Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TNPs are analytically distinguished on three levels , economic , political and cultural-ideological , what I take to constitute the sociological totality . |
| 2 | It happened so fast and so drastically that I nearly slid after him , managing only instinctively to pivot on one foot and throw myself headlong back onto the boards still remaining solid behind the hole . |
| 3 | It is said that he advised that the centre should be incorporated , and a company ( ‘ C.M.C. ’ ) was duly formed on 29 April 1983 . |
| 4 | Pott soon died , however , and Dobson was eventually reappointed on 14th June 1694 , but as from the original date . |
| 5 | The title and format might lead the casual observer into expecting just another general text ; but closer inspection reveals that the book assumes some basic knowledge of the subject and then goes on to concentrate on those aspects of geology of most direct relevance to society — seismic and volcanic hazards , landslides , erosion , subsidence , groundwater , and so on . |
| 6 | May the author once again intrude upon whatever mood his narrative might have established long enough to report on current events ? ’ |
| 7 | CIE , the US-based Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility , and the International Organization of Consumer Unions , have all collaborated on many projects , and there are literally hundreds , perhaps thousands of transnational networks now monitoring the TNCs all over the world . |
| 8 | If you managed to do this , you would earn , indeed almost compel from God , a favourable verdict at the Last Day.It all depended on human effort . |
| 9 | And Street is sure that the Premmia range can only build on this success . |
| 10 | I can only build on this hill . ’ |
| 11 | Exultation comes and goes , but here again for the while I suppose it has returned to me in preparation for that step back into the radiant arc of omnipotence which is only given on this earth to the narrator in or of a novel . |
| 12 | Its formation is not completely understood but the fact that it is better developed on loose stones than on rock pavements and that there is frequently a well-developed band extending from an inch or two below the surface to just above the ground surface , suggests deposition from solutions derived from the soil by capillary action . |
| 13 | For the Windies , much depended on overnight pair Brian Lara and Keith Arthurton and they did not disappoint . |
| 14 | A change of identity was also mooted in view of the fact that in BR livery the numbers and names were merely painted on these locomotives . |
| 15 | The fortification of staple foods with folic acid to prevent neural tube defects may be unwisely delayed on this account . |
| 16 | Then there were those first matches against other counties , with ‘ Beefy ’ present and apparently firing on all cylinders . |
| 17 | It is noticeable that overgrowth cements only develop on biogenic carbonate grains , and do not form where the skeletal wall has been heavily bored by fungi or algae ( thus forming a ‘ micrite ’ envelope ) . |
| 18 | The NIBA too had to battle all the way against the PBA , but they only failed on one rink — that skipped by Rathfriland 's Gary McIlroy was beaten 26–14 by Eamon McCann . |
| 19 | Offpiste spring snow is easy to ski and smooth so concentrate on regular breathing ( in as you start the turn , out as you complete it ) , think ‘ light ’ and fly like a bird . |
| 20 | All in all , he had been departmentally punished on twenty-seven occasions , an average of once for each year he had spent in the force . |
| 21 | Readers might also be interested to hear that Stalin proposed signing a treaty with Morrissey when the time was right , only to renege on any agreement , later resulting in the bloody battle of Stalingrad and the division of The Smiths . |
| 22 | The indication is serious because , with leaves not able to work properly , the carbohydrate energy food supply is not being elaborated and the entire plant is only firing on one cylinder . |
| 23 | We talked about how fast you can make a 1.1 MkII Escort run when it 's only firing on three cylinders and how to make it run on three cylinders when it wants to run on just two . |
| 24 | Okay so got on that train , thinking it would go straight to Hertford and it did n't . |
| 25 | Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place . |
| 26 | But I think the problem is that you you only concentrate on little bits at a time . |
| 27 | Perhaps most remarkable of all was that this system of government was based on a written Constitution , drawn up by a group of politicians at the end of the 18th century and only altered on rare occasions since ( there had been 19 Amendments to the Constitution by 1920 ) . |
| 28 | Soon to be all change on this route : the French company , SNAT , pulls out towards the end of April . |
| 29 | Appeals from Democratic Party leaders for the candidates to cool it have apparently fallen on deaf ears . |
| 30 | But so far they have all fallen on stony ground . |