Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] on the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another mechanical argument against Copernicus concerns loose objects such as stones , philosophers , etc. resting on the surface of the earth . |
| 2 | He was obviously moving left or right depending on the fall of the coin . |
| 3 | These effects may express themselves differentially locally depending on the size of the city , but they are essentially national in character and reduce the influence attributable to local factors ( Newton 1976a:17 ) . |
| 4 | Standing anywhere on the ridge one could catch sight of the sun delicately resting on the top of the distant hills which marked the far end of the grazing plains . |
| 5 | And Murphy 's Law invariably applies : if you do n't want anybody to knock on your door — because you 're putting the kids to bed/washing your hair/making love/cooking something impossible like a souffl é/late; for just about anything/working to a deadline/just secretly reclining on the sofa with a packet of your favourite chocolate biscuits , watching Coronation Street — somebody always will . |
| 6 | This again differs widely depending on the degree of the handicap , and autistics may be found at the farthest extremes of social and academic capability . |
| 7 | Even the pay of domestic servants varied widely depending on the status of the employer and the sex and duties of the employee . |
| 8 | The significant measure , of course , is the ratio of runoff to rainfall and this seems to vary widely depending on the amount of the rainfall and the nature of the surface on to which it falls . |
| 9 | The average price at which shares sell during this period is somewhere in the neighbourhood of $55 ( more or less depending on the shape of the time-price curve ) . |
| 10 | After breaking ahead of his experienced Brazilian rival , Jose-Luis Barbosa , he simply stretched out the five-man field , only stepping on the accelerator off the last bend to hold off comfortably the late surge of runner-up , Belgian Luc Bernaert . |
| 11 | Anyone entering the shrine committed the insult of literally stepping on the head of the Roman emperor . |
| 12 | Whether an equivalent car would be made available to a company secretary who was not a family member is a question of fact — perhaps depending on the size of the company and customs in the particular trade . |
| 13 | Change can come about in educational institutions without the change necessarily centring on the curriculum in the first instance , although the curriculum may subsequently be affected . |
| 14 | The King 's actions in August 1931 are sometimes defended with the argument that he was merely acting on the advice of the party leaders . |
| 15 | Proposals for a comprehensive code for the regulation of security interests in personal property , though necessarily impinging on the law of insolvency , are beyond our terms of reference . |
| 16 | In the end , Reagan came very close to defeating Ford , obtaining more popular votes in the primaries than the president and only losing on the ballot for the nomination in the Convention by 111 votes out of a total cast of 2,257 . |
| 17 | Far from being a science , we 're still only dabbling on the periphery of the subject . ’ |
| 18 | Only Rayne , standing on the stairs with his fingers idly drumming on the lid of a tin of Scottish shortbread , still looked as sleek as he had before the siege . |
| 19 | Duvall was suddenly standing on the step above him , pushing him out of the way and stepping down past him . |
| 20 | Whether they had much bearing on the ambition of Otto and his successors to be emperors may be doubted . |
| 21 | But then the argument would apply to other words in that context which had less bearing on the purpose in reading . |
| 22 | I think that the idea of offsetting imbalances on on one project er with transfer the work in other is certainly very interesting but of course as far as the erm tornado programme is concerned I think it it is now really far too late because production is over apart from the the second Saudi Arabian order and we are really only working on the manufacture of spares and given that the existing suppliers are all tooled up for those and indeed her are way down the learning curve having produced vast quantities of them , it really would n't be economic to transfer any of that work now I do n't think . |
| 23 | I suppose you do n't need to like us old people , ’ and entered into detailed descriptions of the state of their bladders and allied organs , and operations ; and then the jokes and the guffaws and laughter and the pokings and teasing turned to sexual matters , and Philippa felt ashamed for them , these shrivelled old dames , with dazzling movable white teeth , among them some whom surgery permitted to continue without wombs , without breasts , so gloating on the idea of dicks and holes and hairy entrances and moist lips , and cheeks and cracks , and their skinny stiff twisted hands , the thought of them pawing and patting revolted her , but of course they wanted to touch her , her shining hair , her firm face , her lovely arms . |
| 24 | The proctor minor of his chamber , Baal Firenze , had assigned him this mission , presumably acting on the instructions of a Hidden Master . |
| 25 | They argue that Griffiths is undeniably a solid scrummager on the loose-head and they acknowledge that , largely depending on the nature of the game in question and the particular opposition , there are still plenty of matches where that can prove to be invaluable . |
| 26 | Gaston and Mound may have to wait before the 750,000 insects can be handled , but IOPI is already building on the expertise of ILDIS , TROPICOS and the Australian Plant Census to create a system for the world 's 250,000 vascular plants . |
| 27 | So , that cloud will move out of the way but yet another lump of thick cloud is just appearing on the left of the screen to pose more problems for tomorrow . |
| 28 | ‘ Including our three men , ’ Gregson said , finally perching on the edge of his desk . |
| 29 | The use of catalysts therefore enables the combustion of odorous organic compounds to be achieved using lower temperatures than those required by simple thermal destruction techniques , thus saving on the consumption of fuel and consequently costs . |
| 30 | Another kind of hazard was already looming on the horizon for the weaker peasant elements . |