Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this felt queerly the same — being called on to do something she knew she could n't , and by one whose freedom depended on it . |
| 2 | The one on the left promotes a genuine electrical recording success ; the one on the right attempts to capitalize on it , although recorded acoustically . |
| 3 | Molly went on laying the table , placing knives and forks neatly as though her sanity depended on it . |
| 4 | If , on the other hand , the teacher has it in the back of their mind always to be aware of the possibility of bringing into the work that 's going on in the classroom and bringing all they 're usually very excellent pedagogic skills to bear on it , aspects of the physical sciences , so that the children can get an early and meaningful introduction to it , then it will happen . |
| 5 | If , on the other hand , the teacher has it in the back of their mind always to be aware of the possibility of bringing into the work that 's going on in the classroom and bringing all they 're usually very excellent pedagogic skills to bear on it , aspects of the physical sciences , so that the children can get an early and meaningful introduction to it , then it will happen . |
| 6 | However , the scattered radiation does carry to Earth signatures impressed on it by the atmosphere above the clouds , and by the 1960s it had been established that this part of the atmosphere alone contained about 1000 times as much CO 2 as the whole atmosphere of the Earth . |
| 7 | If you do it twice , do omega squared on it , and it 's equivalent to multiplying it by minus one . |
| 8 | Realising that his whole future depended on it , he perfected the art of talking ‘ poor-mouth ’ . |
| 9 | Perhaps this distinction is too little to bear the weight placed on it . |
| 10 | As a result , by 1956/7 , although there remained a cumulative backlog of nearly 1800MW of uncompleted power station capacity , the system was capable of meeting the demands placed on it in a mild winter , and power cuts had by then become a rare occurrence . |
| 11 | It might have been the pirate 's there was a three-breasted mermaid tattooed on it — and it only just fit her shoulder . |
| 12 | It had KATZ FAMILY ALBUM embossed on it in gold . |
| 13 | For comparison , he asked the Head of Department to comment on it in terms of variety and amount . |
| 14 | T : That Grease album has got some break beats on it that have been used on loads and loads of stuff . |
| 15 | It is simple to drop unsuccessful ideas because the computer retains the last 's shape and specific designs made on it . |
| 16 | But already by the time of Pope Gregory I ( d. 604 ) the monastic movement , widely diversified as it was , was being integrated into the life of the church at large and open to the demands made on it by the church 's interests and needs . |
| 17 | As her business grew , the first copier she had rented from Clydesdale Office Equipment was not equal to the demands made on it , and Clydesdale recommended replacement with a more powerful machine . |
| 18 | Although the technology is available now , it will not be launched commercially until the first quarter of 1994 , because Ms Burke said , she wanted to be sure the company was geared up sufficiently to cope with any demands made on it . |
| 19 | John Lyons could be taken to be offering such an analysis when he says that the English language is different from other languages in that it ‘ extends ’ the meaning of particular words beyond the culture-specific because of the international demands made on it ( Lyons , 1982 ) . |
| 20 | And it 's got Madonna and all sorts written on it . |
| 21 | It is difficult to see how the rock platform can entirely dissipate the wave energy , as , if the waves break on it , they must presumably erode it , thus ultimately allowing them to reach the foot of the cliff again . |
| 22 | From this angle he could see what he had not noticed before : the drawer of the cabinet , open by a few inches , and , inside , picked out clearly in the lamplight , an envelope with two words written on it in Greek . |
| 23 | This single sheet of paper , though , tells us even more about the dramatic meeting between Gould and Darwin than the words written on it . |
| 24 | he 's got Kenwood words written on it and a great big diamond on the , at the end |
| 25 | The Fulton Committee was not , by its terms of reference , allowed to look at the relationship with Parliament but , as a result , it blamed the service itself for many characteristics imposed on it by virtue of this relationship . |
| 26 | And he must know that if there is a war , his political future depends on it being short and decisive . |
| 27 | His future depends on it . |
| 28 | But he 's he has n't put brass handles on it , he 's put silver handles on it . |
| 29 | The Islamic world , even in Wimbledon , thought Robert , was not quite ready for the fusion of styles unleashed on it by Mr Malik . |
| 30 | When there was snow lying on it , he fervently hoped the whole thing would melt away in the thaw . |