Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb base] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I therefore challenge candidates of all parties to state clearly and publicly where they stand on the chronic and continuous underfunding of a service which is increasingly being asked to undertake more and more duties . |
| 2 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 3 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 4 | Any errors could ruin the fishing , for if I snag on the overhanging branches or the roots , the subsequent pulling to free the tackle , or to break it , will not go unnoticed by the chub . |
| 5 | If you get on the wrong side of Miss Trunchbull she can liquidise you like a carrot in a kitchen blender . |
| 6 | If you stay on the same mark or higher it 's good . |
| 7 | There is nothing you can do to change what has gone before and you will only cause yourself misery in the present if you concentrate on the gloomier aspects of the past . |
| 8 | Or the Tuareg saying that ‘ if you walk in the desert you get sand in your shoes , ’ the aquatic equivalent being that if you go on the Scottish hills you stand a fair chance of being hammered . |
| 9 | ‘ It is indeed proper coffee , ’ I confirmed , ‘ but if you insist on the wimpish unleaded kind then you will find a jar in the locker above the sink . |
| 10 | So for example if you finish on the thirty first of August , on the first of September the lump sum should be paid into your account . |
| 11 | ‘ And finally , if you rely on the impressive road signs listing the many industrial estates at the South end of town , you will find it very easy to go round in a circle . ’ |
| 12 | I 've got some olive oil but I 've noticed if you look on the olive oil that some of the , some of it is n't mono unsaturates is it , you know , on a lot of it |
| 13 | I get about thirty quid if you stand on the right corner . |
| 14 | If you decide on the last — and best — option , she suggests you : |
| 15 | Such latent knowledge is not at all surprising , if we reflect on the amazing complications of the rules of syntax , of constructing intelligible sentences , including the use of tenses , negatives , hypotheticals , which children pick up between the ages of 18 months and 4 or 5 , generally without any teaching at all . |
| 16 | if we follow on the same way |
| 17 | We can probably be most influential if we concentrate on the following issues : |
| 18 | If we listen on the one hand to the Secretary of State for the Environment and on the other hand to the Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities , it seems that the DOE has something like Dr. Doolittle 's ’ Push-me — pull-you . ’ |
| 19 | We are still attempting to persuade people that the figures they have been given or have invented are wrong and if we operate on the real figures there is no reason for mass closures of elderly persons homes and we are still attempting to make the refurbishment programme work as best we can to achieve the most we can in the shortest period and for the least money . |
| 20 | If we decide on the first then we can decide whether it 's a park or a sports ground or or what shall we do ? |
| 21 | The point I am making now is that , even if we look on the dark side and assume that individual man is fundamentally selfish , our conscious foresight — our capacity to simulate the future in imagination — could save us from the worst selfish excesses of the blind replicators . |
| 22 | If we look on the black side and assume that the remaining 24 readers who did not reply had regained their weight , it still left over two-thirds who had maintained their lost weight . |
| 23 | Research enables people to be aware of different ways of conceiving of the familiar world and , if they act on the new conception , to alter or extend their customary ideas and practices . |
| 24 | If they decide on the former , then they may deny differences between themselves and their child but they must , in the interests of the child , differentiate the child and his or her natural parents from themselves in terms of race , colour and sometimes culture . |
| 25 | Leaks can have very serious consequences in terms of the damage they cause to your home — especially if they occur on the central heating system . |
| 26 | So it 's basically if they finish on the level points goal difference shall determine the final positions followed by the highest number of goals scored and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home . |
| 27 | They are likely to be found in both large and small towns , provided they lie on the main roads , and therefore the Antonine Itinerary can be a useful indicator to their presence . |
| 28 | But we ca n't solve our problems , and we certainly ca n't solve the problems of the whales , unless we work on the global scale . |
| 29 | ‘ Partly because they appear on the individual pages - and partly because , if I do n't acknowledge authorship in some way or other , I shall be inundated with enquiries . |
| 30 | It matters to the birds that the lake remains fresh , because they feed on the freshwater weeds such as Potamogeton , and rushes such as Scirpus . |