Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it seems self-evident that the subject of language should also draw on a cognate disciplinary source even though it happens in this case to have the different name of linguistics . |
| 2 | Children under five should never sleep on a top bunk . |
| 3 | Hareven , in her discussion of early industrial society in America ( 1978 ) , suggests that this type of exchange was more common than sharing households , but that it could only operate on a reciprocal basis . |
| 4 | I presume this was a design compromise as an extremely hard and brittle edge could easily shatter on a hard piece of timber , so a softer tempering of the metal is necessary . |
| 5 | Once acquired it is rarely lost , even in echinoderms like sea urchins that ( perhaps ) could also function on a different symmetry pattern . |
| 6 | These people are going into the familiar local stores where they shop and are walking out with the American dream they could never afford on a minimum wage . |
| 7 | But the real-balance effect may also operate on a wider array of assets which constitute the net worth of the private sector , though there has always been controversy over the range of assets to which it is supposed to apply . |
| 8 | Q.Ts. wishing to attend a course to which they are not deemed to be attached may also attend on a daily basis at £2.50 per session . |
| 9 | Effective educational action in the disadvantaged areas may well depend on a fundamental questioning of the assumption that a high degree of uniformity is required throughout educational systems in order to ensure equality of opportunity for all children . |
| 10 | For the predictions that have made him famous , Britain 's top amateur weather-watcher would rather rely on a few observations of his own … |
| 11 | God willing , he would soon go on a final long journey to another home , his real home , in Eretz . |
| 12 | The controversy finally ended when Cardinal Glemp assured international Jewish leaders during a visit to the United Kingdom that work would soon begin on a new centre , and construction began in February 1990 . |
| 13 | But the business community 's sceptical about whether bartering would ever work on a larger scale . |
| 14 | But I think we 're covered there because we 've got grape vine , which people would probably work on a new leaflet and the specimen cassette 's going to be ready before the leaflet , and then project English new leaflet December , so if you are aiming to produce , if you do so , a new project English specimen cassette for next spring then |
| 15 | Usually , to please Father , I would also go on a quick visit to one of his shops and sometimes I wondered if they were doing as well as he pretended . |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't sell something on that basis because it 's vacuous and vapid and would never sustain on a weekly basis . |
| 17 | It is expected that assignments to the headship will normally occur on a five-year cycle , with the existing head eligible to be redesignated . |
| 18 | Andrew and Wendy plan to work with drug addicts in Hong Kong and they will soon embark on a two-month trial period . |
| 19 | The two companies said they will also work on a long-term systems management project . |
| 20 | You should look for the biggest gap between waves , this will probably occur on a gentle slope of the beach , as on a steep part of the beach the waves will break closer together . |
| 21 | Teaching requirements ensure that within any department there will be expertise in all of these fields , but research interests will inevitably concentrate on a few aspects . |
| 22 | I am confident that this subject will now appear on a regular basis on the agenda of this committee . |
| 23 | A detailed report on our divisional activities is contained in the Review of Operations and I will therefore concentrate on a general review of some of the more important developments and issues affecting both the Group and industry . |
| 24 | In order that I can make my recommendations realistic , how much do you feel you can comfortably invest on a monthly basis to protect your wife and family and make provision for your retirement ? |
| 25 | ‘ We 're fully booked up at the Hospitality Unit , ’ said Sir Bryan , ‘ but Mrs. Mackintosh can easily lay on a cold lunch for them here . |
| 26 | America can already call on a vast network of information on Northern Ireland affairs , provided by its consular service here and embassies in London and Dublin . |
| 27 | All this means that you can usually rely on a High Elf force to do what you want , when you want . |
| 28 | The ease of lexical access can also vary on a moment-to-moment basis as the context of the preceding sentence constrains the number of likely alternatives . |
| 29 | Weekend car travellers on the Belfast Stranraer route , which started on June 1 , 1992 can now travel on a special three day return fare . |
| 30 | ‘ In fact I can almost operate on a just-in-time basis . |