Example sentences of "[verb] on [subord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roughly , and somewhat metaphorically , we can say that something of the following sort goes on when successful communication takes place . |
| 2 | PREVIOUS chapters gave advice that you can act on when practising writing answers before the examination . |
| 3 | Do you remember Rhubarb on the telly was n't it good that it like came on after Magic Roundabout finished did n't it ? |
| 4 | It is also useful to have an archaeologist examine the area while construction work is going on since archaeological remains are not always easily recognized by those concerned with construction . |
| 5 | Moore is not denying that such elucidation is sometimes needed and possible , but bringing home to us that this is never what is going on when all things with a certain complex property are said to be good . |
| 6 | Mr Mayor er I do n't want to be long in this debate because I 'm sure we 've probably all made up our minds exactly what we 're going to vote on because long evenings it stretches and turns |
| 7 | We need to make sure that that pressure stays on because urban areas , as we know with the City Challenge bid and others , have got distinct and unique problems which we need to address . |
| 8 | We need to make sure that that pressure stays on because urban areas , as we know with the City Challenge bid and others , have got distinct and unique problems which we need to address . |
| 9 | Just as the Black Power and civil rights movements in the USA during the 1960s focused on where African Americans were allowed to be , either by legislation or through convention , so too a crucial aspect of feminist thought is concerned with whether women are allowed to have a proportionate and equitable bodily presence in ‘ our ’ parliament , council buildings , unions , in the media as journalists , and throughout the hierarchies of all workplaces and organisations — including , of course , in the galleries and the pages of art magazines . |
| 10 | It becomes possible , if we remain committed to living and working with men , to identify the terms on which we shall participate and what re-negotiation must go on if these relationships are to be transformed . |
| 11 | After hearing his name on the radio , he had thought it must be just bravado on Paul Lexington 's part , the young producer falling into cliche , insisting that the show must go on when all logic showed it was impossible . |
| 12 | Research has shown that HIV is more easily passed on if either partner has a sexually transmitted disease ( STD ) . |
| 13 | All this additional responsibility was taken on when Bridgewater CAB were themselves working under conditions of insecure funding . |
| 14 | The phenomenon of the hollow frontier has been common where settlers cultivate land , which is virtually free to anyone with the capital and/or labour to exploit it , and move on when serious erosion sets in , leaving behind eroded soils . |
| 15 | Our reservations staff will advise on when this option is available . |
| 16 | Big City brokers turn their backs on small investors : Martin Baker reports on where private investors can go for advice and dealing services as shares falter |
| 17 | When we finished , the photographer stayed on as another agency team moved in and shot an almost identical shot for a Player 's brand — same tree , a sunrise not a sunset , a black pack not a gold one Hastily we went to press first " ( from CAMPAIGN , 16 September 1988 ) . |