Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] on at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system of planning controls imposes limits on their freedom to locate operations where they will or to increase the scale , or change the nature , of the activities carried on at a particular site . |
| 2 | That was the trouble with harbour-watching , there were so many inexplicable activities carried on at a stately pace and with the deliberation of a choreographed performance . |
| 3 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 4 | What do the journalists type on at the Post ? ’ |
| 5 | The parties went on at lartington Hall but it was n't the same place after the death of Mr Field . |
| 6 | The lectures laid on at the Sorbonne were of an abysmal simplicity , and given by lecturers who grossly though understandably underestimated their audience : they bored her as she had not been bored by work for years . |
| 7 | Simon Cope of London-based commercial agent Gerald Eve , which is marketing the scheme jointly with Sanderson Townend & Gilbert , said : ‘ There has been as reasonable amount of interest in the past , and marketing has occasionally been stopped while discussions have taken place , but there are serious discussions going on at the moment . ’ |
| 8 | There are various activities going on at the present , looking at the state of the rainforest , and what is happening , one of which is a project which we are involved in ourselves , which is looking at the incentives to people to erm manage the forest , for sustained yield , so it produces timber indefinitely . |
| 9 | A general tradition in a neighbourhood that children leave school as soon as possible affects the decision of individuals to stay on at school beyond the compulsory school leaving age ; and so on . |
| 10 | And then er as I say The Bachelors come on at seven until eight . |
| 11 | A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes , an impression confirmed by the poems tacked on at the end of the book . |
| 12 | If things carried on at this pace , she and Johnny would find themselves meeting every day . |
| 13 | This is very much in demand , with so many credit card thefts going on at the moment . " |
| 14 | America 's Chrysler , he points out , claims to have an incredible 150 re-engineering efforts going on at once . |
| 15 | Even when set up correctly some units have their clip lights coming on at the slightest provocation , while the Alpha seems to have more headroom before it clips , which should therefore mean less chance of unwanted distortion . |
| 16 | We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it . |
| 17 | But the discussion on Polybius provoked by these pamphlets went on at intervals at least until 1783 . |
| 18 | Several authorities increased their maintenance allowances , paid to the children of very poor families to stay on at secondary school , –5 to compensate for the failure to raise the school leaving age to fifteen , scheduled to take place in 1939 , but held back by the war . |
| 19 | That might encourage more young Britons to stay on at school in their quest for a good job . |
| 20 | Taps left on at Palace |
| 21 | Now he 'd sit and stare at those same walls made transparent by all the lights left on at night . |
| 22 | ‘ He is not one of those who is at his desk at dawn and leaves late clutching another three files to work on at home , ’ one said . |
| 23 | The study group was taken from 46 consecutive patients operated on at our hospital for gastro-oesophageal reflux during a two year period up to 1972 . |
| 24 | You asked if it would be possible for certain material witnesses to stay on at the Lodge for an extra night while you continue your investigations on the spot . |
| 25 | Such beachcombing activities go on at numerous places around our ‘ sceptred Isle ’ . |
| 26 | One of the most productive nurseries in the world , the Yorkshire League , has become almost barren and the time has come to pluck from another , rich in blossoms — Shivaji Park , Bombay , where you can stand on the roof-top of the small pavilion and watch 15 games going on at the same time . |
| 27 | colours , that means you can double bank on the lawn , you can have two games going on at once . |
| 28 | She did n't know much about art before but there was an exhibition of my Old Masters going on at the Royal Academy and she saw that , and was very enthusiastic about it , especially the Holbein portrait of Henry VIII . |
| 29 | And according to one teacher , who fears she might be victimised if she gives her name , only one of the two teachers taken on at her school for a total of 48 four-year-olds , was actually trained to teach under-fives . |
| 30 | Looking for a plausible mechanism is slightly easier , but the search has only just begun , and there are few clues to go on at present . |