Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the opening récit the oboes could only have played on the three-part ritournelle , presumably two treble oboes and a bassoon , as in the numerous wind trios in Lully 's later works .
2 Whether members of staff can so continue depends on the other terms and conditions of the appointment .
3 I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word .
4 Our investigations of casual working in the catering industry confirmed the impressions given by the data from the LFS that most casual workers did not want to work on a regular , continuous basis .
5 So she did not need to go on the offensive and was not required to fight .
6 Nourse LJ also considered it was arguable that the plaintiff could not seek to rely on the literal clauses of the agreement when it had known that the disclosure letter was incomplete as to do so would be dishonest .
7 The other problem is that tasks honoured with a separate colour on-screen may not appear emphasized on a black and white printout .
8 It seemed clear that the Franks were a power in Europe that the Eastern Empire did not dare to challenge on a large scale .
9 The deaths of only eighty-one men of Hampshire at the battle of Æthelingadene in 1001 does not suggest fighting on a large scale , and it is noticeable that the same raiders shortly afterwards attacked Exeter and were repulsed .
10 In other words , the sceptic , if he is to make himself understood , can not avoid relying on the conceptual scheme that he is overtly attacking , and if so , his argument collapses before it can even get off the ground .
11 Teetotallers did not stop insisting on the primary importance of individual commitment but the change in attitude did begin to filter through Nonconformity as a whole and it would have long-lasting effects on attitudes towards the state .
12 We should not have to rely on the private sector to assist in providing facilities especially as , currently in many cases it does not provide such facilities .
13 Also , when considering development , it must be stressed that we do not have to depend on an infinite regress .
14 ‘ Well , today we 'll just have to rely on a good old-fashioned lock , ’ he said , beginning to take off his clothes .
15 He will also be aware that the planning system can now be used to require a developer to make provision for a percentage of homes specifically for young people who can not afford to buy on the open market .
16 It is important , therefore , that all those in receipt of accounting information appreciate the underlying policy implications that could possibly ensue depending on the particular treatment of various items of expenditure .
17 Data users will also need to focus on the specific security concerns relating to the identifying data element , ‘ which relates the stored data to a certain individual ’ ( Bing 1991 : 171 ) .
18 Other derivatives markets , such as the financial swaps market with its standard documentation , or the forex market , with its common computer equipment , may also appear to operate on a multilateral basis .
19 The following appointments have been made to the Judicial Studies Board : Mr Justice Johnson , in succession to Lord Justice Butler-Sloss , ( and will also serve as co-Chairman of the Civil and Family Committee ) ; Judge Oddie , in succession to Judge White , ( and will continue to serve as a member of the Civil and Family Committee ) ; Mr Registrar Angel , a Family Division Registrar , ( who will also continue to serve on the Civil and Family Committee ) .
20 Although the trigger for this phenomenon is unknown , hypobiosis occurs at the start of a prolonged dry season and permits the parasite to survive in the host as arrested L4 instead of maturing and producing eggs which would inevitably fail to develop on the arid pasture .
21 We would n't want to comment on the comparative merits of your Minitex and Barbara Smith 's Erka which we show below but it is interesting that the Minitex cost £42.10s.0d in 1950 and the Erka 45 guineas in 1960 .
22 Hours of hard work on a dyno have produced extra horsepower , which Ian says he ca n't wait to unleash on the British Clubmans ' Championship .
23 ‘ Well , then , I do n't need to elaborate on the miserable atmosphere of this place , where everyone is at outs , and I must be always on my guard .
24 She could n't risk slipping on the wet surface of the stones and pitching into the river .
25 But he ca n't resist going on a teensy-weensy shopping spree with Marlon , which involves going into a jewellers , pretending to be gay and , to divert inquiries , sneezing copiously over an assistant who is terrified they are transmitting Aids .
26 If you intend to take it seriously , you will eventually feel the need to attend a weekend workshop or you may even wish to embark on an extended study course .
27 Moreover , he must come to terms with a new awareness of what he has previously accepted , perhaps without thinking , which under the intense microscope of social enquiry may well seem to verge on the ludicrous or to be morally indefensible .
28 Although the government has gone to great lengths ( £1 million spent on marketing the proposals ( in an attempt to convince us that the NHS will still remain a National Health Service and will still be free to those requiring health care the proposals clearly spell the future of a health service which will move away from being a public tax funded service to a two tier service , with those who ca n't afford to pay on the bottom level receiving inadequate and cash starved services .
29 Fiction : You ca n't get burned on a cloudy day .
30 which the government would then have spent on the industrial sector so agriculture would not have moved forward .
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