began to catch on that collaborating paid . |
| 5 | As he turned and looked into her eyes he knew instinctively there was no need to worry on that score . |
| 6 | ‘ VAT at the full rate would act on that terrain like fiscal napalm . ’ |
| 7 | It is vital that the United Nations should now act on that groundwork and drive the peacemaking process forward . |
| 8 | A further enzyme , alpha 1,4 fucosyltransferase , can also act on this substrate to produce the Lewis b antigen but acts on a different substrate to produce the Lewis a antigen . |
| 9 | They must act on this opportunity to ensure that young doctors working in the NHS receive the training that they need and deserve . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the value of a given site is increased not only by the development permitted on that site , but also by the development not permitted on other sites . |
| 11 | Written application had been made in advance , and , except for four theses on loan , all had been collected together for this study either within the thesis area or in the thesis collection area of the Stack , to which access was permitted on this occasion . |
| 12 | ‘ Looking back now to the time when the site for these premises was chosen , and realising the state of affairs existing in this type of works , it is surprising to me that this process was ever permitted on this site at all ( being figuratively speaking within arms length of the dwellings ) . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) On an allotted day no debate shall be permitted on any Motion to recommit the Bill ( whether as a whole or otherwise ) , and Mr. Speaker shall put forthwith any Question necessary to dispose of the Motion , including the Question on any amendment moved to the Question . |
| 14 | In the meanwhile , England and her king were to live for many years on the reputation won on that autumn day . |
| 15 | I think it 's fair to say that with this new computer erm the box office that we 've got a lot of information can be stored on that and in future we 'll be using a much more erm sophisticated in a scientific way for instance if you came here and book that seat that your sitting in tonight we would know on that computer what type of show that your discouraging coming to erm we can say to you we can send you out a leaflet saying the kind of er things that you 'd like to see are on at the playhouse on such and such a date and we could even say to you would you like the seat that you normally sit in . |
| 16 | Right , if there 's , if there 's gon na be , if there 's gon na be looking a bit iffy , if you 'll let me know on any item , and then I 'll get , I 'll , and then I 'll box . |
| 17 | She lifted Albert 's arms from the table , sat herself promptly down on the newspaper in front of Albert and let his arms fall on each side of her . |
| 18 | The Metropolitan Police will be reorganised on this basis by the spring of 1993 . |
| 19 | They would continue to open on Mondays , Fridays and Saturdays but discussions about opening on another day probably Thursday had started . |
| 20 | What operations then do we need on this data-type ? |
| 21 | The time was 6.30 a.m. , the bunks on either side of the hut were now showing signs of life and the Sergeant made his noisy way towards the door at the far end of the hut , banging on each bed with his stick as he went . |
| 22 | The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact . |
| 23 | He can also play at fullback and handles the place-kicking duties well , and looks a player of genuine class , although this may not really blossom on this tour . |
| 24 | He had a momentary vision of the tall , proud tower blocks that rose on either side of him collapsing in a cloud of dust . |
| 25 | Their voices rose on this note from the kitchen to saturate the bedroom above where on summer evenings you lay rigid with wakefulness . |
| 26 | Tiny nodules appear on each areola . |
| 27 | Describing a map with words and symbols , such as appear on this page , is not very easy ; but you can imagine that each entry on the map is recorded as a fact of the form here-found ( x , y , thing ) where x and y are coordinates , longitude and latitude , and thing is any feature such as a mountain or river or city . |
| 28 | Also on board was photographer Allan Milligan , from The Scotsman , whose pictures appear on this page . |
| 29 | What else they saw in and near the city they did not record , but it evidently did not include on this occasion the famous caverns at Wookey Hole . |
| 30 | To start the exchange we have to suggest a list of possible topics , but we also feel confident that we could should be able to lecture on any topic , any scientific topic , to , for instance , third form children certainly . |