Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now er with the vehicles on the road today more and more accidents And certainly motorways , and bearing in mind I would imagine , er would it be true to say that the majority of mo driving is done on motorways and dual carriageways ? |
| 2 | They were entitled in my judgment to take into account the actual use by the defendant company and the previous owner in determining what the ordinary use of that vehicle was on the road so far as it is relevant to the question they had to answer . |
| 3 | ‘ The car is at the garage now and Elton has been told the damage can be repaired and the car will be back on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd like to get on the road as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | Midland Car Loans have been specially developed to put you on the road as quickly and simply as possible . |
| 6 | ‘ At the same time , ’ he said , ‘ I must also get to know my colleagues on the Board as fast as possible . |
| 7 | So there 's a very interesting study by a person who 's name I 'm going to write on the board okay so or et al nineteen ninety . |
| 8 | He is allowed to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 9 | He 's allows to pick his successor on the board so long as the person is ‘ reasonably acceptable ’ to the other directors . |
| 10 | Pakistan were 31 without loss by the close , Ramiz Raja ( 20 ) having spent little time on the field so far because of a stomach upset , and that evening Waqar Younis , asked what was the secret behind his late swing , replied , with a grin : ‘ I 'm not telling you that ! ’ |
| 11 | The idea of this is for all the people to pull on the rope as hard as possible . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've got to bring C.W. and Sabrina in on the case as quickly as possible . |
| 13 | I do n't know er why we 're not more continually erm more on the case as far as our members of parliament are concerned because remember they 're there for our benefit and front page of the Daily Mirror this morning . |
| 14 | Now that you have had all four meetings with prospective purchasers I feel I should recap on the progress so far and set out how we move forward from here . |
| 15 | ‘ But the market is 4.5pc down on the year so far and it looks as though the light end of the market might not yet have bottomed out . ’ |
| 16 | a page designed primarily for speaking or writing activities based on the story so far and the developing mystery |
| 17 | You should also note points where a pause could be made for recap on the story so far or for prediction of what might happen next . |
| 18 | In our commitment as a party to home rule , we proceed on the footing not only that the distinctive characteristics of Scotland and its people need expression and institutions of government , but that the demands of modern government require those institutions to be immediate , sensitive and properly democratic . |
| 19 | Queen Elizabeth is already the longest-serving monarch of the twentieth century , and may possibly be on the throne even longer than Victoria . |
| 20 | She fell heavily and the raised hoof caught Maggie on the shoulder so powerfully that she too fell , pain washing over her like fire . |
| 21 | She saw the cows between the posts , the sun throwing their shadows on the wall as carefully as a painter paints a beautiful king or queen . |
| 22 | Brutality , as Hill describes and felt it , was a bitter part of his prison life ; you just learnt to get down on the floor as fast as you could and cover up as best you could . |
| 23 | ‘ The police and ambulance arrived on the scene very rapidly and the other driver admitted that it was her fault . |
| 24 | You can come back with us now or you can call in at the Incident Room on the Wharf later today if you prefer . ’ |
| 25 | Example 4:11 Rent review machinery ; notice , counternotice reference to arbitration ( 1 ) the landlord may serve upon the tenant not earlier than one year before the review date in question a notice ( " a Review Notice " ) calling for a review of the rent ( 2 ) if the landlord serves a Review Notice then the rent payable with effect from the review date to which it relates shall be : ( a ) such sum as may be specified in the Review Notice or ( b ) the higher of the rent payable immediately before that review date and the Market Rent if ( but only if ) the tenant so elects by counternotice in writing served on the landlord not later than two months ( time being of essence ) after the service of a Review Notice ( 3 ) if the tenant serves a counternotice the Market Rent shall be determined in default of agreement within two months after the service of the counternotice by arbitration . |
| 26 | My private office helped out on the baby-sitting very effectively but I am sure quite improperly . |
| 27 | about three sticks on the way round so when we get here I 've got one to throw . |
| 28 | And of course that become overlayed by the Gulf situation , but there are clear signs now that the recession has bottomed out but that we 're on the way up again and of course as far as erm terrorism and war is concerned , memories are pretty short . |
| 29 | But I always try to stay the night there on my way down through France and on the way back again because of the Hotel de la Poste where the Swiss proprietor and his pretty Norman wife provide such a warm welcome and such good food . |
| 30 | After five years ' work , Olivier was certain of only two things : that the population , even at the highest estimate , was by no means enough to ensure the eventual survival of the species ; and that the figures henceforward would be on the way down rather than up . |