Example sentences of "[verb] on in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mexico apart ( and for domestic reasons no American government can ignore Mexico ) , the administration is not much bothered with what goes on in Latin America . |
| 32 | Above them on a rocky promontory of convenient geology , Jesus kneels in prayer , an exercise that still goes on in some places , though with less agony and less certainty of address . ’ |
| 33 | And er , they are actually a good description of what goes on in those departments and those that relate to these procedures . |
| 34 | Nobody knows what goes on in these places . |
| 35 | It goes on in more detail but that is the basis of it . |
| 36 | This led on in later generations to a widespread belief among orthodox Christians that the Bible should be looked upon as a compendium of truths directly revealed by God , inerrant and totally consistent in all its parts , and thus the supremely authoritative source of information not only on points of doctrine but on any other matters on which it might touch . |
| 37 | We can therefore interpret our findings as evidence that what the community agrees on in this case is a pattern of stable differentiation over two generations between male and female usage . |
| 38 | The doctors said they did n't know how I managed to carry on in such pain . ’ |
| 39 | To begin your career with a book as wonderful as The House of Mr Biswas , and to carry on in such an unflinchingly individual way to produce a wonderful sardonic book like The Enigma of Arrival , is quite remarkable . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ Insulting , then , ’ she agreed quietly , determined not to lose her temper , although if he was going to carry on in that vein the chances of her keeping it for very long were absolutely nil . |
| 41 | Photojournalism and the birth of photography are briefly touched on , Context and Ambiguity expanded on in some depth , ethics briefly considered and a fair selection of illustrations from the exhibition are included , including Robert Capa 's The Last Man to die , Leipzig , Germany and Chris Steele-Perkins Famine in Karamoja Province , Uganda , images that are almost commonplace today . |
| 42 | ‘ I do n't think he will stay on in that role , ’ Mr Smith added , ‘ but we will consider the future in our own time . ’ |
| 43 | If Prince Charles wants to go on in this exhorting role , he has to understand architecture . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ It 's hardly fair I should be required to go on in this way . |
| 45 | The normal way of classifying a child is by his Or her father 's profession , and this is essentially all we have to go on in this case . |
| 46 | Just the two of them hanging on in that decaying old house , ’ Schellenberg said . |
| 47 | I refuse to sit on in this house and be treated like Christopher Robin by her . ’ |
| 48 | Americans have been using 60/40 material for jackets and trousers for years , yet for some reason it 's never quite caught on in this country . |
| 49 | And , of course , the scientific approach through general laws and formulae has nothing to work on in this sort of context . |
| 50 | All brood parasites show a range of fascinating adaptations in support of their unorthodox life style , but the best-known and most fully studied is undoubtedly the European cuckoo which is the species we shall concentrate on in this chapter . |
| 51 | The Gujerati community is fully aware of cases like that of Mrs X. Scandals such as hers are everybody 's business , but while in India or East Africa such situations would not have been tolerated , and sons would be forced to take their mothers back , in Britain the community looks on in fascinated horror but does nothing . |
| 52 | This positive working relationship helped to strengthen the foundations of the sport , especially when Sarah moved on in 1987 to become a senior staff coach at the English Ski Council and Development Officer for freestyle . |
| 53 | In a similar vein , Dr M in Department B said that the first year is concerned with ‘ settling in and acquiring practice , and acquiring a certain body of common reading which can then be appealed to or built on in subsequent years ’ . |
| 54 | No doubt he 'd enjoyed this association with young men , trousers and jackets endlessly tried on in curtained booths . |
| 55 | So the delicate gilded furniture and the rococo mirrors had gone from his office ; and in their place were desks and chairs that renaissance princes might have sat on in perfect safety , even if they had weighed three hundredweight . |
| 56 | Maybe this attitude lingers on in advanced Western societies , explaining why some people still wax so lyrical about arcane grammatical rules , the Oxford English Dictionary and all the other magical authorities , and why they are so indignant about feminists ‘ tampering with language ’ . |
| 57 | The plating is carried on in eight vats , one each for silver , nickel and black nickel , two for brass plating , and three for copper plating . |
| 58 | These were low-paid , largely female , occupations mainly unmechanized and carried on in small workshops . |
| 59 | There are many businesses that can be carried on in rural and residential areas without causing unacceptable disturbance … |
| 60 | Arguments over the validity of the notice and justification of the motives of the partners serving it are better left to an appropriate tribunal ( judge , arbitrator or mediator ) than carried on in acrimonious correspondence . |