Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMA a magical realist adventure story is set in London , drawing successfully on African traditions . |
| 2 | Obviously some supply would would occur because housing associations will build wholly on some sites . |
| 3 | The conflict is between an essentially moral stance which prizes consistency and uniformity in the application of standards ( similar discharges should be similarly controlled in degree and kind ) and a utilitarian approach concerned with effect on water quality , regardless ( again , in theory , at least ) of the means of the discharger or the demands fortuitously being placed unequally on similar dischargers ( see generally Ackemman et al , 1974 ) . |
| 4 | The IBOA negotiators argued forcibly on many points giving reasons as to why the Banks should concede a significant salary increase to our members . |
| 5 | If none wins outright on first preferences , the bottom name drops out , and his backers ' second preferences go to their recipients ; then , if need be , the next-bottom drops out ; and so on , till somebody gets over 50% . |
| 6 | In order to be sure that our data would be as reliable as possible a decision was made to report only on those countries from which we had received at least three questionnaires among which there was a high level of agreement . |
| 7 | Wordsworth did not comment much on these matters in the first edition of his Guide but they are clearly set out in the second edition ( 1820 ) . |
| 8 | Yet , embittered pigeons have a great tendency to come home to roost at a later date , wreaking merry havoc as they zoom in on perceived injustices and ensure that all and sundry realise the iniquities of their previous employer . |
| 9 | We do most humbly refer our cause and ourselves to the Goodness of your Honor and the Company beseeching you to consider favourably of our unfeigned hindrance beside the great loss of our own stock laid down on these mines . |
| 10 | Garages cash in on chipped windscreens |
| 11 | Three cash in on bright ideas |
| 12 | Syrian troops allegedly crack down on pro-Iraqi demonstrators in eastern Syria . |
| 13 | Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 the NCC must offer a management agreement to any farmer on an SSSI whose application for an agricultural grant it turns down on conservation grounds . |
| 14 | As at Dalat in April , the Fontainebleau conference failed entirely on substantive issues . |
| 15 | Are some pupils absent only on particular days of the week ? |
| 16 | The Christian achievement turns less on individual geniuses than in any other period of remotely comparable length in the history of this ever fermenting religion . |
| 17 | With this kind of work in mind , I obtained permission from the headteacher and the governors to sit in on all appointments that occurred in Bishop McGregor School during my fieldwork between 1983 and 1985 . |
| 18 | They can cash in on good ideas from staff and benefit from many small improvements and occasional large leaps forward . |
| 19 | And if you want to collect ready made salad type things from M&S I am sure you can eat in on some evenings by arrangement , depending on our social plans . |
| 20 | Basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas appear predominantly on exposed areas of the head and neck , while in Caucasians , malignant melanomas frequently appear on the back in both men and women and also on the legs in women . |
| 21 | There are three species , calocera glossoides , found mostly on dead oaks , calocera viscosa , found almost exclusively on dead conifers , and the one pictured calocera cornea which is found on a wide range of dead deciduous trees . |
| 22 | The authors , Steven Mason , president of the Mead Corporation , and Clifton Wharton , chairman of TIAA-CREF , the nation 's largest private pension fund , say : ‘ The population as a whole is ageing , the growth of the workforce is slowing , and the twin burdens of greater productivity and supporting an ageing population will fall mostly on younger workers … |
| 23 | Walsh , chugging along on two cylinders for most of the match , suddenly sparked to life , making the ball cut both ways and always liable to produce one that scuttled through . |
| 24 | Press the rice into the tin , cover it with foil and press down on all sides until it is compressed . |
| 25 | The man , it was the bald one with the glasses , knelt down on both knees and grabbed the bottom and began to kiss it ardently . |
| 26 | How I wish that but once before you banish me we might converse together on fragrant subjects ! |
| 27 | Bruce Walker , former manager of general publishing at Chapman & Hall before the company concentrated entirely on scientific books , and latter sales manager with Associated Book Publishers , died peacefully at the age of 83 at his home in Rutland on 30th November , following a long and valiant battle against lung cancer . |
| 28 | Finally , Dr Pöhl , who resigned after German Monetary Union , has said , ‘ The adjustment pressure ( after the abandonment of the exchange rate as an instrument of adjustment ) would fall entirely on other aggregates , particularly on employment , and ever increasing public transfer payments would become inescapable . |
| 29 | They often occupied , with their apprentices and families , the same area in a town , worshipped together and dined together on important occasions . |
| 30 | And walking together on thick-carpeted stairs , hand trailing a blackened balustrade , beams in the ceiling . |