Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many years the station scientists did little research on these introduced species , probably because no one could foresee the possibility of eradicating them . |
| 2 | They are up to 30 km in length and are marked by Indian cairn shrines and sometimes by Spanish churches ( presumably placed on former Indian sites ) . |
| 3 | the axes are somewhere depending on these . |
| 4 | And she came to Whitfield , and she said Mr Whitfield , why is it that you keep on preaching on this , and you keep on using this text , and keep on saying you must be born again ? |
| 5 | No I keep on landing on that one |
| 6 | Once a water has received a regular supply of HNV baits , and the carp have been hooked on special rigs , they are rarely caught on any other bait or method . |
| 7 | Unable to investigate further the boundary between body and spirit , Crookes moved on to work on that mysterious borderland , as he called it , of matter and energy . |
| 8 | The title and format might lead the casual observer into expecting just another general text ; but closer inspection reveals that the book assumes some basic knowledge of the subject and then goes on to concentrate on those aspects of geology of most direct relevance to society — seismic and volcanic hazards , landslides , erosion , subsidence , groundwater , and so on . |
| 9 | CIE , the US-based Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility , and the International Organization of Consumer Unions , have all collaborated on many projects , and there are literally hundreds , perhaps thousands of transnational networks now monitoring the TNCs all over the world . |
| 10 | And Street is sure that the Premmia range can only build on this success . |
| 11 | I can only build on this hill . ’ |
| 12 | Exultation comes and goes , but here again for the while I suppose it has returned to me in preparation for that step back into the radiant arc of omnipotence which is only given on this earth to the narrator in or of a novel . |
| 13 | That was before my time , of course , but he obviously passed on some of his skills because during , or just after , very wet weather , Sam would go off somewhere and catch lovely brown trout , which he often gave to people who were ill ; and sometimes when he had a sheep to kill , he would send down the head which would make a really tasty and nourishing broth . |
| 14 | A change of identity was also mooted in view of the fact that in BR livery the numbers and names were merely painted on these locomotives . |
| 15 | The fortification of staple foods with folic acid to prevent neural tube defects may be unwisely delayed on this account . |
| 16 | Then there were those first matches against other counties , with ‘ Beefy ’ present and apparently firing on all cylinders . |
| 17 | This overriding goal entails that the best constitutional arrangements each person can reach while acting in conformity with his own moral ideals are morally valid , and since the commonly agreed upon arrangements are so regarded by everyone , they are morally binding on all . |
| 18 | Readers might also be interested to hear that Stalin proposed signing a treaty with Morrissey when the time was right , only to renege on any agreement , later resulting in the bloody battle of Stalingrad and the division of The Smiths . |
| 19 | So much rides on this one game and not just the financial prize , considerable though that is . |
| 20 | Okay so got on that train , thinking it would go straight to Hertford and it did n't . |
| 21 | Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place . |
| 22 | Soon to be all change on this route : the French company , SNAT , pulls out towards the end of April . |
| 23 | The reticence which had surrounded the subject for so long had suddenly collapsed on all sides . |
| 24 | The figures are better grouped on this version and the bull-woman is more in proportion . |
| 25 | Since its inception , this procedure has been fiercely attacked on many occasions , including The Black Report ( Townsend and Davidson , 1982 ) and The Health Divide ( Whitehead , 1987 ) for failing to take account of morbidity and of social deprivation ( see Mays and Bevan , 1987 , for a review of the vast literature generated by the debate on the use of the RAWP formula ) . |
| 26 | Tonight , for example , after Emily was in bed , she 'd get down to work on some of her designs for accessories . |
| 27 | It could be argued that the requirement of regularity is unduly restrictive and reflects the rationale of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 , namely , the additional duties imposed on suppliers should only fall on those who can , because of the regularity of their dealings , be expected to have some competence in relation to the goods supplied . |
| 28 | ( In fact , the corporation had been wrongly reported on this score and had issued no such edict at all . ) |
| 29 | This arrangement continued for eight years , and enabled me not only to work on several books , but also to continue with my computer research . |
| 30 | I stand on the balcony , apparently musing on this very credible story , but really wondering how soon we can step back inside . |