Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending , which I think is what Good is abou is suggesting , if carried on properly on market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the financial institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 2 | It is at the level of explanation that the sexism of sociolinguistics is most blatantly on display , and I want to concentrate on it in the remainder of this section . |
| 3 | Under natural conditions it grows most abundantly on limestone soils . |
| 4 | As Dingwall and his colleagues ( 1983 ) comment , ‘ Attention was first focused on protection from children and only latterly on protection of children . ’ |
| 5 | For hinged windows , the best choice is self-adhesive epdm rubber foam , which unlike earlier foam types , deteriorates only slowly on exposure to sun and rain . |
| 6 | Questions may look all right on paper simply because we accept a more formal style in writing than we do in speech , but they may sound absolutely frightful when put into speech . |
| 7 | This causes the double stranded DNA in the sample to dissociate into two single strands as the hydrogen bonds , which hold the two strands together under physiological conditions , break down reversibly on heating . |
| 8 | Even so , most of it was so pointedly on target that she began to leave some of her cynicism aside . |
| 9 | It is never — or perhaps only on occasion — the fault of an individual who has not done his job conscientiously or with an adequate standard of service . |
| 10 | It is remote from roads and habitations and can be reached overland only on foot . |
| 11 | Even if you do like meat , poultry and fish and wish to keep them as a regular part of your diet , it would be wise to cut down appreciably on animal protein and up your vegetable quotient . |
| 12 | New syllabuses ( e.g. Lesotho , Uganda ) show a greater diversification of materials and media in art and craft , and recommend many materials available in the environment rather than depending so single-mindedly on picture-making . |
| 13 | Then , when King John took over the French lands which he had inherited in 1200 , he was allowed to do so only on condition that he should recognise them as being fiefs held of the king of France . |
| 14 | If it is meaningful to say " the same colour " , then it is so only on condition that we can meaningfully speak of different specimens of the colour in question , or , at the very least , of different occasions on which this colour is talked about , or referred to as the " same " . |
| 15 | Yeah , but they did n't put it down individually on spreadsheet . |
| 16 | It would not be surprising if you found that the work started arriving either only just on time or even late . |
| 17 | He had seldom been to the village and only once on foot but he could remember the layout of it with surprising clarity . |
| 18 | Good options , accessible only once on tape version 78% |
| 19 | The bakery , and you 're expecting a delivery , especially like on produce , and then you have to go off , or something like that , get people stacking right up . |
| 20 | Some feed more or less directly on sediment , from which they extract edible particles . |
| 21 | On one occasion when the poor chap was a few minutes late , it was , ‘ He 's only ever on time when he wants to take me to church . ’ |
| 22 | He had been urgently summoned by the sexton , whom the vicar had sent off on horseback , and he was annoyed at being dragged from his bed in Kettlewell , so early on Christmas Eve ; especially as by the time he arrived it was all over . |
| 23 | Each set of four had their reins held by a ‘ driver ’ , so once on stage there was no way that a message could be passed to a colleague should anything go amiss . |
| 24 | Inset below Off on holiday : a family boards a coach in 1955 . |
| 25 | Performance measures still impact only slightly on resource allocation decisions ’ . |
| 26 | She carried a tray with cups of tea and biscuits on it , which she laid down carefully on top of the chest of drawers . |
| 27 | The Lyle family took out the lease in 1920 and spent their own money on the restoration of Barrington Court and the creation of the Gertrude Jekyll-inspired gardens , which are only partly on Trust owned land . |
| 28 | The Finance Minister , Adnan Kahveci said on April 12 that Turkey had spent $45,000,000 so far on relief and expected to spend another $50,000,000 to provide food for refugees . |
| 29 | Having concentrated so far on administration and CIA involvement , Walsh declared that the final stages of his investigation would focus on other agencies which either collaborated in , or had detailed knowledge of , the Reagan administration 's secret arms sales to Iran or its covert resupply network for the contras . |
| 30 | ‘ I was so far on side the decision was a joke , ’ said Hazard , adding : ‘ The TV people told me after watching a replay that I was at least two yards on side . ’ |