Example sentences of "[adj] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want a patch-through on a secure line to Vice-President Odell , ’ he said , ‘ and I want it now . ’ |
| 2 | It is peculiar on the one hand because a moment 's reflection reveals design as a human activity taking place within , and not without , human societies . |
| 3 | Some foreign children are residential on a permanent basis . |
| 4 | Sarah Evans , a manager in Price Waterhouse 's litigation and special services department , was cross-examined on the same evidence . |
| 5 | Your RR already has a US V8 engine , a Buick As you are only allowed to increase the power by 20% this can easily be achieved by changing the camshaft , carburettors ( for a four barrelled Holley and Offenhouser manifold as fuel costs are not a problem ! ) and fitting tubular extractor manifolds to the exhaust Large power increases are not sensible on a seventeen year old vehicle without major overhaul , steering , suspension etc |
| 6 | ‘ It would be hardly sensible on a quiet day , but you know how they run here . ’ |
| 7 | Stephen Clapham , an analyst at Hoare Govett , said : ‘ It will take time to cut costs in the acquisitions , but they look sensible on an 18-month basis . ’ |
| 8 | The drifts surely could not be more than chest-deep on the massive shire , she thought , and with a bit of luck she would get through . |
| 9 | A magpie , seeing some light-coloured object conspicuous on the empty slope , flew closer to look . |
| 10 | But there are other people also entertaining on a grand scale at the regatta , as part of the corporate hospitality that 's laid on every year . |
| 11 | So , normally the boiler will malfunction on the D6 roll of a 6 , but if the Steam Tank has sustained 1 wound it will malfunction on a 5 or 6 , if it has 2 wounds it goes wrong on a 4 , 5 or 6 and so on . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , a great deal of our flying is done by habit and this can lead to serious problems if anything goes wrong on the first flight in a strange machine . |
| 13 | The gloomsters have been proved wrong on the first part of the operation . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , they did not all take their studies very seriously and some of the bruising battle scenes , including a duel that went disastrously wrong on the first night , attracted misplaced laughter . |
| 15 | they were wrong on the second point at least . ’ |
| 16 | Oh that 's about the answer in the back of the book , so I must have just gone wrong on the last bit here . |
| 17 | When anything goes wrong on the surgical side the fault is automatically mine . ’ |
| 18 | This question only arises if I am wrong on the main point of principle , but I think it proper to consider it nonetheless . |
| 19 | That proposal is also the preferred option of Israel 's Likud coalition government — as Levy , the Israeli foreign minister , made clear on a recent visit to Washington . |
| 20 | If the reach is fairly broad the fleet often steers a very curved course to the next mark , so it is sometimes worth deliberately keeping well clear on a low course . |
| 21 | can be expected for material that requires study , but for reports your aim must be to make the meaning clear on the first reading . |
| 22 | The Government have made their public expenditure plans absolutely clear , and they are clear on the normal basis . |
| 23 | The 30-year-old Mandale Harrier was making his first appearance over the country for a year , but he broke clear on the second of the three laps of a gruelling nine kilometre course and held off a late challenge by Newton Aycliffe 's Kevin Vose to win by an emphatic 13 seconds . |
| 24 | Okay , clear on the two definitions . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the limitations of writing a script to accompany images on the screen become clear on the printed page . |
| 26 | Before last Tuesday Darlington 1 were only five points clear on the same number of games and could not afford to lose a match . |
| 27 | Furthermore , we must be clear on the differing nature of these types of advantage . |
| 28 | Carpets and cushions would be ordered and we would sit in the hot stillness , our voices quiet , the half-English , half-Arabic clear on the heavy air . |
| 29 | For much of this century things have seemed pretty clear on the constitutional front . |
| 30 | because the rag is only going to stay damp on the outside |