Example sentences of "[verb] on a [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was here they learnt to communicate on a more civilised basis than they were used to , |
| 2 | ‘ To meet new career development and professional training needs on a more extensive basis ’ … |
| 3 | ‘ You terrified these people , both the staff and public in this fast-food outlet and you are lucky not to be appearing on a more serious charge ’ . |
| 4 | We visited Meiktila by plane and continued by air to Mandalay , landing on a very rough airstrip . |
| 5 | MV And South Korea could count on a peculiarly nasty dictatorship to help quicken the pace of its capitalist development . |
| 6 | He points to a single red blossom that quivers on a nearly invisible thread attached to a garland of synthetic butterflies and rhinestone-dotted flowers — a bizarre piece of headgear so tacky it could only have been custom-made . |
| 7 | Castle Drachenfels stands on a partly artificial rock outcrop . |
| 8 | This has been dealt with above , and it stands on a quite different footing from the other forgeries in three important respects : first , it was never mentioned by Lanfranc ; second , it was not concerned with the claim to primacy but solely with the survival of the monastic community at Canterbury , and this was never an issue after 1070 ; and , third , unlike the forgeries with which we are now concerned , it was actually submitted to Rome and approved . |
| 9 | Referring to widespread stresses Hare reviewed the carrying capacity of the earth , and planetary air pollution and climatic change with considerable vision and in ending on a fairly optimistic note commented : |
| 10 | As the air temperature drops on a still clear night dew drops that form between the fibres eventually freeze to form a sealed ice cover which traps the air within this space over the relatively warmer soil and prevents the temperature dropping below freezing . |
| 11 | Are you more say on a more personal level , was it at all obvious during the lodge meetings that people who were out people were out , were under pressure to go back ? |
| 12 | While downhill skiing demands regular and sustained snow to cover the pistes and while Nordic ski racing relies on frequent low lying snow in sufficient quantity to cut tracks , Nordic ski touring can be enjoyed on a surprisingly large number of days , simply by going high on the mountain . |
| 13 | ‘ But you did n't ask me here to comment on a perfectly straightforward signal . |
| 14 | Other children will also fight back , unless she 's picked on a particularly timid child . |
| 15 | Critics say it should concentrate on a less exclusive market . |
| 16 | Again it should flourish on a mainly vegetable diet . |
| 17 | We 'll also focus on a very special display the Falcons put on while here in the States . |
| 18 | For they concentrated on a very formal identification of local politics . |
| 19 | As part of those programmes , on which we are committed to spend a further £1,400 million over the next three years , we are demolishing or redesigning tower blocks and deck access estates , rebuilding on a more human scale . |
| 20 | Bill Hamilton was the architect and building contractor for the new wing here eight years ago , and he 's about to get to work on a completely new building for obstetrics and gynaecology . |
| 21 | Nothing is more fundamental than to work on a precisely accurate plan from the outset . |
| 22 | A review of recent research led Coleman ( 1986 ) to conclude that reminiscence therapy could not be said to stand on a very solid base , and that it is important not to make generalizations about the value of reminiscence to any particular individual . |
| 23 | Thereafter confusion set in and , from scenes of events , groups of figures , etc. , presented on a very small scale , the term has come to mean elaborate pictures , much more ambitious than the historiations and sometimes extending to the whole of a large page . |
| 24 | At what should have been a time to reflect on a most successful campaign to unite both Church and public in defence of fundamental Christian belief , Mrs Whitehouse was ‘ rocked ’ by the breaking of another controversy . |
| 25 | More recently , Exmoor National Park has decided on a more active policy of land purchase as the only sure way of conserving existing agricultural landscapes . |
| 26 | They they put on a very good show and they brought a splendid bus to show |
| 27 | A file has been opened on each company in Norwich and information collected on a very substantial number of companies , making use of data available at Eastern Counties Newspapers , Norwich Central Library and other sources from press clippings . |
| 28 | If it occurs on a sufficiently large scale , either main party might still win an outright majority . |
| 29 | The village was built on a fairly steep hillside and on a terrace which functioned as the village square a party was getting under way with a barbecue and a band consisting of sound-system , drums , electric guitar , bass guitar and electric keyboard . |
| 30 | Merida in Mexico represents a worst-case scenario , for it is built on a soil-less karstic limestone that is the aquifer , unconfined and shallow , on whose groundwater it is totally dependent : and it has no mains sewerage . |