Example sentences of "on [conj] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message conveyed to the brain from one such cell is a bit ambiguous : it is saying either that a stationary spot is going on or off in a particular region , or that something is moving upwards in that region . |
| 2 | The voltage applied to each phase circuit is a d.c. supply which can be switched on or off in the positive or negative sense . |
| 3 | While the heyday for Greek columns was between the 1830s and the 1850s , the classical style carried on although not to the same degree . |
| 4 | Sports Editors fretted and printers fumed as the match went on and on into the British night , with Milligan winning the 17th by chipping in , to go to all square . |
| 5 | One of the direct results of science and technology has been an increase in production , and a ‘ spin-off ’ or yield of such things as anaesthetics , principles of bacteriology and immunology and hygiene , better control of health and illness , the provision of machines to do what women and children were earlier forced to do , cheaper paper , vast presses to permit the masses to read , followed by other mass media , much better conditions in homes and factories and cities — and on and on in a never-ending list . |
| 6 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
| 7 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
| 8 | Speaking last night from the motel in Kelowna , 400 miles north of Vancouver , where she has lived on and off for the last three years , Mrs Allan said : ‘ I am not coming home until I have got my child . |
| 9 | With precise control both units can be set to operate on and off at the same setting with consequent better heat distribution . |
| 10 | That misconception had continued on and off over the following six or seven years . |
| 11 | A niggling hip injury , which has troubled him on and off over the past year and hampered his preparation , was closer to the root of his troubles than any age-related downswing . |
| 12 | A particular variant of special deposits , used on and off during the 1970s , was supplementary special deposits ( ‘ the corset ’ ) . |
| 13 | The charm he switches on and off like an electric fire . |
| 14 | She switches them on and off like the electric light . ’ |
| 15 | The Company got on as well with the local population as any European settlers anywhere in the world , but it was very exposed to attacks from New France . |