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oil - use in sentences
Preposition: on
- canvas: New Landscapes A collection of new artworks by Emma Gray in oil on canvas.
- dimension: Materials: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 34.7 x 56cm Acquisition: Presented to the gallery by Mrs L. Gordon, Tranby Lodge.
Converse of object
- hydrogenate: It is now virtually trans fat free and does not contain hydrogenated vegetable oils.
Adjective modifier
- olive: Olive oil is man's best source of energy.
- crude: Oil pricing was based upon the average price for Syrian light crude oil for the month of June 2006.
- essential: The essential oils you add to the base oil is up to you.
- virgin: Extra virgin olive oil is particularly well known and used for its medicinal and therapeutic benefits.
- offshore: A current issue is whether to meet future energy needs through development of biomass generation or offshore oil.
- coconut: The energy boost you get from coconut oil is not like the kick you get from caffeine, says Fife.
Modifies a noun
- spill: His bike had skidded on an oil spill on the road that he hadn't spotted.
- painting: These may be seen in an old oil painting of the church.
- refinery: The Hoo Peninsula's first oil refinery was that of Berry Wiggins.
Noun used with modifier
- vegetable: His first engines were designed to run on a wide variety of vegetable oils including peanut oil.
- sunflower: Heat the sunflower oil in one very large or 2 slightly smaller frying pans over a moderate heat.
- linseed: It produces cold pressed linseed oil from home grown crops for human consumption.
- palm: The hand made, all natural soap is created from cold pressed pure olive, coconut and palm oils.
- olive: Substitution with cheaper ingredients: adding low cost ingredients to a more expensive product, e.g. diluting olive oil with vegetable oils.
- sesame: Add the shredded chicken meat to the pan, along with spring onion and few drops of sesame oil.
Preposition: in
- saucepan: Meanwhile, for the red cabbage, heat the oil in a saucepan and add the pancetta, shallots and garlic.
Preposition: of
- chrism: The Pope anointed each of them with the oil of chrism and then laid his hands on them to symbolize apostolic succession.
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