Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not disputed by the Legal Aid Board , and indeed it is obvious , that the existing practice is highly convenient and may avoid unnecessary costs being incurred which would eventually fall on the legal aid fund if it were necessary in every case to set in motion a procedure for filing of evidence . |
| 2 | By the time she decided that this really was a stupid idea the taxi driver had disappeared into the network of streets , and she had no choice but to gloomily knock on the front door and pray that it did n't mysteriously open of its own accord . |
| 3 | The two companies would keep separate identities and would only cooperate on the one service . |
| 4 | The facilities available in each division will obviously depend on the particular system , but a fairly common division would be as follows . |
| 5 | As their mother lies dozing , one of them will suddenly pounce on the black tassel at the end of her twitching tail , using the same kind of actions it will need to pounce on a small prey animal in years to come . |
| 6 | However , I shall at least admit that that contradiction does not exist on the Liberal Democrat Bench . |
| 7 | ‘ Then why not knock on the damned door ? ’ |
| 8 | A normal 2¼ does not run out of steam at 60mph Check that on full throttle the carb is actually on full throttle 24v distributors do not have provision for a vacuum ignition timing advance only a mechanical system which is prone to failure Also as the 24v plugs are very expensive these are seldom changed once out of the forces A cure this You do not comment on the general state of the engine possibly a decoke , piston rings and cylinder head skim ( up to 65 thousandsths of an inch ) which will give you the performance and reliability you require |
| 9 | British Nuclear Fuels refuse to discuss individual cases , and say they will not comment on the latest report until it is published . |
| 10 | Officially , the organisation would not comment on the proposed change . |
| 11 | It would not comment on the potential value of the joint venture but published reports put it at around $3,000m , adding that Cable & Wireless and Telstra would share 40% , Benpres would take another 40% , and the rest would go to smaller investors . |
| 12 | This can not fall on the last syllable of the stem , and is , if necessary , moved to an earlier syllable . |
| 13 | She did not focus on the actual wording of the questions , and as a result answered them in a rather uncritical way . |
| 14 | ‘ So the Ark did not land on the very summit ? ’ |
| 15 | The seller can not expect on the one hand to be fully compensated for the sale falling through and on the other to be allowed in addition to retain a deposit already received . |
| 16 | My Lords , I did not speak on the second reading of this Bill , because I spoke extremely critically on in the debate on the White Paper o on er May the 26th last year , but er I would therefore like to er commence by joining with my Right Honourable Friend Lord Whitelaw because I was so critical , in welcoming the changes which the Home Secretary has now proposed . |
| 17 | The abstract musings of macroeconomists did not encroach on the hard world of economic decision making . |
| 18 | If the plaintiff does not appear on the return day , or does not attend by an admissible affidavit , the proceedings may be struck out or , if the defendant appears , the court may proceed in the plaintiff 's absence . |
| 19 | An earlier draft had been to George and Rowland Wilson but the latter 's name does not appear on the final copy . |
| 20 | It is like a large hemming stitch and must not show on the right side ( fig. 17 ) . |
| 21 | Which would be slightly down on er the number that we got in last year , erm , the next factor , erm , is not as yet a fact but is almost a certainty , that , er , all , we will not succeed on the present basis in persuading D O E that we should have any increase in t to reflect er er an increase in work , and next year we 're anticipating getting in effect a stand still budget . |
| 22 | See chapter 2 and do not look on the last fortnight as the only time to work , even if it does " concentrate your mind wonderfully " . |
| 23 | Those who declared an average farm income of 20% or less obviously did not look on the off-farm job in this way . |
| 24 | He can not claim on the one hand to be at the heart of Europe and at the same time want to be on the periphery of Europe and seem to want us to go at a slower speed than anyone else . |
| 25 | If the client informs its trading partners before entering into a contract that it will not insist on the strict letter of the terms , it may be estopped from relying on their letter ; similarly , if the client describes the effect of a term , a court may hold that the client is bound by that description and can only enforce the term to the extent of that description ( Curtis v Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Co Ltd [ 1951 ] 1 KB 805 ) . |
| 26 | Meanwhile in a speech to the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants Sir Adrian Cadbury said the view among some critics that his committee 's proposals on non-executive directors were divisive for boards stemmed from a misunderstanding of its terms of reference which were limited to financial aspects and did not touch on the wider responsibility of all directors for general governance . |
| 27 | The Department has taken away the earnings-related supplement , and have got rid of death and maternity grant and income support for 16 and 17-year-olds who would not work on the Tory Government 's slave labour schemes . |
| 28 | Treatment with one of the benzimidazoles or levamisole is effective and the condition may be prevented by ensuring that birds do not run on the same ground each year . |
| 29 | We 've gone to a lot of trouble here to promote good relations with the local community and I 'm not going to have all that good work vitiated by a totally unnecessary legal action , particularly not now when work will soon begin on the new reactor . ‘ |
| 30 | The interface does not terminate on the first error but carries out all checks . |