Example sentences of "[verb] on [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is completely parallel and can intelligently farm bits of itself and applications across multiple processors , or alternatively sit on just one . |
| 2 | It is completely parallel and can intelligently farm bits of itself and applications across multiple processors , or alternatively sit on just one . |
| 3 | Sit on maybe thirteen or fourteen eggs . |
| 4 | He went on to obtain plates centred on about 1300 selected areas scattered uniformly over 75 per cent of the whole sky , on which he was able to recognise some 44000 galaxies down to apparent magnitude about 20 . |
| 5 | It is clear , in fact , that stylistic analysis must be very selective indeed : some studies concentrate on just one feature , and others on a mere handful of features . |
| 6 | ‘ Concentrate on just one of them , ’ he said , meeting Mach 's eyes . |
| 7 | Many research projects concentrate on either siliciclastic or carbonate sediments ; few investigate combined carbonate-siliciclastic systems and fewer yet reference volcanogenic sediments , mudrocks or evaporites . |
| 8 | I think that if you concentrate on really short term goals and practise things that are maybe a week away instead of a month away then you 'll gradually , slowly but surely , definitely improve . |
| 9 | Er and they were actually bringing on there own unemployment . |
| 10 | A thunderous , psychedelicious affair , ‘ The Storm ’ floats along on the ghostly groove , touching on early '80 's electro pop , a late-'80s dance feel and even the danker ends of the late-'60s trip , while the B-side offers a spruced-up version of The Rolling Stones ' ‘ She 's A Rainbow ’ . |
| 11 | A thunderous , psychedelicious affair , ‘ The Storm ’ floats along on the ghostly groove , touching on early '80 's electro pop , a late-'80s dance feel and even the danker ends of the late-'60s trip , while the B-side offers a spruced-up version of The Rolling Stones ' ‘ She 's A Rainbow ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I hear you and Damian got on famously last night ! ’ |
| 13 | so be aware that you do n't want to ramble on too long or this appointment could go on for ever and a day . |
| 14 | If any body governed Athens from day to day , it was the council of 500 , which met on about 300 days in the year , and which had , among other duties , the task of preparing the agenda for meetings of the assembly . |
| 15 | What groups , yeah groups for particular things on , on the , you know like campaigns or prisoners there were special groups dealing only with this those , they met on there own , not there were n't any |
| 16 | ‘ I know what 's goin' on so that 's not the reason she sends me away . |
| 17 | This is a book that will interest philosophers rather than scientifically minded laymen , who may become impatient with too much general discussion resting on too little reliable research . |
| 18 | This paper trail can be attributed to the demands made on electronically stored information by local and national governments , companies , charities , service providers ( e.g. medical staff ) , and individuals . |
| 19 | It goes on : ’ ( 2 ) The CAP negotiations must build on reasonably broad agreement on the principle of resource withdrawal in the shape of arable set-aside. ( 3 ) The negotiations must also develop constructively the common thread of agreement on the environment , and on the need for permanent measures to compensate for the disadvantages of farming in Less Favoured Areas . |
| 20 | I think she must have been quite well off some time , had fallen on really hard times . |
| 21 | well it still lived on there all the time |
| 22 | Well , they agreed on that much anyway . |
| 23 | The neat , symmetrical plot turns on just this physical likeness . |
| 24 | There 's very little goes on here that is true . |
| 25 | Like anywhere , life simply goes on as normal , as it always has . |
| 26 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 27 | L would myself much prefer to wait on just one diner , even if he were a total stranger . |
| 28 | okay good point and that is that is a point , that you need to be clear about what you want to role plays on as good as the real thing you know but then again sometimes you know sometimes I 've listened to people saying well role plays are a bit harder than real life harder than real life why are we talking about being assertive now . |
| 29 | We do not scrutinise European legislation properly ; indeed , we allow the Executive to carry on very much as it pleases . |
| 30 | You have to carry on as much time as |