Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is a staggering fact that 9 out of 10 people who successfully lose weight on a " diet " put the weight back on again afterwards . |
| 2 | In the past year , for instance , doctoral candidates have successfully completed theses on the acquisition of English as a foreign language by speakers of German , the teaching of advanced writing skills in English for specific purposes , and the stylistics of narrative fiction . |
| 3 | The Wall Street Journal has called their bluff and finds that 12 of the 31 analysts that track IBM had buy recommendations on the stock on September 1 — and even after details of all the new cuts came out , only three had an outright sell recommendation on the stock , and last Tuesday morning , some were still rating it a buy . |
| 4 | On the northern coalfield the rejection of badly filled corves on the grounds that they had been deliberately underfilled — " they will sometimes be so roguish as to set these big coals hollow at the Corfe bottom , and cover them with some small coals at the top of the Corves , and make it look like a full Corfe " — was a long-running grievance which led to a strike at one mine in 1751 . |
| 5 | Mr Robertson told the second and final day of a hearing by the board 's video appeal committee that St Theresa was portrayed in mystical ecstasy — using pain to place herself at the mercy of her subconscious and thereby contemplate Jesus on the Cross . |
| 6 | Please make sure that you only have one clear circled point on the scale for every person . ’ |
| 7 | Two papers by Fletcher et al ( p 622 ) and Hole et al ( p 609 ) in this week 's journal constitute the latest chapter in the slowly unfolding chronicle on hypertension and cancer . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , their Lordships think it right to concentrate attention on the reasons given by Barnett J. for the order now under appeal . |
| 9 | The idea of a United Front was slowly gaining favour on the Left , despite the intransigence of the Communists . |
| 10 | What a wonderful and thrilling finale there was to that match , as McEnroe held and then lost three match points , saved three against him , and then eventually claimed victory on his sixth match point . |
| 11 | By arguments of this kind , biological or similar arguments could coherently yield constraints on social goals , personal ideals , possible institutions and so forth . |
| 12 | However , properly targeted research on young males , particularly those from disadvantaged ethnic groups , which considers both the meaning and duration of unemployment … has yet to be done ’ . |
| 13 | In the same year , most of the county councils within the Severn-Trent region were carrying out some agricultural land-drainage work , and private farmers , even without drainage grants , were bringing in dredging machinery on rivers , to get water off their land . |
| 14 | Save as provided in regulation 36 of these regulations , no person , being a motor trader and the holder of a trade vehicle , shall use any mechanically propelled vehicle on a public road by virtue of that licence unless it is a vehicle which is temporarily in his possession in the course of his business as a motor trader or a recovery vehicle kept by him for the purpose of dealing with disabled vehicles in the course of that business . |
| 15 | Save as provided in the said regulation 36 and without derogation from the provisions of the last preceding paragraph of this regulation , no person , being a motor trader and the holder of a trade licence , shall use any mechanically propelled vehicle on a public road by virtue of that licence for a purpose other than a business purpose and other than one of the following purposes : |
| 16 | But their ideas had only limited influence on the way games were played and understood by the mass of manual workers . |
| 17 | Compared with lifestyle and environment health services have only limited impact on life expectancy and health |
| 18 | In fact , it was an ‘ A ’ team player who helped them towards a good victory over highly placed Malshanger on Wednesday last week . |
| 19 | Some lords were fortunate enough to gather aids on other occasions ; many lords had great difficulty in gathering aids at all . |
| 20 | He lied about his address and so received methadone on a maintenance basis . |
| 21 | Oh ye were there obviously cooking facilities on the boat were there ? |
| 22 | ‘ I would love to have seen 400,000 kids coming along to see Kylie on this tour , but it just is not possible , ’ said Waterman . |
| 23 | They did n't only want lumps on their heads |
| 24 | It seems almost impossible to entirely eliminate guilt on either side . |
| 25 | Would you please be good enough to arrange signature on behalf of Three Vee Ltd ? |
| 26 | ‘ They only make love on the twenty-ninth of February , ’ said Hyacinth , ‘ and then only when it rains . ’ |
| 27 | Churchmen had long admonished monarchs on their duties to God and people , and some kings had made church aims their own . |
| 28 | The swan was once a highly regarded delicacy on the Christmas table . |
| 29 | the Secretary of State still had to announce his long awaited decision on the Brynhenllys Inquiry and he rejected British Coal 's appeal for a large site at Pwll Du . |
| 30 | It does not purport to be a fully comprehensive report but merely to provide information on key issues which may be relevant to potential investors . |