Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [adv] on the " in BNC.

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1 All this may throw light as well on the diachronic evolution both of the non-past indicative and of the infinitive .
2 It is a conditional influence , the bounds of which are dependent as much on the ability to mobilise and win popular support ( which it clearly did not do immediately after Vietnam , when expenditure on the military fell ) as it is on manufacturing an unholy alliance between numerous competing bureaucratic , industrial and military institutions .
3 The soil in this area was as good as anywhere on the island and was noted for potatoes .
4 It was unshakable in its main bastion , Britain , and elsewhere the prospects of social revolution paradoxically seemed to depend more than ever on the prospect of the bourgeoisie , domestic or foreign , creating that triumphant capitalism which would make possible its own overthrow .
5 Consciousness of all these pressures did not improve Michael Banks 's concentration and , together with fatigue , ensured that the lines were worse than ever on the Friday afternoon run .
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