Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before oiling your hands , very gently place one hand on the crown of the head and the other at the base of the spine . |
| 2 | My contention is that both the justice and inhumanity of capitalist societies result inevitably from the failure to assert certain absolutes and so place proper limits on the use of freedom . |
| 3 | We only put fifty P on . |
| 4 | These rules must have that generality and universality which make them ingredients in impartial determinations and sufficient precision and bite to be used in making genuine resolutions of disputes , for instance , over territory ; second , the extension of the role and jurisdiction of juridically sound international courts on the model of the International Court of Justice , to which there will be compulsory reference of disorder endangering disputes to be decided by the application of the relevant set of reformed international laws , and the decisions of which would be mandatory with no reservations permitted ; 4 third , the massive extension of non-coercive jural agencies in the area of enforcement where this is taken to mean the monitoring of the behaviour of states in relation to international law and the decisions of international courts . |
| 5 | If money wages are cut and real wages fall , employment and output will start to rise : this will create an excess supply of goods and services and so exert downward pressure on the price level . |
| 6 | ‘ We must now bring ourselves into line with England and only play international matches on nights when they , too , have games . |
| 7 | Trace the axes , but only mark sufficient points on the scale to enable the magnitudes to be assessed . |
| 8 | But Tory rebels still remain confident they can win the day and in doing so inflict irreparable damage on the treaty . |
| 9 | If you only buy one book on language , then there is no competition . |
| 10 | For example , if there are a total of twelve children , twelve divided by four equals three so have twelve sweets on the cake around the edges and cut the cake into quarters , each with three on , before cutting it into the individual pieces . |
| 11 | Proposals from the US and Canada to remove North American populations of lynx , wolf and bobcat from Appendix II , and thereby remove all controls on international trade in these animals , could prove even more controversial . |
| 12 | Pull out your budget and critically review each line on it . |
| 13 | Instead , they generally suggest some restrictions on their scope and some modifications of their operation . |
| 14 | US officials , fearful of a growing budget deficit , were reported to have emphasised that any rise in German interest rates would reduce the chances of further cuts in US interest rates , and thus place additional strains on the economy . |
| 15 | I 've never walked the whole 72-mile coast path in one go as I tend to head to Dorset at weekends and just explore different areas on day walks . |
| 16 | The cost is considerable , as stockbrokers generally charge higher commissions on deals in European equities . |
| 17 | He thus put less emphasis on military drill and weapons training and more on the mastering of the legal and technical aspects of police duties . |
| 18 | This method of repeatedly deploying a stretched string to plot the light rays and thus ascertain selected points on an image was incorporated into the perspective machines described by Leonardo and Dürer . |
| 19 | ( Just watch two pigeons on a roof engaged in their act of courtship . ) |
| 20 | Fucking slap another fiver on the bitch |
| 21 | The liquid crystal molecules may adopt a random orientation when they are activated ( 2 ) and thus scatter light incident on the LC cell . |
| 22 | Plants such as bryophyllum and tolmeia that normally produce tiny plantlets on their leaves are propagated in the same way , but do not need their veins cut . |
| 23 | Microcomputers on the other hand generally use local storage on floppy disks . |
| 24 | The figures would be a shock to MPs and Department of Health officials — who had acknowledged that they not longer keep central statistics on closures — he added . |
| 25 | Hang on , let me just do this game on card |
| 26 | to enter just answer this question on a postcard . |
| 27 | To win a pair , just answer this question on a postcard : Did Torvill and Dean win GOLD or BRONZE medals at the 1984 Winter Olympics ? |
| 28 | You ca n't get to be nearly two thousand years old and not have few cobwebs on you . |
| 29 | Library access policies thus have some influence on citing behaviour . |
| 30 | UAPT and , particularly , CD were in favour of this , and lenders would not object ; indeed , the Finance Houses Association told us that some of their members already include this information on proposal forms . |