Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Machine-based production began , not only in textiles , but in a range of goods which were particularly sensitive to this type of flexible demand , and only later on concentrated on the heavier industrial goods we now particularly associate with factory-based machine production ( McKendrick 1983 : 31–2 ) . |
| 2 | Not only are the most disadvantaged on the receiving end of most crime , argues Harrison , they also have to put up with the heaviest police presence . |
| 3 | Marron hair pulled back and clipped over her ears , falling freely behind ; lack of make-up bestowing a pallor which dramatised her generous brown eyes ; petite mouth and jaunty nose , set rather low on the tapered oval of her face , thus emphasising the curved hauteur of her forehead . |
| 4 | Once again , Botham won the toss and chose to field as the pitch looked as though it would be most lively on the first morning , and for the second time his decision could not really be criticized . |
| 5 | They were most marked on the heavy clays that overlie most of the Midlands , which produced good pastures . |
| 6 | And it argues convincingly that only by giving economic and political power back to the poor — the people most dependent on the natural environment for their day-to-day livelihoods — can the world defend its future . |
| 7 | The producer is wholly dependent on the immediate market , but within its terms his work remains under his own direction , at all stages , and he can see himself , in this sense , as independent . |
| 8 | The dependency of the attribute ‘ unit-points ’ is transitive ( via ‘ status ’ ) and not wholly dependent on the key attribute ‘ module ’ . |
| 9 | A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to supply another undertaking which may be economically dependent on the first undertaking . |
| 10 | Here is a character economically dependent on the opposite sex , and who has instant and sole recourse to her vagina as her bargaining counter in negotiations with these two men . |
| 11 | But a report by William Ault , Cleveland County Council 's Director of Environment , Development and Transportation , says the planned development is highly unsuitable on the proposed site . |
| 12 | Clearly , the dust must have been far less mobile on the lunar farside . |
| 13 | Whilst it is obvious that the manufacturing activities are greatly dependent on the specified geometry , it is unclear as to how the function and shape of a component interact . |
| 14 | Black guillemots ( tysties ) have not been so badly affected , perhaps because they are not so dependent on the pelagic fish such as sand-eels and young gadoids ( whitefish ) but catch more bottom-living fish such butterfish and rockling . |
| 15 | The ventral arm plates are axe shaped ; thin proximally but flaring out with a wide convex distal edge and only contiguous on the first few arm segments . |
| 16 | At other times , though , ideas are less dependent on the right person coming along because they are implied by the current state of knowledge or technique . |
| 17 | In practice the situation is complicated by the fact that our ability to study psychological processes in a particular species is highly dependent on the behavioural methods used . |
| 18 | Simple or complex referencing systems , not necessarily dependent on the existing SGML structure . |
| 19 | and slightly less coarse on the other |
| 20 | Things are , however , somewhat different on the second repetition . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , they did not all take their studies very seriously and some of the bruising battle scenes , including a duel that went disastrously wrong on the first night , attracted misplaced laughter . |
| 22 | ‘ What I want to know is what 's so interesting on the other side of that wall that Madonna has to see it before putting her knickers on ? ’ |
| 23 | We were craftsmen and the modern tradesman is at best semi- skilled by the old standards and entirely dependent on the superb machinery now available for the finish , influencing the design . |
| 24 | If we wished to pay for welfare in a way that was less burdensome on the poor without being massively destructive to the higher income groups what might be done ? |
| 25 | In contrast , by the late 1980s , the inner city appeared to be less prominent on the American political agenda . |
| 26 | Hemel 's Darin Schubring , who caused a two-hour delay in last week 's first leg when he demolished the backboard , looked less dangerous on the rare occasions he had the ball . |
| 27 | Other governments have viewed the spontaneous housing settlements as wretched areas , which not only house society 's drop-outs , but are also breeding grounds for crime and radical political activity The Brazilian government has tried to eradicate the squatter settlements for these reasons , which is especially the case in Rio de Janeiro , because of the added factor that it is an international tourist centre and the favelas are so visible on the steep hillsides behind the luxury hotels and beaches . |
| 28 | Japanese adaptability and dynamism soon ended such doubts ; and this ability to adjust to new demands and enter the modern world was before long visible on the diplomatic level . |
| 29 | The antipathy towards him was so widespread on the right wing of the party that Norman Tebbit announced that he would himself be a leadership contender if Mrs Thatcher were to resign . |
| 30 | Lydia woke early the following morning and went out to wash in the stream , feeling it was brave and somewhat magnanimous of her after it had treated her so ill on the previous night . |