Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN MP is keeping up pressure on the Government to improve East Anglia 's coastal defences after last month 's surge tide which resulted in widespread flooding . |
| 2 | They could have followed us the four hours to Dieppe in the hope of picking up trade on the way back ; but that makes for a ten-hour day . |
| 3 | And , according to Mrs Aitken , Jake had no objections , so arrangements were made for Carol 's parents to pick up Kirsty on the appointed day . |
| 4 | Their party will carry out research on the hole in the Ozone layer . |
| 5 | Firstly , I used a no4 round to pick out detail on the highlights of a sea trout , and on the plumage of a woodcock . |
| 6 | Such revision could increase the value of friendships , autonomy and other forms of creativity , and open up discussion on the pleasures of celibacy , masturbation , shared sex . |
| 7 | The defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 had opened up travel on the Continent , and Sewell , fully realising that his visits were cursory , seems nevertheless to have enjoyed them . |
| 8 | This , of course , will use up space on the memory card , but in practice you probably would n't save too many versions of the pattern , as too many stitches between the repeats will lead to long floats on the reverse side of the knitting . |
| 9 | What counts in cases such as this is ensuring continued pressure and publicity at national level , while also working with a local group , which can keep up pressure on the spot by stirring up the interest of local authorities and the regional branch of the National Trust . |
| 10 | From his home in Worcester , Phil Ride says he 'll keep up pressure on the British Government to work for his brother 's release . |
| 11 | The pages lie out flat on the desk when the cords are extended , so that it is possible to write the pages without taking them out of the binders . |
| 12 | This also means that the business can not claim back VAT on the purchases which it makes . |
| 13 | They were skirting Valletta and Floriana , and heading out south-east on the airport road . |
| 14 | Bob cried as he wandered into the make up room on the first day . |
| 15 | Balor was bellowing for help ; he was calling down vengeance on the Trees and promising that Inchbad and the Robemaker and the Master CuRoi would certainly punish the Trees for this . |
| 16 | One school , deciding that extra space for resource-based learning was a priority , took over a classroom for use in unstructured individualized work , with the result that other classrooms including some specialist rooms were more heavily used than before ; teachers complained that they could not get in to put up work on the blackboard beforehand , and were introduced to the more thorough use of the overhead projector ; the timetabler had to bear in mind the needs of some practical subjects where the previous laying-out of equipment was vital , but the exercise was valuable in focusing attention on such priorities and making them clear to everyone . |
| 17 | Whenever Marx or Freud or any other thinker is used in such a way as an authority of revealed truth , then the community of sociologists opens up discussion on the basic aspects of the theory . |
| 18 | They set up camp on the Kālādika , unloading the yaks and lighting a fire as the moon rose low behind the trees . |
| 19 | They set up camp on the uninhabited island ; and started a barbecue . |
| 20 | In Uzbekistan , President Islam Karimov stepped up pressure on the democratic and Islamic opposition and tightened border controls with Tajikistan . |
| 21 | He saw them lay out food on the grass beneath both trees . |
| 22 | We would love to put out title on the line , if the IRB had the guts and the vision to give us that chance . |
| 23 | The Australian authorities took a commendably enlightened view of the matter , however , and allowed him to carry out research on the Trobriand Islands close to New Guinea . |
| 24 | Research projects are concerned with housing for the elderly , the mentally handicapped and mentally ill and it is hoped to carry out research on the housing circumstances of single women , ethnic minority groups and the physically disabled . |
| 25 | The fraud whose bunk was beside the stove and whose fall had been the hardest and cruellest of any sought out Holly on the perimeter path . |
| 26 | Oliver howled , Alice passed out flat on the floor . ’ |
| 27 | Oh , and I forgot to tell you yes , there 's quite a lot of visual art as well , and one of the really exciting things is our mail art exhibition , and that 's M A I L , where we 've invited people from all over the world , and within the community , to send in art on the theme of the rainforest . |
| 28 | 20 day later , while he was doing some finishing off work on the bungalow , he recklessly made a false statement , i. e. he told the purchaser that the bungalow was covered by the National House Builders Registration Council 's 10 year guarantee . |
| 29 | One farmer/contractor was transferring income from his contracting business to build up capital on the farm for long term family objectives . |
| 30 | From this time , we began to build up pressure on the Department , first on a weekly then on an almost daily basis , until eventually we heard that ministers had decided to fulfil the undertakings in the guardianship deed . |