Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , a diet high in carbohydrates meant that some women not only put on weight but also stopped wearing their corsets . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | KRISANNA Collins , 18 , of Brighton , won the panto role of Cinderella opposite Carry On star Barbara Windsor after a karaoke turn . |
| 7 | Nogai , you ca n't wrestle with a broken wrist , and no one here is big enough to take on Suragai . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) |
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| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I just carried on training and waited for the team to return from America and the post-Olympic meeting at Crystal Palace . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | THE VIABILITY of the Commonwealth of Independent States always hung on co-operation between Russia and Ukraine . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And when I started putting on weight I and I 'm still putting on weight . |
| 18 | According to Shannonside , he described ‘ Señor de Reurque ’ as follows : ‘ Although this man is a savage , he is a very good Christian and an enemy of heretics , always carrying on war with them . ’ |
| 19 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that there was nothing in the policy of the Insolvency Act 1986 that indicated that Parliament intended to give the words ‘ carried on business ’ in section 265(1) ( c ) ( ii ) of that Act a meaning different from that which they had been held to bear in section 4(1) ( d ) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 ; that a debtor did not cease to carry on business for the purposes of section 265(1) ( c ) ( ii ) until all the trading debts of the business had been paid ; and that , accordingly , the registrar had been right in holding that since the tax liability had not been discharged the debtor was still carrying on business and that he had jurisdiction to make the bankruptcy order ( post , pp. 122B–E , H — 123A ) . |
| 20 | However , the Library also took on deposit from Messrs Strathern and Blair , WS , a batch of business papers of James Ballantyne and Co. , 1824–33 , largely on the financial and literary affairs of Scott . |
| 21 | TP280 and TP298 were both taken on charge RAF in mid 1945 and independently shipped to Air Command South East Asia at Karachi . |
| 22 | According to Odent , fathers not only groan with a miscellany of aches and pains before , during and after the birth of a child , but also put on weight beforehand , then top it off with post-natal depression . |
| 23 | An exhibition of the works by this distinguished group of painters , who included William Coldstream , Claude Rogers and Victor Pasmore , was organised at Wakefield Art Gallery and later taken on tour by the Arts Council . |
| 24 | P3731 ( which had arrived from ‘ Argus ’ with 418 Flight in August 1940 ) and V7370 ( which had arrived during the ill-fated second reinforcement flight in November of that year ) reached Palestine , and were later taken on charge by the newly-formed 127 Squadron . |
| 25 | This means that employers who traditionally take on school leavers are having to look elsewhere to augment their staff . |
| 26 | If his bargain is concluded between quarterly meetings , he must wait until he obtains a transfer at the next quarterly meeting of the licensing board before he may legally carry on business on his own behalf under the licence . |
| 27 | Becker now takes on world No 4 Goran Ivanisevic in today 's first semi-final . |
| 28 | Dean Cowley , formerly in charge of stationery , will now take on marketing services , including advertising and sales promotion . |
| 29 | They get all they get promised orders right up until a month before switch on time and then it goes . |
| 30 | Where a council had a plain political majority , educational decisions were now taken on party lines . |