Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's cramped if there are four of you , but the atmosphere is very friendly and relaxed — neighbours popping in to borrow a cup of sugar or a 50p coin for the electricity meter , children running along the balconies or playing on the thin strip of grass between the blocks . |
| 2 | The customers were all men , heavily robed , standing in groups or leaning on the counter with no apparent desire to be served . |
| 3 | Whitty and Jones 's analysis stands or falls on the meaning of health , whether health services have an impact on health , and on the central functions of public health medicine . |
| 4 | This is a provision which is usually inserted , since , once an order has been placed , it becomes a separate contract , with a life of its own , and stands or falls on the terms and conditions which govern it . |
| 5 | We still work in the same building , so we 'll often pop into each other 's offices or talk on the phone , although Peter often blips me on my computer . |
| 6 | They are men who rationally weigh up the advantage of conformity to criminal demands or staying on the path of righteousness ; for the most part they choose the former simply because it does not weigh on their conscience and because it seems more likely to secure economic and career advancement within the corporation . |
| 7 | They participate in large numbers in the political arena — they always have — but they do not define their own demands or decide on the direction of movement . |
| 8 | The ancestors of practically all the animals that live on the vast plains of western India originally came from the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East . |
| 9 | The friends laughed and squealed with delight as they took a short boat trip to see the crocodiles and hippos that live on the lake . |
| 10 | I thank your ladyship for the information concerning the Methodist preaching ; their doctrines are most repulsive , and strongly tinctured with impertinence and disrespect towards their superiors , in perpetually endeavouring to level all ranks and to do away with all distinctions , as it is monstrous to be told that you have a heart as sinful as the common wretches that crawl on the earth . |
| 11 | The hens that roosted on the rafters would scavenge as usual along the shore , and hunt for dropped oats in the straw and bracken Luch had been gathering from the moor all summer . |
| 12 | Breathability is excellent to start with , but full length zips on the legs and zips on the jacket improve this even further . |
| 13 | But I saw him with his cap full of golden sovereigns and turned on the table and lent them all he 'd got . |
| 14 | He tripped over his groceries and sprawled on the pavement at the mouth of the alley . |
| 15 | By the mid-1970s the general policy of winning the confidence of the farming organizations and working on the basis of persuasion and advice was being increasingly questioned . |
| 16 | My first page of writing was about Bluebell Railway where we used to go with my brothers and ride on the sea bed have you seen this Kevin ? |
| 17 | Close your eyes and focus on the word ‘ calm ’ in your mind . |
| 18 | I closed my eyes and concentrated on the voice , and I thought it was n't you , but I did n't really know . |
| 19 | She shut her eyes and concentrated on the four last things listed by the catechism : death , judgment , heaven and hell . |
| 20 | Forget about all your worries and concentrate on the bright and dazzling prospects that lie ahead for someone as ingenious , industrious and invitingly delicious as you ! |
| 21 | Since then he has won three England B caps and sat on the England bench against Wales in Cardiff last year . |
| 22 | There have also been occasional errors of judgment , regretted by all but recognised to have been caused by the harsh financial climate on the one hand and the immense flood of new books demanding funds and shelving on the other . |
| 23 | Sean Broadley of Eskdale Road , Whitby , 11 , who was badly burned when his clothing caught alight while he was playing with meths and matches on the cliff top at Robin Hood 's Bay on Sunday was very poorly in Pinderfield Hospital , Wakefield . |
| 24 | As well as fitted storage units , there is a wide range of freestanding furniture , modular units and shelving on the market . |
| 25 | She was so pleased to hear him laugh that she ignored his words and sat on the floor at his feet . |
| 26 | Having analysed the parts of a question take and rephrase the question , using your own words and concentrating on the key factor , phrase or word of the title . |
| 27 | She often dawdled along the Walks and strolled on the banks of the river , which ran past the rear of the Manor . |
| 28 | The skill of the teams of acrobats , performing all manner of diversionary handstands and somersaults on the ground between the bull and the spectators , must have convinced those watching that they were seeing something infinitely more perilous and spectacular . |
| 29 | By mid-1940 their mouthpiece , The Pensioner , claimed sales in excess of 500 in several branches and reported on the ‘ phenomenal growth ’ of the movement — to 600 branches — within its first sixteenth months . |
| 30 | The carp and pike , which were found locally , were kitted out with lavish trimmings and served on the Sabbath and at festivals . |