Example sentences of "on [adv] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , success , as in so many other things , will depend on how things are done , as well as on the merits of the proposal . |
| 2 | A diminishing fear of loss allows some separateness to develop in the partnership ; a two-person relationship which is more substantially based on how things really are between the partners begins to emerge . |
| 3 | CAN YOU GIVE US ANY HINTS ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING WITH YOU AND BARRY ? |
| 4 | ANY HINTS ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING BETWEEN YOU AND DES ? : |
| 5 | They concentrate , in the first instance , on how things could , in principle , be done rather than focusing on whether humans do things in that particular way . |
| 6 | I had called round at the house early in the week to check on how things had gone over the weekend . |
| 7 | As the administration of industrialized societies becomes more complex and the number of technicians required increases , bureaucracy is bound to develop very sophisticated views on how things must be done , and indeed , what , if anything , should be done . |
| 8 | TOP is beginning to impact on how things are done throughout the Station and the emphasis is now on tangible results . |
| 9 | As well as keeping to the forefront our themes of quality and cost , this means coming forward with ideas on how things can be improved and I intend to introduce new initiatives during the coming year to help us focus on this . |
| 10 | Meetings between employees and managers established common thinking on how things needed to be changed : |
| 11 | Military vehicles were no rarity in the streets , while press and television maintained a steady flow of information on how things were going on the different fronts . |
| 12 | GAVIN MCCRONE reflects on how things have changed over the last six months |
| 13 | I well I reckon , the trouble is , it depends on how things go in the next couple of weeks |
| 14 | And while it is easy enough for an experienced journalist to write that synopsis from memory ( checking for the elusive name of Software Arts and making sure that it really was PrairieTek that vanished last year ) , it would take a deal of research and above all deep thought to put together a dissertation on why things panned out the way they did , the fatal mistakes , the good decisions that each company made to achieve triumph or disaster , or both in quick succession . |
| 15 | Starting out with the Boston Consultancy Group , and eventually forming his own firm , Telesis ( Greek for well-planned progress ) , Mr Magaziner specialised in advising large companies ( Ford and General Electric ) and small countries ( Sweden ) on why things cost as much as they do , and how they can be made to cost less . |