Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More generally , it remains true that the severity of the Monopolies Commission 's findings mean that the board is necessarily placed somewhat on the defensive about its investment appraisals , and will find all its investment assumptions scrutinised with some suspicion . |
| 2 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 3 | In fact the son 's military train , despite the fact that it has priority ( a hangover from the days of the armoured trains ) , only passes through on the following day , when his mother has left . |
| 4 | The change in depends only on the second derivatives at x , and so these derivatives must embody the curvature information . |
| 5 | He also says that Caesar started off in the lower classes and built himself up to where he stood and could only look down on the lower classes by turning his back on his friends and former colleagues . |
| 6 | Most of the Pyrenean breeds , originally bred for work and naturally found also on the southern slopes with spanish breeds , are now rare . |
| 7 | The suspension generally is good , especially cruising fast on the open road , and the car ‘ flows ’ through the bends . |
| 8 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 9 | You 've got , again , a much more stable population , there are n't nearly so many teachers , young women teachers who leave the system to get married and then perhaps do n't go back at all , or only go back on a part-time basis . |
| 10 | In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed . |
| 11 | On this point , the head considers the project-inspired developments to have " taken off " at a pace which he had never envisaged : I think it 's been the instigator for a lot of cross-curriculum things which I did n't really anticipate ; I thought it might have been instigator for the sort of subject-based problems that would either stimulate something in the subject or the subject could actually move to the library and it 's obviously worked faster on the cross-curriculum aspect . |
| 12 | Specimens were gently spread out on a flat surface , flooded with 2.5% glutaraldehyde buffered in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate solution , and fixed for four to six hours . |
| 13 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 14 | England 's batsmen looked in decent enough form yesterday on a shirt-front pitch , nor does the heat appear to be causing them undue distress . |
| 15 | Most guitarists know people who can outplay them in some way and so most register somewhere on the meek and self-effacing scale . |
| 16 | The following household tasks are generally assigned purely on a cultural basis . |
| 17 | The musky male scent of his cologne teased her nostrils , and she was ashamed at the way her knees were trembling as he led her over to sit down on the wide , comfortable couch . |
| 18 | The answer is not to fall back on the offensive utilisation of a harmless birthday , but to write into constitutions strict regulations about terms of appointment . |
| 19 | Companies cluster together anxious not to miss out on the latest developments and the growing pool of scientifically-skilled labour . |
| 20 | Third rate ‘ IN the third ( division ) Southend have no problems scoring at home , but Sunderland were desperately unlucky not to go ahead on the half hour ’ |
| 21 | This new interest has not relied simply on a moral redefinition of ‘ crime ’ to draw attention to analogous , but uncriminalised , activities of the ruling class ( although that has been part of it ) . |
| 22 | And a similar state of affairs had meanwhile come about on the other side of the lines . |
| 23 | I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom . |
| 24 | How could clothes not dry out on a warm sunny day ? |
| 25 | Similarly , interviews with pupils are included but were not carried out on a systematic basis and the results have not been correlated with pupils ' GT4 scores . |
| 26 | Not to marry , but just to meet up on a regular basis and do nice things together such as walks , long discussions about books and music , that sort of thing . |
| 27 | This is best done outside on a warm day , using a tub or baby 's bath , rather than in the bathroom itself . |
| 28 | The hammer finally slammed down on an empty chamber . |
| 29 | For the fox , use sand or a very light shade of tan ( not too dark or it will not show up on a dark background ) . |
| 30 | Remember that these are colour effects , and they will therefore not show up on a black and white viewfinder . |