Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , on the rateable value of the property , which was a value based on an assessment of what the property could earn if it were let out on the open market . |
| 2 | Once again the Macintosh has the upper hand with its graphics capability but for much of this market WYSIWYG is irrelevant , the trained operator ‘ knows ’ what 's going to happen to the text when it is run out on the page printer or phototypesetter . |
| 3 | Nothing is more frustrating than designing a pattern and taking hours to get it right only to find that , when it is knitted up on the machine , the whole thing is either squashed almost flat , or stretched lengthways so as to be almost unrecognisable as the original design , which can happen on some design systems . |
| 4 | Most commonly it is carried out on the open bench or in a laminar flow sterile cabinet . |
| 5 | There it is sitting out on the garden path where I left it . |
| 6 | It 's the result of a big process by individual departments , erm , it is set out on the basis of departments priorities . |
| 7 | book , she wrote a list out what she wanted , she used to hand it , I remember , I 'd forgotten all about this , let's just say we were at the Co-Op , she 'd hand it in at the counter so the , the groceries counter all , and she 'd written it all out , and when it came back it was , was five minutes , it was all together for you , there it was , it was built up on the counter , and each time the amount was written at the side so |
| 8 | It was carried back on the blowing sand , but it moved unhurriedly forward . |
| 9 | It was carried out on the orders of Salim Al-Makesh to give himself time to flee the terrorist base before Delta destroyed it . ’ |
| 10 | It was picked up on the fourth ring by an answerphone . |
| 11 | It is worth lingering over Churchill 's ‘ overlord ’ experiment , as it was put back on the agenda of reform by Sir Douglas Wass , former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury , in his 1983 Reith Lectures . |
| 12 | It was burned down on the second anniversary of the Falklands War . |
| 13 | It was stretched out on the grass : standing , it would have almost reached my waist . |