Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is never — or perhaps only on occasion — the fault of an individual who has not done his job conscientiously or with an adequate standard of service . |
| 2 | Some feed more or less directly on sediment , from which they extract edible particles . |
| 3 | It can be weekly , fortnightly , monthly , or just occasionally on request but quite often we are finding that a person who 's assessed as needing help weekly , but all that we have got is fortnightly , and all of the time there are clients waiting for us to up the amount of help that we 're giving to them and , very much , it needs to be when it benefits them , and when it fits in with their lives . |
| 4 | The plaintiff 's remuneration may have been based partly or even wholly on commission on orders obtained , or in the case of more senior employees upon the turnover of the business or some part of the business . |
| 5 | You shall not use any of the foregoing except in connection with our orders , and you shall maintain the same in good condition and return them to us at any time on demand or otherwise automatically on completion of this order . |
| 6 | Detailed cross-tabulations of our main survey results ( not included in Appendix I ) showed that people who said they worried about money fairly often or very often on average had a markedly higher credit commitment than people who said they did not worry about money . |
| 7 | In truth , our future competitiveness and prosperity depend more than ever before on technology and industry . |
| 8 | As a trained biologist and a conservationist ( ‘ since I was nine ’ ) , it was not surprising that he was interested in the Selva Sur which boasts more plants and species than anywhere else on earth . |
| 9 | One branch runs north-westwards up into the Indonesian archipelago , where volcanoes have killed more people than anywhere else on earth , and peters out before reaching the Asian mainland . |
| 10 | There must be a greater concentration of shops and banks than anywhere else on earth ! |
| 11 | Romance and elegance are the hallmarks of this sophisticated city which has been home to more great composers and inspired more great music than anywhere else on earth . |
| 12 | And George Felse dived forward at the jerking ankles under the archway , felt his way forward towards the knees , and hauled strongly backwards as the roof sagged slowly and ponderously inwards on top of Gus Hambro . |
| 13 | Interactionists stress that definitions of crime reflect the power of groups who have managed to impose their ideas about right and wrong , normality and so on on society . |
| 14 | As Dingwall and his colleagues ( 1983 ) comment , ‘ Attention was first focused on protection from children and only latterly on protection of children . ’ |
| 15 | He had seldom been to the village and only once on foot but he could remember the layout of it with surprising clarity . |
| 16 | Professionals , in the CD approach , learn to work with and not just on behalf of individuals and communities . |
| 17 | In this study , the fibre score was based on the total fibre intake , and not just on fibre derived from the standardised wheat bran . |
| 18 | So choose wisely and not simply on price alone . |
| 19 | NO DOUBT there is a problem with drug abuse in this city and not only on council estates . |
| 20 | This controlling and canalising of experience , it is argued , is carried out for the benefit of , if not directly on behalf of , the ruling property-owning class . |
| 21 | And with the help of all these er er pieces of equipment er we found in general that we were reaching a new standard of production , where we were increasing it er and we were able to bargain more strongly and more favourably on behalf of our members . |
| 22 | Newer classifications depend on pathotyping and more recently on sequence similarities of the δ-endotoxin genes . |
| 23 | Parochlus steinenii , a winged midge , occurs sparsely about the South Shetland Islands and more commonly on South Georgia . |
| 24 | The pirate recording of the Berlin Lucia has been a huge success on LP and even now on CD . |
| 25 | We found much literature on client participation and even more on effectiveness , but there is considerable controversy on how to measure these variables . |
| 26 | Since 1962 they have had very few opportunities to express their opinions in the national press , and even less on radio and television . |
| 27 | We seem to be able to argue vigorously and passionately about anything and equally passionately on reflection that we did n't really need the rule and regulation in the first place . |
| 28 | At crossing of tracks turn left and immediately right on track , passing under footbridge and skirting school buildings . |
| 29 | No development could take place without permission from the local planning authority and then only on payment of a betterment charge to the Central Land Board . |
| 30 | However , climbing sports differ from true climbers in that invariably they do not bloom until the second year wood , and then only on side shoots , and seldom repeat much after the first burst of bloom during June . |