Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And a similar state of affairs had meanwhile come about on the other side of the lines . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 5 | Choosing the right sparkling wine can be a bit of a minefield , especially if you 're not clued up on the different brands available . |
| 6 | The consequence was that intransigent positions were soon staked out on the correct modes of biblical interpretation . |
| 7 | The towns were generally laid out on the northern side of the tracks . |
| 8 | But after having been short headed by On The Other Hand in the Punchestown Festival Handicap in April of that year , The Committee developed a ‘ leg ’ after having been struck into . |
| 9 | INDIAN wonder boy Sachin Tendulkar wrote his name into the Yorkshire record books with a 69-ball century at Headingley yesterday — but still ended up on the losing side . |
| 10 | Further work was also carried out on the International City Project , a long-term perspective for the development of Glasgow which has attracted interest from the highest levels in Government . |
| 11 | ( At the same time , though its existence was naturally concealed from the rank-and-file , a ‘ Line of Panic ’ was also drawn up on the inner circle of forts , Belleville , Souville , Tavannes and Moulainville . |
| 12 | It was enabled to continue in office until May 1979 and in the recriminations of defeat the Conservative Party polarised into the Thatcher and Heath factions , the implications of which are still only partly worked out on the political scene . |
| 13 | Three women flashed the route : Isabelle Patissier , Susi Good and Robyn Erbesfield , all three of whom had also topped out on the previous two routes . |
| 14 | IBM Corp has now fallen back on the reliable method of pre-announcement for its OS/2 promotion campaign . |
| 15 | Monk seal bodies are periodically washed up on the Mediterranean cost and there are fears the virus will lead to their extinction . |
| 16 | Emergency grain deliveries from Syria and the USA were reportedly held up on the Turkish border . |
| 17 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |
| 18 | After a print run of , say 100 A4 sheets , the printed sheets are then turned over on the long axis , and the same print is made on the reverse . |
| 19 | The metric system was then built up on the decimal system , which you already have been studying . |
| 20 | Somehow , the aircraft had not been adequately lashed down on the low loader and as the lorry moved forward the Firefly rolled off its trestles on to the bed of the lorry damaging the undersides of the aircraft in the process , the aircraft was then reloaded and secured and thankfully the reset of the trip to Duxford was uneventful . |
| 21 | For general purpose pads 2.4mm o/d are quite adequate and again special shapes are available for integrated circuit pin-outs which are already conveniently laid out on the correct 0.1″ pitch . |
| 22 | I have therefore set out on the attached sheet the recommended Council Tax structure at the senior level . |