Example sentences of "[adv] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A lover of nature , he was no lover of solitude , and like many whose occupations condemn them to long silences he seized eagerly on all opportunities of conversation . ’ |
| 2 | In the extreme , of course , local people may object strongly to a project ( eg on environmental grounds ) , and force a design change or even the abandonment of the project , so that public attitudes may become an important issue . |
| 3 | Familiarity with the Law Society 's Civil Litigation Committee 's Guide to Good Practice and other guidance ( eg on medical reports and structured settlements ) as published . |
| 4 | Open country , nesting colonially on inland cliffs and ruined buildings . |
| 5 | They were speeding along the A40 trunk road now , the landscape growing ever more undulating as the Cotswolds drew near , the pale winter sunlight falling warmly on honey-stoned farmhouses and curving boundary walls . |
| 6 | He kissed her warmly on both cheeks and caught again that elusive scent that was special to her . |
| 7 | Clay masks which dry on the skin are grease-absorbing and act better on oily skins . |
| 8 | In general , the results confirmed her predictions ; independent of sex , late maturers scored better on spatial tasks and early maturers scored better on verbal tasks . |
| 9 | She states that early maturers have better verbal aptitude than spatial ability , whereas later maturers perform better on spatial tasks than verbal ones . |
| 10 | In general , the results confirmed her predictions ; independent of sex , late maturers scored better on spatial tasks and early maturers scored better on verbal tasks . |
| 11 | Farm machinery is used better on larger farms and needs fewer workers . |
| 12 | If a mutant batch of tadpoles with cannibalistic tendencies suddenly arose in a spadefoot population , they would tend to survive much better on those occasions when the pond was quickly drying out . |
| 13 | Myth No.3 : ‘ Ratner has built his market entirely on low prices . ’ |
| 14 | With the aid of another architect friend , a metallurgist and a professor of mechanical engineering from Bristol University , and assistance from the research and development department of Aerospatiale , they designed a steel and glass conservatory in the style of the period , but with many modern and labour-saving features , such as a reversible entrance , hermetically-sealed casements , low-voltage common-earth infra-red lighting and a sprinkler system that runs entirely on shredded copies of Harpers & Queen . |
| 15 | Unlike the people of the other Islamic groups , the Hui look Chinese : they are racially Chinese rather than Turkic and their classification as a ‘ national minority ’ is almost entirely on religious grounds . |
| 16 | There is also an older copy book of poems by Anne Blencowe , almost entirely on scriptural themes . |
| 17 | Oil Mill was perhaps one of the under-capitalised mills for it still relied entirely on outdoor weavers . |
| 18 | His work , the main fruits of which are to be found in his book , Law in the Modern State , aimed to construct a science of public law entirely on empirical foundations . |
| 19 | Finally , Dr Pöhl , who resigned after German Monetary Union , has said , ‘ The adjustment pressure ( after the abandonment of the exchange rate as an instrument of adjustment ) would fall entirely on other aggregates , particularly on employment , and ever increasing public transfer payments would become inescapable . |
| 20 | Whether it is larger or smaller will depend entirely on such factors as the relative size of the objects , their distance from the point , magnifying effects of the media , and soon . |
| 21 | It would not have been difficult to fill this page with a glowing report based entirely on first impressions . |
| 22 | As at Dalat in April , the Fontainebleau conference failed entirely on substantive issues . |
| 23 | We believe that any strategy which relies almost entirely on defensive measures as a response to the damaging symptoms of development , is ultimately bound to fail . |
| 24 | The Labour Party opposed the agreement fervently but almost entirely on political grounds . |
| 25 | 80% of the world 's population relies entirely on local medicines . |
| 26 | But the Fed 's timing may not have been based entirely on domestic considerations . |
| 27 | knowledge of dolphins I found was based almost entirely on captive animals . |
| 28 | The fact that the costs of this programme fall entirely on captive consumers is all too convenient . |
| 29 | The CRC depends entirely on voluntary contributions . |
| 30 | And as the lifeboats are run entirely on voluntary contributions and membership fees , the £6 you give to us is vital . |