Example sentences of "on in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The matter has received our closest and most careful consideration and although the details were worked on in 1886 for another canal in the Manchester district ( but not used ) they are all to all intents and purposes equally applicable to the Grand Union Canal , when that canal is improved , to be of the same working capacity as the Grand Junction Canal and to carry the same vessels . |
| 2 | The metal surface being put on in 1987 . |
| 3 | This positive working relationship helped to strengthen the foundations of the sport , especially when Sarah moved on in 1987 to become a senior staff coach at the English Ski Council and Development Officer for freestyle . |
| 4 | Braintree hang on in captivating encounter |
| 5 | MICROSOFT FOLLOW ON IN 1994 |
| 6 | This field , again , is important , since without it , as we shall see , great harm to living creatures could occur as a result of what goes on in outer space . |
| 7 | But it seems a small number of former workers may still fight on in industrial tribunals . |
| 8 | The plating is carried on in eight vats , one each for silver , nickel and black nickel , two for brass plating , and three for copper plating . |
| 9 | 12.37 am , Plymouth Devonport : David Owen held the seat for Labour until defecting to the SDP in 1981 and he held on in 1983 and 1987 . |
| 10 | He motioned Ho to keep still and they sat on in cramped discomfort . |
| 11 | It seemed that she should say something , for Isabel would let the meal run on in total silence , as every meal now ran , until Kathleen feared that she might scream . |
| 12 | On his arrival in England in 1969 , he signed on at the Jim Russell school and raced in Formula Ford , passing from there to F3 , winning the championship , and moving on in 1970 to F2 for Lotus . |
| 13 | Four-year-olds are very different from five-years-olds , says Sandra Brown , an educational researcher who has looked at how four-year-olds get on in primary schools . |
| 14 | The day dragged on in ordinary fashion until Jess felt she would scream . |
| 15 | Of equal significance in his contract was a clause believed to specify the maestro play on in 1992 . |
| 16 | A major initiative embarked on in 1992 is the project partly funded by FORCE ( Formation Continue en Europe ) , an EC Group . |
| 17 | The doyen of insider trading may be a shadow of his former power after paying fines of $100million and spending two years in prison , but his legacy lives on in criminal trials on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 18 | But in a way the nineteenth century was the century of history , because it was erm thought at that particular period of time that in order to understand what was going on in contemporary life , you had to have some historical appreciation , knowledge and perspective , and erm a great deal of the explanation of other subjects in the nineteenth century was , erm if you like , historical in character . |
| 19 | And they took me on in nineteen thirty six to help them you see . |
| 20 | Well I think really what one must look for now is more detailed research on what actually goes on in mixed ability classrooms . |
| 21 | Well I think really what one must look for now is more detailed research on what actually goes on in mixed ability classrooms . |
| 22 | So the delicate gilded furniture and the rococo mirrors had gone from his office ; and in their place were desks and chairs that renaissance princes might have sat on in perfect safety , even if they had weighed three hundredweight . |
| 23 | There are many businesses that can be carried on in rural and residential areas without causing unacceptable disturbance … |
| 24 | They sat on in friendly silence until the laughter began , whereat Lydia 's glass shook beneath her hand . |
| 25 | Second , higher prices for imported fuel and material inputs raise domestic costs and then get passed on in higher output prices . |
| 26 | For a mass consumer product , the million dollar bribe to the civil servant will be passed on in higher places to the consuming public . |
| 27 | The Learning that goes on in higher education justifies the label ‘ higher ’ precisely because it refers to a state of mind over and above conventional recipe or factual learning . |
| 28 | So they can only raise real wages if product markets are tight enough to prevent the employers from passing all money wage increases on in higher prices . |
| 29 | In the face of this central problem , the valuable work that has gone on in recent years in narratology , and other aspects of fictional form , is curiously difficult to apply in practice . |
| 30 | The Lyric Theatre put on in recent years a fine production of the book dramatised by John Boyd and Louis Muinzer . |