Example sentences of "[verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven projects were funded under this initiative ; three focussed on multilingual education whilst the other four were concerned with the relationship of ethnic minority pupils with their white counterparts , their teachers and the organisational structure of schools . |
| 2 | Up to four microphone inputs can be mixed on this unit . |
| 3 | I 'd slipped out of bed , leaving Margot the launderess and her sister Phoebe gently snoring ( they sleep on either side to keep me warm ) , and crept downstairs to my secret chamber , behind the high table in the Great Hall . |
| 4 | Below the urethral meatus is the orifice of the vagina , surrounded on each side by small folds of skin called the labia minora . |
| 5 | The lower-ranking mandarins who agreed to work as interpreters were rewarded with big tracts of good rice-growing land in the Mekong delta , and the idea soon began to catch on that collaborating paid . |
| 6 | As he turned and looked into her eyes he knew instinctively there was no need to worry on that score . |
| 7 | Anyway , he will certainly act on good ground . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ VAT at the full rate would act on that terrain like fiscal napalm . ’ |
| 9 | It is vital that the United Nations should now act on that groundwork and drive the peacemaking process forward . |
| 10 | It is not yet known how the active components of ginseng , compounds called triterpenoidal saponins , achieve these effects , although by analogy with the related steroidal saponins , such as digitalis , they may act on specific cell membranes . |
| 11 | A further enzyme , alpha 1,4 fucosyltransferase , can also act on this substrate to produce the Lewis b antigen but acts on a different substrate to produce the Lewis a antigen . |
| 12 | They must act on this opportunity to ensure that young doctors working in the NHS receive the training that they need and deserve . |
| 13 | Furthermore , the value of a given site is increased not only by the development permitted on that site , but also by the development not permitted on other sites . |
| 14 | Written application had been made in advance , and , except for four theses on loan , all had been collected together for this study either within the thesis area or in the thesis collection area of the Stack , to which access was permitted on this occasion . |
| 15 | ‘ Looking back now to the time when the site for these premises was chosen , and realising the state of affairs existing in this type of works , it is surprising to me that this process was ever permitted on this site at all ( being figuratively speaking within arms length of the dwellings ) . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) On an allotted day no debate shall be permitted on any Motion to recommit the Bill ( whether as a whole or otherwise ) , and Mr. Speaker shall put forthwith any Question necessary to dispose of the Motion , including the Question on any amendment moved to the Question . |
| 17 | In the meanwhile , England and her king were to live for many years on the reputation won on that autumn day . |
| 18 | Commercial battles are not always won on technical merit , and at present X Windows is probably winning . |
| 19 | For example , the Oxford Text Archive is a collection of computerised texts , each of which you can buy on floppy disc for the price of a printed copy . |
| 20 | Hornby delivers the expected critical kicking to out-of-touch literary lads Martin Amis and Bill Buford , meditates on fannish obsession and the emptiness of suburban adolescence and finds time to ponder the eternal mysteries ( eg Malcolm Macdonald 's sideburns ) . |
| 21 | The possibility of being attacked on public transport is still low , especially if you avoid the more notorious stations , such as those in Central London and at the southern end of the Northern Line . |
| 22 | I think it 's fair to say that with this new computer erm the box office that we 've got a lot of information can be stored on that and in future we 'll be using a much more erm sophisticated in a scientific way for instance if you came here and book that seat that your sitting in tonight we would know on that computer what type of show that your discouraging coming to erm we can say to you we can send you out a leaflet saying the kind of er things that you 'd like to see are on at the playhouse on such and such a date and we could even say to you would you like the seat that you normally sit in . |
| 23 | Right , if there 's , if there 's gon na be , if there 's gon na be looking a bit iffy , if you 'll let me know on any item , and then I 'll get , I 'll , and then I 'll box . |
| 24 | She lifted Albert 's arms from the table , sat herself promptly down on the newspaper in front of Albert and let his arms fall on each side of her . |
| 25 | The Metropolitan Police will be reorganised on this basis by the spring of 1993 . |
| 26 | They would continue to open on Mondays , Fridays and Saturdays but discussions about opening on another day probably Thursday had started . |
| 27 | What operations then do we need on this data-type ? |
| 28 | The time was 6.30 a.m. , the bunks on either side of the hut were now showing signs of life and the Sergeant made his noisy way towards the door at the far end of the hut , banging on each bed with his stick as he went . |
| 29 | The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact . |
| 30 | as if this were n't enough , we bounced on oversized ball , wielded staves for posture , learnt national dances and songs , explored the mediaeval charms of Coburg and neighbouring Bamberg or wallowed in the thermal baths of Rodach — and of course consumed enormous and excellent meals at the college , supplemented with German cakes in the town ( not to mention German wine … — . |