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on sight

as soon as someone or something is seen The law now requires all pigeons in the area to be shot on sight. Even very young children can recognize certain words on sight.

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It will encourage a greater emphasis on sight reading in piano lessons and hopefully may result in some reassessment of the traditional methods via which sight reading has been taught. The science of sight reading by Saxon, Kenneth / American Music Teacher Last year the company came up with the High Beam light kit, a self-contained unit that can be installed in seconds on sights like the effective Solo-Trak sight. Awesome Sight by STRANGIS, JAY / Petersen's Bowhunting			on order on own account on own hook on own time on pain of on pain of death on paper on par on parole on patrol on person on pins and needles on principle on probation on purpose on radar on record on sale on say-so on schedule on second thought on shaky ground on short notice on shoulders on side on sight on speaking terms on spec on standby on steroids on tail on tap on target on tenterhooks on the air on the alert on the attack on the average on the back burner on the ball on the bandwagon on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird on the bleeding edge on the blink on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline			On Scene Environmental Prediction System On Scene Leader On Scene Operations Team On Scene Surveillance Coordinator on schedule on schedule on schedule on schedule on schedule on schedule On Screen Display On Screen Keyboard On Screen Menu On Screen Programming on second thought on second thought on security on security on security on security on shaky ground On Shore On Shore on short notice on shoulders On side On side On side On side On side on sight On Site Business Solutions On Site Contract Liaison Officer On Site Field Supply On Site Inspection Agency On Site Installation Coordinator On Site Management On Site Service On Site Support Program On Site Volunteer Service on someone's back on someone's behalf on someone's doorstep on someone's good side on someone's wrong side on soundings on speaking terms on speaking terms on speaking terms on spec on spec on spec on spec on standby on standby on standby on standby on steroids on stream on stream on stream

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