Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food was placed to sizzle on the barbecue , and was turned with the help of long utensils , and as she worked beside Silas , moving rapidly to turn first one piece and then another , Lucy became conscious of a feeling of quiet satisfaction . |
| 2 | Although they did not offer any pathological data , they suggest that dilatation and curettage may be inappropriate in many cases and that guidelines should be developed to agree on the most appropriate patients for the procedure . |
| 3 | I am writing this letter in a personal capacity , but as Chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the Membership & Recruitment Committee , perhaps I am well placed to comment on the debate on entry requirements . |
| 4 | Councillor Stevenson is well placed to comment on the carpet as he was once a weaver at Stoddard . |
| 5 | With a new applicant taking Yorkshire , with Granada strongly entrenched in Lancashire , and with ATV well placed to concentrate on the Midlands and give up its London weekend franchise , Rediffusion could reasonably assume that it would keep the London weekday contract and that ABC would move into the weekend slot vacated by ATV . |
| 6 | He knew the time because they had arranged to meet on the hour but he was a few minutes late and she was waiting . |
| 7 | Advanced Micro says a number of its personnel will be assigned to work on a full-time basis at Hewlett-Packard 's Deer Creek Research and Development Facility in Palo Alto , California over the next two years , although some tasks associated with the project will be handled at Advanced Micro 's Submicron Development Centre in Sunnyvale . |
| 8 | Two policemen are killed during a break-in at the Presidio ( a San Francisco military base ) and a former military policeman ( Mark Harman ) is assigned to work on the case with his former commanding officer ( Sean Connery ) who he hates . |
| 9 | An area of the playground was allowed for this , though it was forbidden to slide on the pathways leading to the Boys ' Entrance and the Girls ' Entrance . |
| 10 | Every Strathclyde pupil is expected to go on a school trip involving an overnight stay at some point during their schooling , though their parents would have to give their consent to this . |
| 11 | Alice said , " I have come to report on an agreed squat — you know , short-term housing — surely you know … " |
| 12 | Designed to sit on a table or beside your bed , it contains a pad impregnated with natural oils that are warmed and released into the air ; three heat settings control the rate of vaporisation . |
| 13 | Hip Belt : A padded and shaped belt designed to sit on the hips and take the load from the shoulders . |
| 14 | Most analysts reckon some sort of reflex reaction is inevitable , although fund managers are expected to remain on the sidelines , perhaps even until the new government 's Budget is unveiled in two or three weeks time . |
| 15 | The main axe is expected to fall on the firm 's back office operations and among administrative staff in an effort to contain expenses . |
| 16 | The winner will automatically be booked to appear on a paid basis at a later Gong Show and as a support to one of the visiting star acts . |
| 17 | At a subsequent season they were less keen when they found they were expected to work on a raft near the famous Sporting Club . |
| 18 | Certainly some would question whether , in the present academic climate , Catholic schools can realistically be expected to concentrate on the personal , social and spiritual development of their pupils . |
| 19 | Teacher Researcher groups are expected to meet on a regular basis . |
| 20 | Aläia was also expected to appear on the runway riding on the shoulders of Jean Paul Goude , but apparently he hid the bag containing his gold evening dress so he did n't have to do it . |
| 21 | The ICL machine , not expected to appear on the market until 1994 , will utilise up to 128 pairs of superscalar Sparc RISC chips — one CPU for the application , the other to drive the network — each with 64Mb memory . |
| 22 | In the final week , however , Waverley and Eildon are expected to appear on the same platform at public meetings . |
| 23 | In March 1404 he was nominated to serve on the king 's council , again as proof to sceptics of the king 's intentions to provide competent government . |
| 24 | Therefore the only rational strategy for either of us to play on the 100th round will be DEFECT , and we can each assume that the other player will work that out and be fully resolved to defect on the last round . |
| 25 | This was to be repaid from savings of £7.5 million which were expected to accrue on the achievement of the closure . |
| 26 | But workers rejected that offer and the matter has now been referred to the national executive of the Amalgamated Engineering Union , which is expected to rule on the dispute in the next few days . |
| 27 | The cactus finch , for example , has a long beak designed to feed on the flowers of the prickly-pear cactus ; while its remarkable mangrove cousin uses its beak to manipulate twigs to extract insects from deep within the bark of trees . |
| 28 | They are registered with the English Golf Union and play regular fixtures at Mill Hill and Highgate in addition to Henley where they feel particularly welcomed and privileged by being permitted to play on a Sunday . |
| 29 | Mass mobilisations by the so-called ‘ pro-life ’ forces in Buffalo are designed to focus on an issue that puts liberals on the defensive : abortion is to the US Democratic Party what taxes were to Labour . |
| 30 | The company is also now expected to embark on a new round of lay-offs in addition to those already planned for , with the need for further provisions against its fourth quarter figures — despite still having $694m of the $1,100m reserves already taken that is not yet allocated . |