Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armstrong World Industries , so long concentrating on mineral fibre ceiling systems , has now introduced a metal laminate system — the ML ceiling . |
| 2 | Obviously much depends on personality . |
| 3 | BRITAIN 'S ‘ greenest ’ car is the Subaru Vivio 660cc which has only just gone on sale . |
| 4 | Do not pile up plates or saucepans higgledy - piggledy on a high shelf , where they can so easily fall on top of you when you reach up for something . |
| 5 | If you know someone like that , it 's worth observing and studying his or her use of language , manner , and what his body language says to you , even if it is someone you only ever see on television . |
| 6 | Little work has so far focused on plant pathogens , but it is likely that this will ultimately develop as another component of integrated pest-management strategies . |
| 7 | But to the men of Kufra whose fathers or grandfathers had settled there because it was so centrally placed on trade routes , or because it was so remote from Ottoman , Italian or British control , ‘ central government ’ appeared indeed as a real force , but as one located — so to speak — in the extreme northwestern corner , in Tripoli . |
| 8 | Less often seen on wing than Golden Eagle . |
| 9 | And we 'll give them a fork and knife and I wo n't go into it in great detail but everything is going to be the six courses will be entirely accurately served on bread plates over on pewter trenchers . |
| 10 | Few report writers invest up to a third of their time on follow through which is why their efforts so often arrive on death row ; the shelf in someone 's office where doomed reports await transfer to the waste bin or shredder . |
| 11 | So please take on board that it is not good enough to answer that a notice was put up to tell people that they could claim , when many people are blind or disabled or do not have the wherewithal to understand . |
| 12 | The figures also demonstrate how well matched are the action and control samples : that in both places they were well matched on age , proportion with an involved relative/ friend , proportion in owner-occupied housing , and on OBS score ; they were less well matched on gender and on proportion without an inside lavatory ( though the difference was not great ) , and least well matched on marital status and on proportion living alone , with the Ipswich control sample and the Newham action sample being more likely to be married and ( therefore ) not living alone . |
| 13 | It would seem that the direction in which it will be refined is to move towards a system more or less completely based on unit costs , or common funding , and that the element of further funding has been included as a temporary measure to allow high cost institutions to adjust to the new system . |
| 14 | Never before have Corelli 's 12 Concerti grossi , Op. 6 been so plentifully represented on disc . |
| 15 | ( This is a goodwill payment , not necessarily based on admission of error ) . |
| 16 | Thinking regarded as internal manipulation of events and ideas does not necessarily depend on language , but if it is not entirely ego orientated , that is not concentrated on the relationship of the person to the scheme of things , then it usually invokes iconic representation . |
| 17 | Tax is not necessarily paid on fringe benefits , indeed many qualify for tax relief . |
| 18 | It is not enough to rely on vitamin pills and hope for the best . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , I scarcely think so , ’ she said carelessly , ‘ I am not much set on jewellery , you know … ’ |
| 20 | They are not only based on nature , they copy nature , line almost for line . |
| 21 | Of course , for more leisurely days , you can make use of the thrifty slow cooking facility , which not only saves on gas , but can help to retain the goodness of the food . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Saussure himself uses the example of polite formulas many of which , as he says , do seem to be ‘ imbued with a certain natural expressiveness ’ , but which are nevertheless entirely based on convention . |
| 24 | In Hippolyte , independent wind parts in the famous Tonnerre ( Act I scene 4 ) and the enharmonic Trio des Parques ( Act 2 scene 5 ) are wholly editorial ; so are the added oboe lines not easily negotiated on Baroque instruments at the entry of Diana ( Act 1 scene 5 ) and the woodwind in a number of the choruses ( e.g. ‘ Pluton commande ’ , Act 2 scene 3 ) . |
| 25 | Despite all this , and very probably contributing to it , schools had very largely not taken on board the issue of homosexuality , and 60 per cent of the sample said it had never been mentioned at all . |
| 26 | Indeed , HIV could provide a means of encouraging people to broaden their sexual horizons , by not just relying on penetration as the goal of sexual pleasure . |
| 27 | It is not directly represented on Senate which is the supreme academic body . |
| 28 | The EFL is not directly imposed on wage and industrial costs , so that these have sometimes risen within the total EFL at the cost of lower investment , higher prices or a reduced quality of service . |
| 29 | What enthusiasts often overlook is that western communities do not always depend on sewer systems . |
| 30 | To make the model more realistic it is assumed that the trains do not always arrive on time , and that the frequency distribution of the differences between the actual and timetabled arrivals of the trains follows a normal ( Gaussian ) distribution with a mean of zero ( Chapter 3 ) . |