Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But the future of this airline could be decided much sooner than that , and with it the levels of service and fares we can all expect on long haul flights . |
2 | CAD programs are complex , and not too long ago would only run on expensive mainframe computers . |
3 | Bleach will only work on bare timber , so any existing finish must be removed first . |
4 | However , we are shown that success does n't only depend on technical skill , but in selecting just the right view to paint . |
5 | From now on I would only play on special invitation . |
6 | I 'm sorry , if I could just make on other point . |
7 | Patterson does not comment on /a/ backing at all . |
8 | Invading bacteria known as the transient flora , particularly food poisoning bacteria , will not normally survive on healthy skin . |
9 | Grandparents could not count on natural loyalty : rather ; they had to positively create their roles by winning a child 's affection . |
10 | The gonococcus does not flourish on ordinary shin surfaces , preferring mucous membranes and internal tissues . |
11 | Otherwise dates did not appear on western coinage until the thirteenth century . |
12 | And , since crops will not grow on baked land , famine is the result . |
13 | Can not insist on full service . |
14 | Compared to manual workers clerks still work in relatively small units , they do not work on huge factory floors . |
15 | This saving would easily cover the cost of adjusting cars which can not already run on unleaded petrol . |
16 | Many new models of cars can already run on unleaded petrol without any adjustment . |
17 | The IGCC plant does not run on natural gas , however , but on gas made from coal in a gasifier . |
18 | Local involvement in nation-wide politics does not just depend on intellectual evolution , however , but on the strong conviction that national affairs affect one 's life and so need to be considered . |
19 | Catalogues raisonnés of modern artists do not depend on scholarly guesswork at attributions , and thus lack the laconic critical judgements reached by connoisseurs . |
20 | Selection does not depend on simple presence or absence in the cohort , but on relative goodness of fit to the sensory input . ’ |
21 | Indeed , lawyers and others may operate in the belief that international law is an important , though not conclusive , element of the political relationship between states , or that law has an important ‘ symbolic ’ role to play — in other words , it adds credence to the political and moral case put forward by the peace movement in a way that does not depend on international law being ‘ effective ’ . |
22 | This effect did not depend on oesophageal acidification as it occurred to the same extent with both pH + and pH - common cavity episodes . |
23 | Like Japan 's economic future , it does not depend on basic manufacturing : assembly costs account for just 5% of its sales . |
24 | Critical is the view that the event is stored and that the particular realisation of it in linguistic form is variable and does not depend on stored information of agent , recipient and so on . |
25 | Their relative independence of the councils which set them up means that deals can be negotiated and long-term arrangements achieved which do not depend on detailed discussion through council committee . |
26 | The study of litigation or arbitration does not depend on detailed study of the applications of those systems . |
27 | These results suggested that in ulcerative colitis , the aberrant mucosal production of IgG1 and IgG2 does not depend on active disease , but is apparently at least partially explained by a genetic impact . |
28 | The movements analysed by Loeb and his successors did not depend on previous experience . |
29 | People esteemed some men more than others , but their influence then was personal , and their command , if it was obeyed , did not depend on formal office and resulted in no treasury . |
30 | It also remains the case that the Cabinet , as an institution , does not rest on parliamentary authority but rather on practice developed over the centuries . |