Example sentences of "[adv] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constituency Labour Party and trade union delegates seized eagerly on the common feeling that the Conservatives economic and political trials , and the disarray of the centre parties , were at last combining to open a window of opportunity . |
| 2 | It was Blossom , moving at a brisk trot , great udder swinging , eyes fixed purposefully on the open door behind us . |
| 3 | As the socialists ceased to be politically irrelevant sects and emerged as worker armies , the violence in the air reflected the contest both of the classes and of the Great Powers , set , it seemed , inexorably on the lunatic road to 1914 . |
| 4 | YOU : Perhaps that is somewhat on the high side . |
| 5 | And your name sake Barnard of Bolier that 's his palace opposite on the other bank of the Thames . |
| 6 | There used to be a place who , place opposite on the same side as the the White Horse that eh , was selling plants , but do n't like that naked fence at all . |
| 7 | Snow was settling thickly on the raw earth , now , and on the blacker areas which had already been topsoiled . |
| 8 | After a while , that first storm of angry passion seemed to dissolve , and his lips began a probing exploration , his hand shaping the length of her body and coming to rest warmly on the rounded curve of her hip . |
| 9 | However , in spite of possible disagreement on these issues , Mr Clinton commented warmly on the special relationship when asked whether it had been harmed . |
| 10 | The horses always go much better on the second day , which makes the long journey seem worthwhile . |
| 11 | On the other hand they indicated that former President Giscard d'Estaing ( UDF ) was likely to do better on the second ballot by taking centrist votes , with the result that , in late 1990 , the UDF seemed less concerned to reach an agreement . |
| 12 | They also had no mouths , since they subsisted entirely on the nourishing quality of the octarine wavelength in the discworld 's sunlight , which they absorbed through their skins . |
| 13 | For this we have to thank director Euzhan Palcy , since Andre Brink 's original novel focusses almost entirely on the Afrikaner teacher , Benjamin du Toit . |
| 14 | But the focus is often entirely on the lower death benefit , with the higher retirement benefit — often the main purpose of the contract — being overlooked . |
| 15 | The division seems almost complete : classical criminology focused entirely on the causal-corrective significance of the criminal justice system and ignored individual , social and economic factors ; positivist criminology focused almost entirely on the causal significance of individual , social and economic factors and ignored the criminal justice system . |
| 16 | So he can not cast off the argument from error and rely entirely on the conditional theory to show that K aq is here false . |
| 17 | What is of considerable interest and of value in assessing the rights and wrongs of it , is the fact that it was conducted from beginning to end entirely on the one issue , that of the sovereign rights of the inhabitants . |
| 18 | Bore-hole water , particularly from deep supplies , is usually very uniform , but the composition depends almost entirely on the geological source . |
| 19 | Ms Garner said : ‘ Whether or not a murder charge stands or is reduced to manslaughter depends entirely on the individual case . |
| 20 | He throws himself entirely on the divine generosity of which he has already had such rich experience . |
| 21 | There will be great political problems for any government tampering with the more fundamental principles or institutions of the constitution , but the extent of such tampering will depend entirely on the political condition of the time . |
| 22 | In 1984 the WCFBA Plenary Assembly asked for a Synod entirely on the biblical apostolate in the Church . |
| 23 | As with the classical sociologists ' attempts to describe and explain the processes of social and historical change , so contemporary sociologists of development rely almost entirely on the comparative method of analysis . |
| 24 | in real terms , whereas in the past 12 years the 2 million pensioners who are dependent entirely on the basic pension or on income support have had a zilch increase in their standard of living . |
| 25 | It is not simply that these areas suffer from deprivation and poverty , but there is a danger of many outer estates , in particular , becoming areas which have a quite different social and economic system , operating almost at subsistence level , depending entirely on the public sector , where the opportunities for improvement either through self-help or through outside intervention are minimal . |
| 26 | The Treasury Solicitor 's office provides legal advice and conveyancing and litigation services to a wide range of Government departments and Henry Ware 's career in the office , until he became head of it , was entirely on the advisory side . |
| 27 | The division seems almost complete : classical criminology focused entirely on the causal-corrective significance of the criminal justice system and ignored individual , social and economic factors ; positivist criminology focused almost entirely on the causal significance of individual , social and economic factors and ignored the criminal justice system . |
| 28 | At the same time , it was not to be supposed that William Joyce had put himself entirely on the wrong side of the law . |
| 29 | Largely because the sport had focused almost entirely on the racing craft used on inland waters , the Firths of Clyde , Forth and Tay , which had been strong centres once , had all but died away : with Royal West boating mainly in Glasgow and the new Dundee University on the Tay near Perth . |
| 30 | A lump came to her throat and she sat down suddenly on the safest-looking chair she could find . |