Example sentences of "[adv] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no steps to get on and off the ‘ Mildred Stocks ’ ; wheelchairs can be wheeled straight on board on a special ramp and people with sticks or walking aids will have no problems . |
| 2 | And she did narf she did narf shit on Linda ! |
| 3 | ‘ Well , he did rather harp on what a lot of money he spent . |
| 4 | When he gives evidence , sitting for the most part on two cushions , he leans forwards attentively like a headmaster , and with something of the same terrifying effect . |
| 5 | Unfazed , Norman somehow caught it , jammed it back on , and shouted up his resolve to do the rest of the route for the most part on his knees . |
| 6 | Since 1978 the World Bank has been publishing an annual World Development Report with a growing number of ‘ world development indicators ’ tables ( eighteen tables in 1978 , twenty-seven in 1983 , thirty-three in 1988 ) , based for the most part on UN and internal World Bank data sources . |
| 7 | This ability is independent of idiosyncratic beliefs , feelings and usages ( although it may refer to those shared by participants ) , and is based for the most part on quite regular and relatively abstract principles Pragmatics can be taken to be the description of this ability , as it operates both for particular languages and language in general . |
| 8 | I would have like to see some attempt to error-trap the data input routine , but help with record location is good and editing is easy , so reliance on the good sense of the computer operator should be a feasible proposition . |
| 9 | That could bring down thunder on corrupt lands |
| 10 | ‘ Another time I asked him about his having turned down Parliament on a point of principle . |
| 11 | Er he wo he do n't , he er , he all responsibility on his shoulders |
| 12 | This procedure will tend to remove features which are only present on individual images , while retaining those features which are common to all images . |
| 13 | In a statement , a spokesman for Gloucester magistrates says : The magistrates hear the facts on each case and will obviously sentence on it 's merits . |
| 14 | This meant that the District Officers ' opposition to the proposals of wildlife conservationists who wanted Masai land was just as uncompromising as their opposition to settlers ; and , then as now , the appearance of indifference to the interests of picturesque and harmless animals brought down odium on the heads of those presumed guilty of it . |
| 15 | We used to paly badminton on the lawn . |
| 16 | George had got the deposit ready for a house and made the first down payment on a dining suite . |
| 17 | As the Getty Museum knows , no matter how much money you have , it is n't enough , and what better way to get some extra bucks to make that down payment on that Titian than deaccession ? |
| 18 | This was no doubt an acceptable enough decision on the facts had the EAT not propounded the thesis that ‘ if it was reasonable for [ the employee ] to decline these terms , then it would have been unreasonable for the employers to dismiss him for such refusal ’ . |
| 19 | Mitsubishi still clings to the option of being able to use only rear-wheel-drive on the road , claiming it 's quieter and less expensive on fuel and tyres . |
| 20 | Physical power is absent from most organisations ( except the prison service and the armed forces ) , but it is often evident as an undercurrent in industrial relations ( eg violence on the picket line or bullying on the shop floor ) . |
| 21 | The very short duration of most of the " events " for which they are providing services , and the gaps which occur between these " events " , make it highly appropriate for such organizations to bring in labour on a casual basis . |
| 22 | he sat up last night , he sat up last night we was gon na watch the ten o'clock movie on telly with me . |
| 23 | Wright already has six this term and although statistics will show he was only second on the bill yesterday , discerning patrons will appreciate that it was his intuitive skills that lifted the depression of a scrappy first 30 minutes . |
| 24 | Well she wo n't eat no veg only corn on the cob |
| 25 | is different from the cost per mile down South on tickets as well . |
| 26 | It was only guesswork on her part , naturally , but it 's more than probable that she 's right . |
| 27 | Later that year the BIS Committee on Co-operation 's Sub-Committee on Clearinghouses devised sample evaluation forms for exchange agencies to use : these included an ‘ assessment of borrowed materials ’ form and an ‘ assessment of submitted materials ’ form . |
| 28 | However , SAG has been forced to wind down work on its two major development projects , the persistent SQL function , which involves an SQL statement being compiled and stored using a high performance compiler , and datatypes strategy for two-phase commit . |
| 29 | Following news that the SQL Access Group is slowing down work on Phases 3 of its SQL Specification ( UX No 385 ) , the group now says it is changing direction to focus on market demands , and admits it got carried away with the academics of development . |
| 30 | Their mother had hated the very thought of anything that could lessen the love between her and Dana , and she had taught her that the bond between them was only imagination on Claudia 's part . |