Example sentences of "[adv] on [adj] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 What is a safe exercise in moving together on firm névé snow one week can require strenuous and laborious pitching on brick-hard ice the next .
2 But there we are thus on such er tiny threads do entire lives hang .
3 We now have close on fifty per cent .
4 And it was always on that er tramcar , whichever er suburban district they were leaving , was always a packed car .
5 Under the authorship of one of the Institute 's latest recruits , public transport travel consultant Barry S. Doe MCIT , ‘ Tickets , Trains and Timetables : The Impact of Privatisation on the Rail Network ’ warns that the country is in danger of ending up with an airline style ticketing system in which passengers wishing to travel outwards on one franchisee 's train but return home on another 's may have to pay a supplement up to the value of the full ‘ standard ’ fare .
6 Erm voting patterns , not much to say really on this erm if you want to read up on this there 's a little sect rather interesting section in Burn on this in his chapter on local government elections .
7 The Baronne leaned forward , her eyes fixed piercingly on Sabine 's face .
8 Can I also say that the erm the fear expressed about Woolwich , I believe to be fairly well founded Woolwich building , a Woolwich er , Building Society had been on erm , entered into a long time ago on this erm and the letter that was read out at Potter Street area committee from Woolwich indicated that they had n't yet decided whether they would proceed and er I think is I 've talked to the publican since they have promised us an answer this week er we are intending , we have spoken , Dermot 's also spoken to our managing director we are confident we will have an answer from this week and I have to tell you that I think the answer will either no , or it will be so hazy that we 'll need to take some action and make a decision .
9 Mm I think er what this stuff that I 'm er knocking together here into a pack for each of you is a step in the right direction , I think Mary 's done a , a good job here on this er
10 You can not harvest a durian , but the first person to reach a fallen fruit , even on another 's land , may claim it .
11 er the audience contact when you were actually stood up in the front and you 're there on your own just getting a little bit of feedback from the audience itself er does help and then the playback which erm I think it helped a lot to see how you faired particularly on that fir first attempt what areas you had to concentrate on to rectify your problems .
12 Sorry , just one other point on W O P there , I may have got it wrong , did you say earlier on that er , that if you get H I V , so the W O P benefit is n't payable , what about the al , did we say the allocation of W O P will still continue ?
13 A Sunday Telegraph poll of polls , calculated from six surveys published today , shows Labour ahead on 39.6 per cent , the Tories on 37.5 per cent and Liberal Democrats on 19.3 per cent .
14 Mori for the Times put Labour one point ahead on 39 per cent , with 38 for the Tories and 20 for the Liberal Democrats .
15 An ICM poll of 10,000 people put Labour 2.5 points ahead on 38.7 per cent , with the Conservatives on 36.2 , the Liberal Democrats on 20.4 and others on 4.7 .
16 Eh , you can start a game anywhere on this foot foot-line which is called the line , .
17 But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders .
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