Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] on [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can therefore use the execute to make up for some of the deficiencies of a computer 's instruction set ; examples might be the coding of jump tables where the Computer does not have indexed jump instructions , or operations on dynamically variable-length data where the operand length is coded in the instruction format ; the latter is illustrated in Figure 3.18 . |
| 2 | The scenery is spectacular throughout and , other than the possibility of snowfields lingering on the high passes , there are no technical difficulties or dangers on generally good paths . |
| 3 | If they appeared likely to do so he would then map out a strategy and advise students or co-workers on how to refine them and carry them through to fulfilment . |
| 4 | This is a brief outline of one suggestion , if you have any other thoughts or ideas on how we can create a more even balance between work and recreation , then please do come to the September Q.T. day with your suggestions . |
| 5 | And though this manual , Glamour and Cosmopolitan are moderately ‘ feminist ’ publications and clearly mean well , in the end I see little difference between the kind of advice they peddle and the more obviously sexist 1950s books of advice to brides or wives on how to talk to their husbands . |
| 6 | The ability to see subjects hierarchically , i.e. to perceive that specific subjects are often included in more general ones ( ROBINS might be included under BIRDS ) , as well as vice versa , and that as well as trying more general subject areas on shelves one might look for books with more comprehensive titles or filmstrips on more general themes . |
| 7 | Transfer to paper any thoughts or suggestions on how to treat the walls , the floor , the windows . |
| 8 | One constant theme often underlies a series of quarrels or rows on seemingly different issues . |
| 9 | Desirable though it may be , it seems unlikely that texts on specifically chemical aspects of economics will be developed . |
| 10 | Rather than classes on directly social or political topics , the emphasis has been upon issue-based provision , in the first instance , as a means to develop work , where appropriate and possible , with a broader scope ( hence courses in Housing , Welfare Rights , Health Care , etc. rather than in Social Policy , Politics etc . ) . |
| 11 | His plea is powerful ( Beck 1990:49 ) : teachers must become " intellectuals " to a greater extent than they typically are at present … they should have greater awareness of the interconnected theory that bears on both the content and method of their teaching . |
| 12 | This is reinforced if the intention of Parliament in passing the Act was that deficits on internally generated revenue would most likely be incurred , not merely casually , but deliberately as a consequence of treating transport as a social service . |
| 13 | Yes , we had stumbled back in time all right , to those days of portion control when catering managers were gods , working miracles of loaves and fishes on ever smaller plates filled with dry greenery and tomatoes cut like starfish . |
| 14 | Most people have little contact with mentally or physically handicapped people and , as we have discussed , base their attitudes and opinions on historically inaccurate concepts . |
| 15 | ‘ Anyone installing new work-stations after January 1 should comply with the regulations immediately , ’ says a spokesperson for System Concepts Limited — a consultancy which advises manufacturers and designers on the health and safety aspects of their products , and employers on how to implement the regulations . |
| 16 | And lives on there . |
| 17 | Technical sales literature often contains important data such as circuit diagrams and explanations on how improvements have been effected . |
| 18 | Ken , who although he had just been appointed Bishop , was still a Royal Chaplain , remained beside the bed of the dying King for three days and nights , ‘ watching at proper intervals to suggest pious and proper thoughts and ejaculations on so serious an occasion ’ . |
| 19 | A guide to the more common edible fungi and ideas on how to cook them . |
| 20 | The RSPB wants stricter controls on poisons , and government-backed training for gamekeepers and farmers on how to protect game birds and lambs from predators . |
| 21 | If a ship had been there loading , well there was a couple of us boys used to tidy up after er after the and things on there see . |
| 22 | Behind the beans , onions , no lupins ( it must be two months now — they must be dead ) and love-in-a-mists on impossibly frail stems curved and gyrated toward the ground , bearing slender eyelid-blue buds . |
| 23 | He examines the biopsy scar , the lumps in my groin and a couple of new ones that have come up in my neck overnight , and comments on how fit I am . |
| 24 | To obtain overdraft facility , current bank balance , and comments on how the account has been run , |
| 25 | We will find it very helpful to receive comments from the public about establishments listed in this publication and suggestions on how to improve the brochure . |
| 26 | Class Readers is a comprehensive collection of activities offering practical advice and suggestions on how to exploit class readers to promote language and to develop both perceptive and literary skills . |
| 27 | Another possibility is to get older pupils to run a ‘ Doctor Bike ’ clinic at the school , ie. checks to see that bikes are working properly and suggestions on how to rectify faults . |
| 28 | Under the auspices of the British Homoeopathic Association , a home remedy kit has been developed with remedies for acute situations and instructions on how to use them . |
| 29 | A drawn image on the other hand consists of a series of co-ordinate points and instructions on how to joint them up . |
| 30 | But occasionally he did speak to us , telling more funny stories , offering encouragement and giving me advice and demonstrations on how to improve my golf stroke . |