Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] on [det] " in BNC.

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1 Much obviously hinges on this word ‘ normal ’ and the accepted idea of family life .
2 So much rides on this one game and not just the financial prize , considerable though that is .
3 They 'd better not go on that thing .
4 Each individual may play many other roles — parent , child , niece , brother , chess player , gardener , diarist , but these roles are not relevant in this context , so not mentioned on this occasion .
5 In a 3- or 4-year programme of studies , and with the broadening elements occupying a minority of time and probably concentrated towards the latter half , graduates will have only just begun on this voyage of critical reflection .
6 Each a master from one of the schools , they had obviously totally disagreed on some decision .
7 Romantic dreams and sexual callisthenics , chivalry and rape , roses and semen , chocolate boxes and contraceptives … but most of all , never entirely out of his embattled mind , slowly dragged the shapes of the thousands of words he had so far composed on that day and the thousands he had yet to compose by candle light through the remainder of the bitterly cold night .
8 Although this review has so far concentrated on those findings which reveal most clearly opposite visual hemifield superiorities for verbal and non-verbal ( especially visuo-spatial ) stimuli it is impossible for one familiar with work in this field not to be struck by the lability of the laterality effects reported ( Cohen , 1982 ) .
9 In both works the centrepiece is a soprano solo reverently rendered on this occasion by Linda Howie .
10 At the Hospedaje Lisboa where Dana stayed — ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — I looked up at his window as I had so often done on those lonely days and nights he spent away from me .
11 He felt a childish satisfaction in having that advantage on one who had claimed to be so well informed on such matters .
12 ‘ I 'd rather not comment on that , ’ he says .
13 If the Secretary of State believes that he can get rid of tariffs , why does he support the Common Market , now known as the European Community — that big business club which is essentially a conspiracy against the working class and is certainly not wholeheartedly supported on this side of the House ?
14 States can not entirely depend on such measures , however , and must make provision for their own defence .
15 Although Napoleon was not much use on this occasion , the full-size skeleton has an important role to play in the future .
16 This arrangement continued for eight years , and enabled me not only to work on several books , but also to continue with my computer research .
17 At the time of writing , the dust has still not finally settled on this matter as the Catholic Education Council has not abandoned the struggle to save De La Salle College of Higher Education , one of those scheduled for closure .
18 Dr. Lorrimer told me that I ought to find out all I can and not just look on this job as routine . "
19 Yeah well I 'm not ove I 'm not over struck on some of their sweets that they do , you know erm
20 Interest is not usually paid on such deposit balances and in many cases a service charge is made on each withdrawal .
21 But spelling can not solely rely on this route : to be able to spell words like yacht or choir we must have access to specific lexical information about how each word is spelled .
22 I understand the Gulf Trust 's anxiety , but I think they have not really focused on this case or heard the reasonableness of advanced payments . ’
23 He does n't really seem to be very careful about distinguishing intellect from the one and , and so forth , does n't really , he 's not , he 's not really focusing on that difference and so seems to let it lapse in a less than useful way .
24 He can also play at fullback and handles the place-kicking duties well , and looks a player of genuine class , although this may not really blossom on this tour .
25 Of course , this is quite unfair , and the case probably does not even rest on that passage in your report .
26 The University of Reading 's survey comments that most small farmers ‘ could not even subsist on these farms if they did not have outside sources of income .
27 Since the language is only recently published and is not yet implemented on any commercially available computer system ( Apple 4 when it is available may support a subset of the SMALLTALK ) ( see reference 8 ) , we shall not try to describe its structural syntax but only some of its essential elements .
28 The ASB has not yet pronounced on any of the last three issues ( other than in a very preliminary way for securitisation ) , so the only real test so far is the treatment of extraordinary items , which we will take a look at .
29 Although he has already scored 13 goals for Aston Villa this season , the 24-year-old striker is self-critical enough to insist he is not yet firing on all cylinders .
30 Although he has already scored 13 goals for Aston Villa this season , the 24-year-old striker is self-critical enough to insist he is not yet firing on all cylinders .
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