Example sentences of "[v-ing] on at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we make the ( unrealistic ) assumption that , in driving some variables to integer values , the other variable values do not change much , we can estimate the optimal objective function value of the integer down-problem created by branching on at node k to be where z k is the optimal objective function value of LPk . |
| 2 | You do not have to be a Marxist to see that the official statistics of unemployment include only those who are signing on at Job Centres and are eligible for benefit . |
| 3 | In a stinging attack , Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown mocked Mr Major 's habit of looking on at soccer and cricket matches — and said the Premier did the same when it came to the economy . |
| 4 | But there was a lot going on at school . |
| 5 | A devolution of power had also been going on at home and all our policy must take account of it . |
| 6 | When I first got married I got terribly depressed , because coming from a big family there was always something going on at home . |
| 7 | An hour had passed since she had thought about Catherine , about her and Mike and what would be going on at home . |
| 8 | Oh that was , I , I was waiting on them saying and you see you 're constantly worry of what 's going on at home , and that 's not helping really . |
| 9 | During the time they have off they are kept in touch with what is going on at work by their line manager . |
| 10 | All I can say is that in a period of two years erm of five , in that time there was five sets of redundancies at erm Hatfield , there are two occasions we were told that they went through it and agree with the unions that there 'd be no more for twelve months and one occasion there was another chap in three months , so if you believe anything that the P A E people there , you know , you really want to wear dark glasses but could I ask you a question , I understand that there is something going on at work with Richard at and my guess is , is , erm that sort of job which we are , there is some form of development plans going forward . |
| 11 | Maybe it 's time you came down to see what 's going on at Theatre in the Mill . |
| 12 | It was you , after all , who was going on at breakfast about the perils of lapses in concentration . ’ |
| 13 | The people of Midlothian are sick of the Liberal Democrats , because an argument is going on at present in Midlothian about who most wants to back the consortium and whether it is the Scottish National party or the Liberal Democrats . |
| 14 | They often came into the dining rooms together and one day they were trying not to listen as Bessie was going on at length about her friend Elsie Dobson . |
| 15 | The boy was going on at length with apparent fluency . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't like to say ‘ I do n't know ’ if [ my supervisor ] rings up and asks ‘ What 's going on at so-and-so ? ’ ‘ said one field man . |
| 17 | If it is crystal clear and I am convicted of being in my dotage or of going on at half-cock then I shall ask British Telecom to accept my apologies wince at the thought of my next bill , and keep my nose clean . |
| 18 | Jerusalem , the very heart of Christendom , had been captured and it could only be a matter of time before the remaining Christian forces , still holding on at Tyre , Tripoli and Antioch , were overcome or expelled . |
| 19 | Given that ( irrationally and indefensibly , the reader must conclude ) Local Education Authorities varied wildly among themselves and within themselves in the scale of grammar-school provision , that variation had a powerful effect upon the preparation of the whole age group staying on at school to the age of seventeen . |
| 20 | How would you feel staying on at school when all your friends had left ? |
| 21 | When benefits in kind are considered , the balance of the redistribution is in fact significantly in favour of the most prosperous households that typically enjoy more take-up of education through children staying on at school and more benefits with regard to health care . |
| 22 | For increasing numbers of pupils this means staying on at school and improving their examination results . |
| 23 | Contact with employers has enabled many young people to see the value of staying on at school to improve their qualifications . |
| 24 | In another context Mao Qing and Mar Molinero ( 1986 ) argue that for school pupils staying on at school after the minimal school leaving age the mid-1970s were the last time that external factors such as high youth unemployment did not influence demand . |
| 25 | The proportion of young people staying on at school between the crucial ages of 16 and 19 has always been heavily weighted towards the upper classes . |
| 26 | The proportion of young people from classes I and II staying on at school until the age of 18 or later increased by 2.4 times between the first and the last cohort , while the corresponding proportions for the other two groups of classes are 2.3 and 2.1 times . |
| 27 | The situation has improved substantially since then and girls have achieved parity with boys as far as staying on at school . |
| 28 | They attribute it to the class differences in staying on at school and they point to the similarity in performance of working-class candidates who do take public examinations with other candidates . |
| 29 | Staying on at school beyond the school-leaving age involves loss of earnings or benefit , and the absence of grants to 16–18 year olds at school inevitably means that the lower socio-economic groups will be under-represented in this stage of education . |
| 30 | During the 1980s , there has been a slight increase in the percentages of young people over 16 staying on at school , as Figure 11.2 shows ( see also Chapter 5 , Figure 5.19 and Chapter 12 , Figure 12.5 ) . |