Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly it fell on deaf ears . |
| 2 | First , all the evidence that is available shows that the expansion of the social services did not so much rely on the workers made redundant from the industrial sector but rather it drew on new sources of labour — mainly women . |
| 3 | Then it started on Cumbrian limestone , blossomed to Lakeland quarries and so , finally , to Raven Crag . |
| 4 | The last time Hambros was so well placed was in 1986 when it advised on another mega-bid , by Hanson for Imperial Group . |
| 5 | Some hot spots can be very localized : for example , in Konstanz , where it rained on 30 April , ground-level radiation was 15 times greater than nearby Stuttgart , which received no rain . |
| 6 | This could be demonstrated explicitly or via an audit report which was exception-based , i.e. it reported on any instances where the law was contravened . |