Sentence examples for a switch on from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a switch on" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be a misinterpretation of "a switch for" or "a switch to," which are used in contexts involving activation or change.
Example: "There is a switch for the lights near the entrance."
Alternatives: "a toggle for" or "a control for".

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"We know we can't just turn a switch on and off".

How much voltage it took to turn a switch on and off would have to be the same in all circuits built with the same molecule.

When Russell reaches down and flips a switch on one collar, a dog starts talking in Japanese, or Swahili.

Just flip a switch on the ceiling and one candle lights.

("Flipping a switch on 23 and 35").

I can't find a switch on the side.

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A switching "on" and "off" of the electronic transmission can thus be engineered by buckling.

Thinking about shoes seems to give Blahnik the energy of a switched-on teen-ager.

A quartet of "turntablists," they manipulate vinyl records by turning them backward and forward on a switched-on player.

In Walsall, councillors have decided not to have a switch-on event at all.

Both are set to true, which indicates that the profile realizes a constant light control with a switch-on and switch-off delay in the given operation mode.

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