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

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1 It is not only impossible to theorize fruitfully on the basis of abstract relations which are nothing but abstract relations , but it is only possible to theorize fruitfully on the basis of abstract relations that refer directly to observable phenomena in material reality .
2 It is not only impossible to theorize fruitfully on the basis of abstract relations which are nothing but abstract relations , but it is only possible to theorize fruitfully on the basis of abstract relations that refer directly to observable phenomena in material reality .
3 They will find it extremely difficult going outside on a bright day and may see very little on a sunny day .
4 Poor kid , she looked so pathetic sitting there on the edge of the chair , all stiff and upright like some tragedy queen , thinking Woe is me , my precious Bob has fallen into the hands of this designing woman .
5 If the normal and primary way of justifying the legitimacy of an authority is that it is more likely to act successfully on the reasons which apply to its subjects then it is hard to resist the dependence thesis .
6 ‘ It 's quite normal to tire quickly on the slopes . ’
7 The fact that the system cost around £300,000 as compared to a traditional suppliers offer of £2.5 million and only took three months to design , install , train and make fully operational reflects well on the technology — even though the paper itself failed .
8 The Communist International quite deliberately set out to create " sections " under its detailed control , which would be more easily disciplined than the Second International parties which in Lenin 's eyes had been too independent to act together on the outbreak of war .
9 Very heavy going also on the M twenty-five , clockwise between junctions fifteen and sixteen , the M four and the M forty .
10 Once again a representative of the Post Office demanded guard wires and in subsequent correspondence , the Board of Trade enquired which was Elis David Road and which was Lower Church Street , as they were too small to show clearly on the map .
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