Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To tell us things are happening and certainly on the press release it made erm it was there in black and white to say that |
| 2 | Assuming the nearest psychiatric clinic is unavailable , then yer friendly local fire hazard — in this case over-cooked and rapidly on the turn — provides the ideal circumstantial boost to these oh-so-desperate , suicidally unhappy songs . |
| 3 | Where the words used by Parliament are obscure or ambiguous , the Parliamentary material may throw considerable light not only on the mischief which the Act was designed to remedy but also on the purpose of the legislation and its anticipated effect . |
| 4 | A simple reason why the younger activists are not seen as often on the picket line as their elders were , is that they are too busy pursuing the same goals by other means . |
| 5 | Just how you go about determining the pitch angle of your blades depends to some extent on the make of helicopter which you purchase and also on the depth of your pocket . |
| 6 | If you are in any doubt whether a fact is implied you should ‘ play safe ’ and take the problem each way , that is , first on the assumption that the fact exists and then on the assumption that it does not exist . |
| 7 | ‘ It took me a while to find out he ( Rare Bear ) pulled out because I could n't hear that well on the radio . |
| 8 | This authority has been doubted because of the conflict that would arise were the receiver and the directors to have different views on whether an action should be brought and also on the handling of any counterclaim . |
| 9 | Will my hon. Friend congratulate Trafford area health authority and everyone involved in the hospitals there on the excellent job that they are doing and especially on the way in which they have brought down waiting lists ? |
| 10 | Such variation reflects as much on the Authority 's style and the quality of its thinking as it does on the heads , and there is a clear need for much greater dialogue between the two levels . |
| 11 | Mind you , I still think that now on the way back from a long hill-walk when I can just make out a dot that is the car . |
| 12 | ‘ The face of nature under one broad and universal glare ( a cloudless midsummer day ) is not propitious to the feelings of an anxious spectator ; but this monotony can only be of short duration , because the declining sun … produces shadows ; these gradually expanding , uniting and finally on the setting of the sun … exhibit an almost infinite variety of form , of tone and of colour . ’ |
| 13 | Do n't alter that , that 's been rejected but still on the table Mart Martin failed to mention our certain issues . |
| 14 | O tread but lightly on the grass , |