Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story of the revenge-seeking jester Rigoletto and his possessive love for his daughter is swiftly carried on Verdi 's universally popular melodies . |
| 2 | This macabre , yet passionate melodrama is swiftly carried on Verdi 's immortal melodies . |
| 3 | The solution being put forward is that a member of the RICS may only carry on practice as a surveyor through the medium of a company ( limited by shares or unlimited ) provided that he complies with the new conditionally approved regulations . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , a diet high in carbohydrates meant that some women not only put on weight but also stopped wearing their corsets . |
| 5 | Defective tiled roofs can produce problems identical to those posed by ageing slate roofs , but because clay plain tiles are necessarily hung on battens ( not every tile is nailed except on very steeply pitched roofs ) and it is not possible simply to apply tiles direct to a boarded surface as in the case of a slate covering , the problem of rotting roofing battens and sarking does not arise in connection with tiling . |
| 6 | The true dragon , on the other hand , is a creature of such refinement of spirit that they can only take on form in this world if they are conceived by the most skilled imagination . |
| 7 | He expressed the hope that these corporate bodies would not only take on responsibilities for regulating economic activity but would also form a moral community for their members . |
| 8 | Er , here the Policy and Resources Committee also consider that only brought on capital which again issue guidelines which will be reviewed , at the end of January for a final erm , proposal in February . |
| 9 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 10 | KRISANNA Collins , 18 , of Brighton , won the panto role of Cinderella opposite Carry On star Barbara Windsor after a karaoke turn . |
| 11 | Finally Catherine 's claims to be a genuine enlightened despot can be impugned , like those of Frederick II , on the grounds that she was merely carrying on policies inherited from her predecessors . |
| 12 | Nogai , you ca n't wrestle with a broken wrist , and no one here is big enough to take on Suragai . ’ |
| 13 | So come on Jess , come and make some conversation with me . |
| 14 | There 's a theory being nurtured in certain quarters that Microsoft Corp Windows NT is less a strategic product than it is a dike against Unix and that Microsoft is trying to freeze the marketplace long enough to bring on Cairo , the Taligent Inc/Sun Microsystems Inc Project Distributed Objects Everywhere-like object-oriented environment it 's working on . |
| 15 | This type comes in different sizes and shapes , and is generally hung on clips or chains . |
| 16 | In Campbell v. Neilson ( 1897 ) 24 R. ( J. ) 28 , where the circumstances were similar , it was said by Lord Justice-General Robertson at p. 30 : " It is the transferee alone who can lawfully carry on business in the premises under the certificate . |
| 17 | WOO JUST HANG ON A SEC I 'm a 19-year-old female wanting to get my hands on a good-looking male ( 19-21 ) . |
| 18 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 19 | Follow steps 1–5 above to switch on page numbering . |
| 20 | In 1966 , when the Visual Effects Department finally took on Doctor Who , they too rebuilt the Daleks , enlarging the midriff sections to make them wider and taller after operators had complained of chaffed and scraped shoulders . |
| 21 | So an insistence on the importance of principle in no way denies the value of experience or customary practices but simply requires that they are subjected to evaluation , and not just taken on trust . |
| 22 | The stylistic values associated with the linguistic data must be largely taken on trust at present ; in subsequent chapters , we shall endeavour to show how these values , too , can be studied systematically . |
| 23 | MPs are getting letters complaining that fathers may have already taken on commitments they ca n't get out of and they were only expecting to pay whatever the courts had fixed . |
| 24 | I just carried on training and waited for the team to return from America and the post-Olympic meeting at Crystal Palace . |
| 25 | And since many credit card issuers have introduced an annual charge of around £8 to £12 , it may not be worth getting a credit card just to take on holiday , although there are additional benefits such as travel insurance if you use the card to buy your ticket . |
| 26 | THE VIABILITY of the Commonwealth of Independent States always hung on co-operation between Russia and Ukraine . |
| 27 | Talking about Esmerelda , and what had happened to her , still brought on mini-fits and screams and total withdrawal for a while , but after long and patient questioning by my father and Diggs I let them know what I wanted them to think had happened — a big kite ; Esmerelda becoming entangled in the lines ; me trying to help her and the winch slipping out of my fingers ; desperate running ; then a blank . |
| 28 | But along the edge of the attic , under the low eaves , stood three old-fashioned trunks , of the kind people once took on cruises , " for use on the voyage " . |
| 29 | MARGARET THATCHER yesterday took on Labour 's enhanced challenge to the Conservatives with a strong condemnation of socialist controls and Neil Kinnock 's conversion to more palatable policies . |
| 30 | And when I started putting on weight I and I 'm still putting on weight . |