Example sentences of "[adv] on the [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , the evidence for this second stage in the history of marriage depends entirely on the two assumptions which we have already noted . |
| 2 | A lump came to her throat and she sat down suddenly on the safest-looking chair she could find . |
| 3 | Clacton Police will start the initiative on Monday aimed at clamping down on the young drivers who regularly roar along the town 's one-way system , screeching tyres and playing loud music on their car stereos . |
| 4 | The three grown people stand looking down on the sleeping infant whose soft breathing seems to have spread the tawny bloom over its ivory skin . |
| 5 | In his usual way , as soon as the film started , George begin to give me a run down on the technical assets I might otherwise be missing . |
| 6 | IF the BBC wants to secure its future the first thing it should do is cut down on the huge fees it pays to presenters . |
| 7 | Zen sat down on the large sofa which occupied most of one wall , thinking about that last card which he 'd fondly thought he had up his sleeve . |
| 8 | All the trainees dealing with leads obtained from Dun and Bradstreet put their initials down on the white cards they sent out . |
| 9 | So on the rare occasions they did report themselves in a State of Readiness they knew an Agile Blade was likely . |
| 10 | So on the one hand we wanted to be a bit harder edged in our music , but also we could n't get too far away from Bon Jovi as it was , because people obviously bought our records because of the character of them — the songwriting and the playing . |
| 11 | Erm you know but he 's saying the developments of the peasant movement has resulted in the rapid rise in their cultural level erm you know so on the one hand he 's , I mean in a way he 's , he 's trying to re-educate the whole peasant class erm and , and change their way of thinking which previously has obviously been going on , you know , since Confucian |
| 12 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 13 | So on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing . |
| 14 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 15 | So on the third day she turned homeward , for what else could she do ? |
| 16 | So on the royal dockyard there has been quite a number ah , of rumours circulating this conference this morning , there has also been on the television and the radio , statements by one Gordon . |
| 17 | About eight o'clock on the eighth day I was told to pack my stuff up , because at seven o'clock the next morning I was going to Styal . |
| 18 | Jack filled him in on the scanty information they had already obtained . |
| 19 | To get in on the educational field one must parrot the latest jargon even if it is rejected by ‘ one ’ . |
| 20 | There is a fine hall inside on the first floor which has a pendant timber roof and modern frescoes round the walls . |
| 21 | Then Patrick changed the subject and when they were all away on the new tack he took Rain aside . |
| 22 | And this is a ph , like a photocopy , so what you 'll have is a nice printed version with Abbey Life blue , purely for you to get a feel of if you like , , and in this , we 're very quickly going to go through on the first sheet it will have activity and production and it will have your data there . |
| 23 | It was of the gate to Marie Claire 's villa : a clear bold drawing of the tall wrought-iron gate I had watched the girl go through on the first night I saw her . |
| 24 | Just on the off chance it was that Danny . |
| 25 | Over on the other side they could make out the chimney of the paper works among rising woods . |
| 26 | Lyon will be alright then the might be all right but right over on the Italian branch it might be all right mmm yes |
| 27 | Soon the focus is on the behaviour , not on the inner state which gives rise to behaviour . |
| 28 | When you are not on the international panel it is hard to work your way in . |
| 29 | The decision to offer a post should be based on the candidate 's suitability to undertake the role on offer and not on the domestic circumstances which prevail . |
| 30 | During the search stage of a sex crime hunt the focus of the press is usually on the violent man himself . |