Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [verb] on " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If sores develop on , in or near the genitals . |
| 2 | Two thousand homes could be powered by electricity from the wind if experiments going on in a farmer 's field prove successful . |
| 3 | It is only if theologians go on using the old equipment ( sun goes round earth etcetera ) that they fall out with the philosophers and scientists . |
| 4 | Last time he came home she said if things went on as they are for much longer he 'd lose the manor and the farm on the turn of a card ! ’ |
| 5 | And it is predicted by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change that , if things go on as they are today , average temperatures will increase by a further 1°C by 2025 and 3°C by the end of the next century . |
| 6 | ‘ If things go on like this , there will be no doormen and that will make it even worse , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Other findings were that 67 per cent think standards will decline in the next few years if things carry on as they are and that 77 per cent agree teachers do a good job in spite of everything . |
| 8 | Hedges believes that society today is more divided than ever , and that if things carry on as they are , ‘ We 're headed for the end . |
| 9 | If things carried on at this pace , she and Johnny would find themselves meeting every day . |
| 10 | At p524 The Lord President stated : In neither of the English cases referred to was it doubted that if trustees carry on a trade or business — as they not infrequently have to do , at least for a time — they are assessable under Case I of Schedule D ; although again the balance of their profits and gains is theirs only in a representative capacity … |
| 11 | If children play on or next to the track , this video warns , they 're putting their own lives at risk . |
| 12 | A second objection is that where both parties carry on business in Contracting States they can reasonably be subjected to the Convention automatically since it forms part of their national law , whereas parties carrying on business in different non-Contracting States who agree that their contract is to be governed by the law of a third State which is a Contracting State may well have in mind only the domestic law of that State and arguably ought not to be bound by the Convention unless they contract into it . |
| 13 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 14 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 15 | Likewise , the implementation group 's human resources subgroup sounds too low key to convince staff that the NHS will tackle the problems of maintaining morale and preserving skills while changes go on . |
| 16 | Debt is cheaper than equity , since investors take on less risk when buying it . |
| 17 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 18 | It was do-it-your-self delivery for companies and residents in Abingdon this morning , while negotiations go on between the Post Office and striking workers . |
| 19 | He says the players ca n't wait around while negotiations go on — they 've got to look for jobs elsewhere straight away . |
| 20 | The UMWA members worked in good faith within a contract for 14 months while negotiations went on . |
| 21 | Angry punters demonstrated on the course after the first race , while negotiations went on between track officials and the Tote workers . |
| 22 | Wriggling through the crowds , I sidled around the walls , admiring black and white photographs of old men in cloth caps playing fiddles , while children looked on wonderingly . |
| 23 | Major areas of application of consumer multimedia include music , games , home education and self-improvement , popular reference , ‘ how to ’ applications such as DIY , car maintenance etc , and child-minding software designed to keep children quiet and entertained while adults get on with their own lives for short but blissful periods of time . |
| 24 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 25 | Some spend their time inland on headwaters where streams are small and flows are low , while others work on predominantly tidal rivers where dilution is easily achieved and any pollution carried out to sea . |
| 26 | Kerry Packer has launched a complex , lowly valued and hostile bid for Bond 's media interests whilst efforts to pass on stakes in British Satellite Broadcasting and Airship Industries have so far failed . |
| 27 | A single small group can work on drama with one teacher whilst others get on with other ( related ) work . |
| 28 | In the end , whether applicants have their experiential learning counted in the admissions process , or whether students go on expanding the degree of influence they exercise over the curriculum , will be up to them . |
| 29 | — when loggers move on , hungry subsistence farmers take advantage of the roadways . |
| 30 | Sorting went on day and night for a fortnight , and indeed beyond , for books kept on coming till the last moment of the sale . |