Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , rather than allowing ourselves to be drawn into a metaphysical wild-goose chase we should concentrate instead on exploring the structural features of the minimal conceptual apparatus upon which any significant choice of ontological objects must depend . |
| 2 | The exact mechanism of gain in the FEL¹,2,3 ; is complicated , and it depends critically on maintaining a precise phase relationship between the electron beam and the photons circulating in the optical cavity . |
| 3 | Israel 's safety depends more on winning a stable Middle east peace than on wiping out the Iraqi dictator 's nuclear plants every few years |
| 4 | ‘ So I 'm terribly sorry , but I wo n't be able to c — ’ I break off on hearing a low moan then an uninterrupted wailing noise , followed by the gnashing of elderly dentures , the grinding of elderly cheek muscles , the solid thud of arthritic knees hitting tufted twistpile , some steady gasping and choking noises , then worst of all , the terrible silence of a condemned committee member : |
| 5 | The secret of a successful outcome depends partly on setting the right reserve price , a task the auctioneer undertakes in conjunction with the seller . |
| 6 | Under the leadership of its founder and editor , Mervyn de Silva — a journalist of international experience and repute — the Lanka Guardian concentrates mainly on covering the socio-economic , political and cultural issues affecting Sri Lanka and South Asia . |
| 7 | As competition for places on the Kindertransporte mounted to panic proportions , the chances of success turned increasingly on knowing the right people — an official who could hurry through an application or , more critically , someone in Britain who was willing to take on the financial responsibility of acting as a guarantor . |
| 8 | Based mostly on using a laser-disc player controlled by a Mac II , the system allows a user to explore — as the developers like to say — the painting and its history . |
| 9 | Although British householders will miss out on hearing the intended sound effects in the play , judges at the Prix Futura radio and TV competition in Berlin next month will be more fortunate . |
| 10 | Because they had no way of driving out of office the men who ran the executive in their colonies , the colonial assemblies could not assert themselves in the same way as the Westminster Parliament , and had to fall back on using the seventeenth-century approach of saying that there should be redress of grievance before taxes were voted to run the government . |
| 11 | ‘ I used to just swot up on learning the key words and churning them out computer fashion , but now I am more interested in what they mean . |
| 12 | English has many formulae or semi-fixed expressions in formal correspondence which rely heavily on using the passive for distancing , to project the writer as an agent of an objective process . |
| 13 | Apart from the exhibits , work has progressed rapidly on restoring the various buildings to make them usable once again . |
| 14 | He glanced briefly down at Willie who was now retreating rapidly on hearing the tubby man being called ‘ Doctor ’ . |
| 15 | However , I shall leave this problem to one side for the moment and concentrate instead on pursuing the general line of reductivist strategy , which remains unaffected by the choice of basic entities . |
| 16 | If you miss out on shooting a closing shot because of this , the recording will seem to end rather abruptly . |