Example sentences of "on [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The direst accusations always seem to centre on husbandly refusal to wash or change underwear and a tendency to wear socks in bed . |
| 2 | The other parties resolutely ignored them , and continued their shameful campaigns based on personally politics , mud-slinging , and appealing to the electorate 's baser instincts of greed and selfishness . |
| 3 | If this is not the case , split off into a separate relation those attributes that are dependent on only part of the key . |
| 4 | The purchaser of assets will pay stamp duty at double this rate but on only part of the consideration . |
| 5 | If you put his legs on backwards way he 'll go home instead of coming up here . |
| 6 | Intel told it that running a current SCO binary on Pentium would win it only twice the performance of SCO Unix on the 80486 , compared with a fourfold increase it could expect with code recompiled for Pentium , although it would mean giving up on backwards compatibility . |
| 7 | A hundred and twenty-five thousand men were marching north on ever road that led to the river-crossing at Charleroi . |
| 8 | I could see the outline of the soldier in front of me , at least that is an improvement on yesterday evening 's march . |
| 9 | Whitehall recognised the wastefulness of attempting to duplicate their expertise , though the Ministry of Fuel and Power had appointed expert advisers on both economics and science , perceiving the need for at least some expert technical knowledge if they were to exercise their overseeing role . |
| 10 | Many elements of the Exchequer transactions total can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy by the Bank of England on a day-to-day basis : the impact of foreign exchange transactions passing through the EEA is generally known since most such transactions are settled two days later ; gilts transactions are generally settled on the next business day ; and various government sources give information on both government expenditure and expected tax receipts . |
| 11 | He received but scant attention outside his native land for half a century after his death , but then came to be a major force who made a profound impression on both theology and philosophy . |
| 12 | This list could certainly be extended , but it is sufficient to indicate the deep and wide-ranging impact that the Council had , or should have had , on both theology and practice . |
| 13 | Those who did achieve such distinction , however , reflected glory on both school and teachers , and the English mistress at once saw how to gain advantages all round from Victoria 's unhappiness . |
| 14 | But A&R people do not stay A&R people for very long if they do n't have an eye on both money and art simultaneously . |
| 15 | However , the charges on both money and other property may be postponed or other property substituted , especially where the money or property is required to provide somewhere for the assisted person to live . |
| 16 | ( 5 ) In breach of their fiduciary duties they put themselves in a position where there was a conflict between their duty to the plaintiff to inform him and their personal interest in ensuring that they obtained commission on both Vertigo and Caliban. ( 6 ) As a consequence ( a ) the plaintiff was entitled to damages for breach of contract and fiduciary duties ; ( b ) the defendants , being in breach of their fiduciary duties as agents , were not entitled to their commission . |
| 17 | She suggests that children who score low on both comprehension and production may be immature or mentally retarded , although no explanation is provided as to what she might mean by these terms . |
| 18 | On both South Georgia and Iles Kerguelen , free-ranging reindeer have proved especially successful . |
| 19 | Global industries , such as securities and commercial banking are using isolated systems less and less , and are instead becoming increasingly dependent on both voice and data networks . |
| 20 | But , unless you have a particular skill , it is essential to be flexible on both location and salary . |
| 21 | AD534 used as a divider , providing differential operation on both numerator and denominator |
| 22 | The resultant high temperatures and high humidities could have had a disastrous effect on both land and marine faunas . |
| 23 | Consumers complained about unaffordable debt repayment settings on both gas and electricity meters . |
| 24 | The Americans put the first-week total of Iraqi aircraft destroyed , on both air and ground , at 41 ; the British estimate is gloomier . |
| 25 | As SSC has only consultative , not decision-making status , this means that a recommendation will go to F&S not from SSC as a whole but from the Board members who sit on both SSC and F&S , and . |
| 26 | They see them as having wider connotations , which may include casting doubt on both management competence and the financial statements ' integrity . |
| 27 | However , I never really worried too much about the Crag Loughs , because there was so much wonderful sport to be had elsewhere , on both river and loch . |
| 28 | The Festival will take place over 3 days on both river and lake venues . |
| 29 | The establishment of polytechnics in the 1960s and the general growth of further education , followed by the raising of the school-leaving age to sixteen in 1972 , caused a rapid growth in educational spending on both capital and current account . |
| 30 | These are comparatively easy commitments to make because we can rely upon on both reputation and upon recommendation . |