Example sentences of "[adv] on [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided I must face the truth about this the other night when I swerved fiercely on country road to avoid a scuba diver riding a moped . |
| 2 | While both initiatives are seen as bringing about a closer link between assessment and teaching and learning , and place a greater emphasis than hitherto on teacher assessment , Broadfoot points to various tensions and contradictions between these systems of assessment . |
| 3 | At these , information was communicated , sometimes on a confidential basis , which enabled all of us to brief our committees , our local groups , and through these areas our membership , far better on Institute policy and matters . |
| 4 | The forecasts period can cover 7 days , 11 days , 30 days or 90 days , depending entirely on management policy . |
| 5 | William Agnew , although he could not speak and relied entirely on sign language , was a forceful personality and moved about amongst the rich merchants of Glasgow . |
| 6 | Throughout his life , Agnew could not speak and relied entirely on sign language and fingerspelling , but was a highly articulate man — he penned a great number of articles in Scottish and national newspapers giving his views on the introduction of oralism into British schools . |
| 7 | The fourth year is spent entirely on thesis work , and the student writes a substantial account , which is submitted to two examiners . |
| 8 | Like cockroaches too , the termites feed almost entirely on vegetable matter . |
| 9 | For the adolescent boy or girl , the confusion may be worsened by growing evidence for him or her that previous ideas and attitudes , based entirely on childhood experience , may not be appropriate in his or her new relationships or in the new society of which the youngster is now accepted as part . |
| 10 | Indeed , special clubs have been set up which concentrate entirely on mountain rescue . |
| 11 | The time of the children was spent entirely on tape listening ( 15 minutes ) question and answer ( 25 minutes ) and working on their own tor the balance . |
| 12 | And obviously , we 're , we 're concerned that people erm will rent our properties who will then be reliant entirely on housing benefit er and and and if they increase their income they may be worse off ! |
| 13 | The two were apparently on guard duty at the Lille Barracks , Farnham , Surrey , when 19-year-old Robert Smith was blasted at point-blank range . |
| 14 | At 8am on Christmas morning the night shift goes home . |
| 15 | How could gas companies give any guarantees to gas suppliers , especially on gas volume , if their customers could by-pass them at any time ? |
| 16 | On the issues of the future , especially on wealth creation and technological change , Labour had little to say . |
| 17 | Not most people 's idea of enjoyment , especially on Boxing Day . |
| 18 | Overall , the attitudes of children in the action schools where all the interventions took place became noticeably more liberal , especially on sex role and occupational stereotypes and the ‘ masculinity ’ of science . |
| 19 | In the special election to complete Heinz 's term , his platform had emphasized the need to switch from social programmes aimed at the poor to programmes offering something to average non-affluent US citizens , especially on health care ; to cut middle class taxes ; to boost unemployment benefits ; and to protect jobs from low-wage Mexico 's competition ( a reference to the North American Free Trade Agreement currently in the final stages of negotiation ) . |
| 20 | However , officials admitted on July 29 that the deficit was likely to be greater than originally estimated , because of lower-than-anticipated tax revenues and increased expenditure especially on unemployment benefit and health and social service payments [ for May 1990 agreement on German unity fund and East German budget deficit predictions see p. 37467 ] . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ( Although see the section below on Property Unit Trusts ) . |
| 23 | With the advent of compulsory , competitive tendering in local authorities , direct service organisations are forced to compete with private sector organisations for contracts to provide certain services and as a result they are beginning to use strategic planning techniques ( see the section below on business planning ) . |
| 24 | Alternatively , and in the long term , plan building in cities to cut down on travel overall . |
| 25 | Tobacco kills vitamins and lowers the body 's resistance to disease , particularly to air-borne viruses — a side effect you should be aware of if you are cutting down on body-building food intake — and it also has a depressant effect on appetite . |
| 26 | With the Paisley MPs Irene Adams and Gordon McMaster , Mr McFall was lending his support to Operation Blade , an initiative by Strathclyde Police to clamp down on knife crime . |
| 27 | Sandy Seymour was among drivers , managers and police officers helping to publicise the latest aspect of Operation Blade , the campaign by Strathclyde Police to clamp down on knife crime . |
| 28 | The brewers of these beers want to produce them as fast as possible and use chemical additives to speed up fermentation , cut down on yeast head to get more liquid into the fermenters and to produce a beer with a thick head of foam . |
| 29 | Where possible , information was coded to cut down on computer storage and processing costs . |
| 30 | An attempt was made to take advantage of the morphological structure of words to cut down on storage space and search time . |