Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] on in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lifestyle involving hard work , charity , abstinence from drink , strict morality , and thrift was deemed absolutely essential , as it was not only insisted on in the Bible , but was also seen as a sign of an individual 's elect status . |
| 2 | Sugar and fat are also frowned on in the report because they can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods . |
| 3 | Bachelors were rather frowned on in the FCO . |
| 4 | It 's a funny thing the way podoeroticism has never really caught on in the West , what with sex being so popular and all . |
| 5 | Other recent imports which have yet to aspire to UK marks include a pair of Aeronca 11AC Chiefs , NC3458E and N86359 , which arrived some time ago at Compton Abbas and are now undergoing rebuilt for UK registry while similarly the frame of Stinson 108 N97915 is being slowly worked on in the gliding club hangar at Booker . |
| 6 | The Great Western pioneered the idea but it never caught on in the rest of the country . |