Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since preview audiences rated it both best and worst thing in the film — presumably depending on level of squeamishness — it obviously made an impression . |
| 2 | ‘ Taking into account all the circumstances , the committee felt that he had been properly placed on List One and on the evidence available were not minded to move him to List Two as he had requested . ’ |
| 3 | However , the committee , which eventually divided on party lines , defined its terms of reference at the outset so narrowly that it effectively ruled out any possibility of discovering the truth or otherwise of the allegations of malpractice that had been made against the police . |
| 4 | You do a complete circuit , left or right depending on wind , and then you can go where you want . |
| 5 | No country has ever successfully developed on aid alone . |
| 6 | She wholly goes on th'other side |
| 7 | All it was first of all was a little graze on top of the skin . |
| 8 | It is generally assumed that an individual candidate has little influence on voting behavior : party is the decisive factor , though the candidate can have some impact . |
| 9 | Time performance of stoves and fuels varies widely depending on temperature , weather conditions — notably wind — and altitude . |
| 10 | Although some of the participants develop hardware — Hampshire-based Neural Technologies Ltd and Gloucester-based Micro Circuit Engineering Ltd have collaborated to develop a Neural Instruction Set Processor — the project clubs will mostly concentrate on software development . |
| 11 | During the campaign for elections to the European Parliament ( EP ) in June 1989 [ see pp. 36737 ; 36874-75 ] they successfully capitalized on opposition to controversial proposals that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections throughout European Community ( EC ) member states . |
| 12 | The works of Hamilton which eventually appear on CD-ROM will be open to basic text retrieval but that will be about all . |
| 13 | James Howe attended the village school in Skirling but left still young and incompletely educated on account of his deafness . |
| 14 | Switzerland has long relied on Italian and Spanish workers . |
| 15 | In the first place , although non-convertible bank notes may have been a new element , many — perhaps most — commercial transactions had long depended on paper bills rather than value-for-weight coin . |
| 16 | The following features of a statutory redundancy payment emerged : ( 1 ) The obligation was imposed on the employer ; ( 2 ) It only arose on dismissal and might never arise if an employee worked until retirement , whether voluntary — early retirement — or at an agreed date , each of which was based on contract ; ( 3 ) It only arose if certain preconditions were proved ; ( 4 ) It applied to all employees who had worked for at least two years with an employer ; ( 5 ) Certain classes of employee were excluded , eg redundant employees refusing suitable alternative employment ; employees under a fixed-term contract of two years or more , who had renounced their redundancy rights in writing ; ( 6 ) A voluntary redundancy could be under a contractual statutory scheme , and under such a contractual scheme it was often the equivalent of early retirement by agreement ; ( 7 ) In no way could a redundancy payment be described as a deferred emolument or pay ; it was a monetary compensation for the disappearance of a job . |
| 17 | Additional developer licenses are $3,000 and additional end-user licences go for $1,500 or less depending on quantity . |
| 18 | Although Elton Mayo is considered to be the pioneer of the human relations movement , Lewin was another important theorist who did much research on group dynamics and leadership styles . |
| 19 | It is hard enough to cope on invalidity benefits at the moment and any cuts or taxes will make life very difficult . |
| 20 | They returned with a huge roll of green baize which was then gently placed on top of the groaning air conditioner . |
| 21 | That might be the motto of the Scottish Health Education Group who not only advertise on television but sponsor a radio soap opera , to say nothing of the Scottish football team . |
| 22 | The Profitboss is lit enough to thrive on stress , to take the never-ending pressures , to work exceptionally long hours when necessary . |
| 23 | Other candidates presented themselves : Brassard must know Miller 's End and he might have come to hate being bullied by Newley ; Yorick blamed Newley for his own failings , and was hysterical enough to kill on impulse ; Henry , having predicted Newley 's death , had a vested interest in ensuring that the prediction was fulfilled ; Zaza might have been seduced by Newley and then spurned |
| 24 | Deprived of prey , the tiger naturally encroached on farm land to feed on the deer attracted by the crops as well as to kill domestic stock . |
| 25 | With luck , their homes would not be burgled and any disputes that might subsequently arise over their property would be swiftly resolved on production of those impressive-looking deeds , some of them so old that they bore the colophon of the Sublime Porte . |
| 26 | I should perhaps apologize on behalf of the hotel for the temperature in the room this morning er I stayed here last night and woke up to find that not only was there no heat in the radiators , but there was no heat in the hot water . |
| 27 | In your situation , as both employees work in the kitchen , it might be possible to monitor the situation , eg checking on stock after each shift , etc . |
| 28 | Having already made substantial structural changes to his garage to make room for the aeroplane 's assembly , and storage when complete , he spent the first days after its arrival using some of the surplus lumber from its packing crate to build a workbench , only to discover on completion that it all had to come apart again to extract the stepladder he 'd used to support it during assembly . |
| 29 | It was extremely cheap , saving an awful lot of dynamite ; and extremely safe , both inherently and because the fuel and oxidant were only mixed on site just before use . |
| 30 | ‘ I really believe they have not had any capital for twenty years , but were entirely trading on credit . ’ |