Example sentences of "[vb -s] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The campaign has been given additional clout this weekend , with referees under instruction to dismiss instantly anyone guilty of head-high tackles on or off the ball , and not to send them to the sin-bin where they have gone too often in the past . |
| 2 | There was also , he said , ‘ already enough vehicular access points on to the common without more being introduced ’ he said . |
| 3 | Soviet military research powers on |
| 4 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 5 | But the work — even of these people — both grows out of , and builds on , that of those who have gone before ; it is a product of the social concerns , social climate of opinion and general culture of the times within which they live as , of course , are the more modest contributions made by the majority of those who practise the craft of social research . |
| 6 | Third , it is part of the process of increasing human knowledge that every contribution builds on , or at least relates to , previous work . |
| 7 | This project builds on upon the existing expertise of the Keele Life Histories Centre in the interpretation of autobiographies , in the historical study of social mobility , and in the analysis of social class and gender dynamics of historical change . |
| 8 | Perhaps it is repetitive , but not for the sake of repetition , as each phrase carries a different emphasis and builds on to the prior phase for effect . |
| 9 | Pay low prices at Tyres and Exhausts on . |
| 10 | Or rather , just keep quiet , I mean your dad waffles on so much anything he says is n't confidential or anything is it ? |
| 11 | The stump she sits on is as dead as she is blind . |
| 12 | She sits on a little wooden bench , and seems to be engaged in animated conversation with the empty space beside her . |
| 13 | Is my hon. Friend aware that the tyranny that controls education in Nottinghamshire holds back £10 or more for each and every child above that national average , that it is somewhere around two thirds of the way down the merit table for putting resources where they belong — at the school — and sits on about £3 million at the centre , which is the same as holding back £5,000 for every school in the county ? |
| 14 | I do n't know if anybody 's ever seen those but you can actually have a computer at the side and a thing that sits on there and you can change and up on the screen it will appear what 's on the screen on the computer . |
| 15 | That 's what the fisherman sits on . |
| 16 | His picture sits on a little wooden cabinet in the lounge , a young man wearing a denim jacket and a hint of a smile . |
| 17 | Certainly give them , yeah and I said Joan will tell you not only does her but the table that he sits on and the wall around it , |
| 18 | it 's co , it sits on there |
| 19 | It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces . |
| 20 | The machine fits on to the tractor with Technorton quick hitch couplers . |
| 21 | Be aware of its shape , its colour , how the handle fits on to it and so on . |
| 22 | RIGHT The check chain fits on to an ordinary leash , by a circle as shown here . |
| 23 | It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck , and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces . |
| 24 | Have at last worked out how it fits on to the trolley . |
| 25 | A hole saw looks like a hacksaw blade curled into a circle and fits on to a twist drill ( typically 6mm ) and can be used with an electric drill . |
| 26 | fits on there and that bit just rests on the wall , well then |
| 27 | And believe it or not it fits on , it 'll fit on the drive . |
| 28 | It sleeps on , oblivious of everything but the source of life within it that is strengthening it daily . |
| 29 | Riva , meanwhile , in spite of the cacophony , sleeps on . |
| 30 | Seeing the glow of a red and yellow Shell sign ahead , she drives on and pulls into the forecourt of a self-service petrol station . |