Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It requires a depth of human understanding , an ability to communicate on a one-to-one basis with different characters , and I do not believe that Frank can do this very well . |
| 2 | It was here they learnt to communicate on a more civilised basis than they were used to , |
| 3 | Thus deadlock can occur if and only if the environment offers to communicate on a set of channels disjoint from one of the sets represented by the |
| 4 | While non-verbal communication of the kinds described above have a powerful role in underlining , reinforcing or betraying our feelings and aspirations , the moment we try to communicate on a wider scale than inter-personal , we must look at other sign systems to convey meaning . |
| 5 | The machine adds the capability to communicate on the Bi-Bop Telepoint network to the basic PowerBook , with the Bi-Bop modem supplied to Apple by the state phone company . |
| 6 | The Thinker , already a winner of the race , stands at 20-1 , but he is difficult to train and even more difficult to catch on the right day . |
| 7 | In the ‘ twenties the list of protected birds was small and this gentleman , Mr. Thomas , did quite a trade in song-birds which he used to catch on the downs around the city . |
| 8 | City , whose power struggle has dominated the season 's headlines , continued to struggle on the pitch where they conceded two goals in the first 22 minutes and have now gone nine Premiership games without a win . |
| 9 | Gloucestershire are continuing to struggle on the cricket field . |
| 10 | Perkin took Mackie to shuffle on the square of dance floor adjoining the table . |
| 11 | He was even known occasionally to sprint on the spot . |
| 12 | Since all foreign relief organizations dealt with Pomgol and with Eiduk as chief plenipotentiary , subsequent non-Russian scholars have tended to over-concentrate on the workings of Pomgol and its guberniia equivalents . |
| 13 | Rugby World & Post will be better off by ceasing to ululate on the supposed demise of John Gallagher at Leeds and simply grant him an interview instead — I ca n't be the only admirer of this great All Black fullback to want to find out what is really going on . |
| 14 | She ought therefore to slip on the fur boots … put a little hay in the bottom of the coach … |
| 15 | The unwary movement caused her foot to slip on the footpath made muddy by the overnight rain . |
| 16 | J j just agree with client he might , might be prepared to accept on a quarterly basis |
| 17 | Where a company incorporated outside Great Britain establishes a place of business in Great Britain it must deliver to the Registrar of Companies a list of names and addresses of one or more persons resident in Great Britain and authorised to accept on the company 's behalf service of process and any notices required to be served on it . |
| 18 | Lucky Rob had all criminal charges dropped , but only on the condition that he put in two years ' community service , visiting schools to lecture on the dangers of drugs , talking to juvenile delinquents and visiting prisons in his home town of Drayton , Ohio . |
| 19 | Shortly after the Berlin Wall came down , a leading East German art historian , well known for her extensive work on Socialist Realist painting , was invited to lecture on the subject at a West German institute . |
| 20 | Famous hunters such as F. C. Selous returned home to lecture on the value of big-game hunting as a means of training the next generation of empire-builders . |
| 21 | He was very interested in astronomy and he used to lecture on the stars and that sort of thing . |
| 22 | Charman was able to drum on the B-side track , ‘ ( The Moment Before ) Everything 's Spoiled Again ’ . |
| 23 | But even as he at last turned and , more like a conjurer than ever , whipped the cloth from the object on the table , which turned out to be a saucepan containing water scooped from the shattered font , the first heavy drops began to drum on the altar table ; and while the Padre was saying : " Hope Mary Ellen , I baptize thee In the name of the Father and of the Son , and of the Holy Ghost , Amen , " the Collector , forgetting that he had only just renounced an interest in the vain pomp and glory of the world , thought crossly : " That wo n't do the Louis XVI table any good at all . " |
| 24 | The disadvantage of the Helblaster is that it is impossible to reload on the battlefield — each barrel has to be removed and fitted with a new charge before it can be replaced on the gun . |
| 25 | At present , if there is an objection to bail on the ground that the young offender may commit another crime while on bail , there are two alternatives . |
| 26 | Edward explained that in order to encourage freedom of expression he preferred not to jump on every solecism . |
| 27 | And if he stays behind that door ’ — the mounting gale of voices behind him was lifting him as he spoke , he wanted to jump on the factor , grab his hair and swing him against the door like a battering ram — ‘ we will fire the roof ! and smoke him out ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ No first night of the sixties was more volcanic than that of What the Butler Saw ’ , says Orton 's biographer , John Lahr ; while Stanley Baxter , who played Dr Prentice , has recalled the ‘ militant hate ’ of the audience , some of whom ‘ wanted to jump on the stage and kill us ’ ( Lahr , Prick Up Your Ears , 333 — 4 ) . |
| 29 | Competitors are certain to jump on the bandwagon with rival systems and Nimslo 's much-vaunted patents could be unable to stop them . |
| 30 | MERCHANDISERS were quick to jump on the popularity of Home Alone 2 . |