Example sentences of "[verb] on [prep] [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has come as a shock to realise that your magazine can no longer be relied on to present the relevant information in a straightforward factual manner . |
| 2 | Moreover , we may point out that even if corresponding attributive and predicative adjectives ( occurring with the same noun ) could be relied on to share the same referential locus , that would be no justification for leaping to an assertion that the two elements are actually " the same " tout court , and even less for claiming that the structural positions they occupy are alternative forms of each other . |
| 3 | A member with a holding of a similar size will be quite unable to present a credible challenge to the board because in any contested vote the bulk of shareholders who bother to participate can be relied on to support the incumbent management team . |
| 4 | In fact at the moment we 're just about getting to the longest er night the what 's called the equ er sorry the solstice that occurs on about December the twenty second . |
| 5 | More recent imports include Stearman N746BJ which , unusually , was actually flown across the Atlantic , arriving at Glasgow on July 30 and then flying on to Gamston the next day . |
| 6 | What languages did they draw on to fracture the earlier consensus and what historical forces enabled them to orchestrate their campaign as a national protest ? |
| 7 | Mr Gandhi needs to win at least 200 seats nationally to be reasonably certain of being called on to form the next government . |
| 8 | Even if the deadline were to fall tomorrow without our succeeding in buying them we can still go on until July the 27th . |
| 9 | By contrast , Jack Nicklaus made an eagle three and went on to birdie the next two holes , turning around a deficit of four shots to win the tournament . |
| 10 | As long as war went on in Europe the French would have to make it their main area of activity and could not concentrate on colonial or naval war . |
| 11 | AS the talking went on in America the Bosnian Serbs appeared to have gained a firmer hold on their territorial war gains today . |
| 12 | And then go on to Berlin the next day . |
| 13 | There were reports of opposition supporters having been fired on in Tbilisi the following day . |
| 14 | The game started disastrously for United when after a mistake by Martin Shepherd , Kenny Langston ran on to beat the advancing Richardson with a low shot into the corner of United 's goal in the fourth minute . |
| 15 | All personnel were ready when twelve Spitfires arrived at Prestwick on April 26 with seven of the aircraft ferried on to Renfrew the same day . |