Example sentences of "on at [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | These molecules , the ultimate source of information about what is going on at a specific time in a particular cell , are extremely labile chemically ( for example , to traces of alkaline detergent in less than scrupulously clean glassware ) and enzymatically ( to the ubiquitous ribonuclease ) . |
2 | Neat salt , put on at a light rate of spread is just enough to de-ice the road surface . |
3 | One desk lamp was switched on at the far end of the room , one candle , round , red , squat , burned on her bedside table . |
4 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
5 | There 's a lot of shelling and mortaring going on at the other end of the village . ’ |
6 | Making her way to the bookcase , she was weighing up the possibility of reading the title spines without putting on the light when a table-lamp was clicked on at the other end of the room . |
7 | That 's the Stamford Bridge in East Yorkshire not the one which gives David Mellor a stork on at the mere mention of the place . |
8 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
9 | I carried on at the same point in the book and you did not seem to notice . |
10 | Even if we stopped using all CFCs today , depletion of the ozone layer — the earth 's barrier against cancer-causing ultra violet radiation — would carry on at the same rate for the next 50 years . |
11 | Monumental Reputation : Robert Adam and the Emperor 's Palace is on at the National Library of Scotland from 1 June to 30 September 1992 , and at Kenwood , London , from 4 November 1992 to 28 February 1993 . |
12 | Thus , for example , in order to understand what is going on at the local outside-level on Lewis , it is necessary to examine the structure of the oil industry as a whole . |
13 | She had n't been privy to the goings on at the opposite end of the table , but she had a distinct , almost tactile memory of the girl fleeing , the usual calm repose of her features fractured . |
14 | A Paul Gascoigne corner in the 13th minute was flicked on at the near post by John Barnes and Platt arrived behind him to head in his 13th England goal . |