Example sentences of "[adj] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sarah Evans , a manager in Price Waterhouse 's litigation and special services department , was cross-examined on the same evidence . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A magpie , seeing some light-coloured object conspicuous on the empty slope , flew closer to look . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The gloomsters have been proved wrong on the first part of the operation . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | they were wrong on the second point at least . ’ |
| 9 | Oh that 's about the answer in the back of the book , so I must have just gone wrong on the last bit here . |
| 10 | When anything goes wrong on the surgical side the fault is automatically mine . ’ |
| 11 | This question only arises if I am wrong on the main point of principle , but I think it proper to consider it nonetheless . |
| 12 | can be expected for material that requires study , but for reports your aim must be to make the meaning clear on the first reading . |
| 13 | The Government have made their public expenditure plans absolutely clear , and they are clear on the normal basis . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Okay , clear on the two definitions . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the limitations of writing a script to accompany images on the screen become clear on the printed page . |
| 17 | Before last Tuesday Darlington 1 were only five points clear on the same number of games and could not afford to lose a match . |
| 18 | Furthermore , we must be clear on the differing nature of these types of advantage . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | For much of this century things have seemed pretty clear on the constitutional front . |
| 21 | because the rag is only going to stay damp on the outside |
| 22 | As a fellwalking boot , I thought the Sanmarco was perfectly adequate on the roughest of paths , but not quite so good on tussocky , heathery , trackless ground , where something a bit stiffer would have been better . |
| 23 | All life is interdependent on the natural environment , from the smallest bacteria to the largest animal or plant — even man . |
| 24 | She came as night-nurse on the second of May when I had a bad attack of sciatica and left on the fourteenth of June . |
| 25 | But many small producers fear ‘ the rectification of unfair subcontracting arrangements is not high on the official list of priorities ’ ( Anthony 1983 p.71 ) . |
| 26 | An issue high on the Japanese public 's agenda is the conservation of wildlife , including porpoises trapped in fishing nets , and the plight of whales . |
| 27 | This could prove a significant advantage over their chief rivals — Blue Orca , Hard As Iron and Red Paddy , who are all drawn high on the far rails . |
| 28 | This would lead to a decline in the volume of less essential traffic in urban and rural areas and bring an overall reduction in all its adverse effects , including its contribution , through carbon dioxide , to global warming — certain to be very high on the political agenda in the next few years . |
| 29 | Industry certainly needs to be high on the political agenda but like Northern Ireland policy , the main parties must agree a mutual policy . |
| 30 | High on the political agenda . |