Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | So seriously analytical was Chapman 's mind that he would rarely comment on a match until several days later , after he had studied every move . |
| 2 | It will eventually dawn on them that they have killed their son and they will suffer for that reason . ’ |
| 3 | In testimony before a court that will eventually rule on whether or not paintings from the Barnes Collection will go on tour for the first time , a conservator argued that several of the Barnes masterpieces should not tour under any circumstances . |
| 4 | For many years the station scientists did little research on these introduced species , probably because no one could foresee the possibility of eradicating them . |
| 5 | Although some of the participants develop hardware — Hampshire-based Neural Technologies Ltd and Gloucester-based Micro Circuit Engineering Ltd have collaborated to develop a Neural Instruction Set Processor — the project clubs will mostly concentrate on software development . |
| 6 | It is not disputed by the Legal Aid Board , and indeed it is obvious , that the existing practice is highly convenient and may avoid unnecessary costs being incurred which would eventually fall on the legal aid fund if it were necessary in every case to set in motion a procedure for filing of evidence . |
| 7 | And she 'd rather jump on a pony and go ! |
| 8 | I really enjoy touring , whereas a lot of musicians are n't interested ; they 'd rather concentrate on their session work . ’ |
| 9 | If it were , she would rather concentrate on finding Georgie and checking Crystal Daly 's unlikely but colourful story . |
| 10 | Pious it may sound , but I do actually believe that there is a sense in which a group of students do collectively know much of what they need to know about learning : the problem of the PGCE year is to give them confidence that they know ; and the experience that knowing they can successfully act on their knowledge . |
| 11 | And Street is sure that the Premmia range can only build on this success . |
| 12 | So I can only build on the west side . |
| 13 | I can only build on this hill . ’ |
| 14 | Cayley attracted his friend Sylvester into studying invariants ( the term " invariant " is due to Sylvester ) and these two did so much research on the subject that they were named the Invariant Twins . |
| 15 | Although Elton Mayo is considered to be the pioneer of the human relations movement , Lewin was another important theorist who did much research on group dynamics and leadership styles . |
| 16 | Therefore we better comment on it ! |
| 17 | ‘ Better eat on the wing , though . ’ |
| 18 | Opportunity does n't only knock on your door it almost batters it down ! |
| 19 | The only obligations to transfer economic benefits which should not be taken into account are those which would not be considered in accordance with the going concern concept , that is , those which would only arise on the insolvency of the issuer and , where the issuer is expected to be able to comply with covenants on loan and similar agreements , those which would follow a breach of those covenants . |
| 20 | By the time she decided that this really was a stupid idea the taxi driver had disappeared into the network of streets , and she had no choice but to gloomily knock on the front door and pray that it did n't mysteriously open of its own accord . |
| 21 | How to comment on a proposal : When you make observations on a planning application you should only comment on planning grounds . |
| 22 | The principal adviser said that the advisers could only comment on what they had seen — or not seen . |
| 23 | ‘ You can only stay on the planet for twenty-four hours . ’ |
| 24 | No , it 's only a te , well I mean you can only stay on it for ten months a year . |
| 25 | we can only wait on your solicitors , their solicitors , there 's the police , the court , the entire system . |
| 26 | In a situation in which the Crown can only act on the advice of her ministers and where the Lords have been stripped of powers , the Commons is the pre-eminent part of Parliament . |
| 27 | We may conceive several alternatives but we can only act on one of them . |
| 28 | He did not merely jump on the bandwagon of the great railway boom , but rethought the whole business from scratch and — with sound reasoning — adopted a broad gauge ( 7 feet ) which only had to be converted to the ‘ standard ’ gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches after nearly sixty years because it had become isolated from the rest of the country 's railway network . |
| 29 | After the October 1979 coup , Archbishop Romero declared that the new regime lacked any popular backing and could only count on the support of a " few foreign powers " . |
| 30 | I should perhaps apologize on behalf of the hotel for the temperature in the room this morning er I stayed here last night and woke up to find that not only was there no heat in the radiators , but there was no heat in the hot water . |