Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 She turns quickly on the balls of her feet to meet the advance . |
| 2 | she wears outside on a safety pin , |
| 3 | She comments also on the ambiguous fascination these theorists exhibit with regard to their own practice : ‘ it is all a beautiful , theoretical game , that they themselves do n't perhaps really believe in , but indulge in it as one indulges in a passion , overwhelming at the time then looked at with mild amusement , a passion for beautiful systems ’ ( 614 ) . |
| 4 | She still travels the world , tirelessly delivering papers at scientific gatherings and converting anyone she comes across on the way . |
| 5 | Then we lays there on the towpath , under the bridge , and gets stuck into it , see ? ’ |
| 6 | In the end , the interpretation of research data and the results of statistical tests applied to them rests squarely on the researcher 's shoulders : |
| 7 | One solution is to allocate property rights over the resources , so that the cost of the individual 's use of them falls only on the individual . |
| 8 | It plays hard on the so-called ‘ 90-10 ’ rule , claiming that 90% of the code is already out there and that only 10% needs to be written . |
| 9 | It plays hard on the so-called ‘ 90–10 ’ rule , claiming that 90% of the code is already out there and that only 10% needs to be written . |
| 10 | ‘ He plays more on the left hand side which is not my favourite position , I prefer to play on the right . |
| 11 | he went mad and he was trying to cover it up and that cos I mean over the club , and he goes there on a Saturday afternoon , he gets some stick over there . |
| 12 | Now offer the niche to the hole , making sure it sits correctly on the base section |
| 13 | Secondly , there is a temptation to attach a diagnostic label to each condition so that it fits neatly on the problem list . |
| 14 | The hip belt should be adjusted so that it fits snugly on the hip girdle , and not round the waist . |
| 15 | It lies exactly on the Equator near Lake Victoria among the Luo people and in the Diocese of Kisumu . |
| 16 | And er he sort of admitted that he lives absolutely on the fringe of the no go area . |
| 17 | Measuring over 200 feet from head to toe it stands proudly on the south of Windover Hill , a few miles inland from Eastbourne . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I expect it starts earlier on the Continent , ’ said Sister Dew happily . |
| 19 | It depends critically on the description language . |
| 20 | The advantage the pure watercolour has over all other media is that it depends greatly on the light passing through the colour being reflected back from the white paper . |
| 21 | It depends entirely on the goodwill of America and other richer member states to take this on an improvised basis . |
| 22 | Moreover , since the return to holding the natural resource is the increase in its relative price , it depends crucially on the way in which expectations are formed . |
| 23 | Most students of the phenomenon however , are convinced that it is ‘ real ’ but that it depends exquisitely on the context . |
| 24 | According to the general principles of thermodynamics it depends only on the temperature . |
| 25 | The garment is so peculiar that we might dismiss it as a quirk of the rhyton carver 's imagination , but for the fact that it features again on a seal impression from Agia Triadha , where the rhyton also originated . |
| 26 | When it happens again on the next cast I turn the air blue with some choice words . |
| 27 | It says here on the six o'clock Olympics today including live coverage of Wilf Riley 's attempt to win the gold for Britain in the mens thousand short practice speed skating final it 's six o'clock |
| 28 | It says so on the switchboard , which one they 've rung , now if they ask for crime prevention and they phoned number , they should be put through to the bloody crime prevention |
| 29 | One other feature of the use of the quango for the administration of cultural policy should be noted since it bears closely on the cultural significance of Newbolt . |
| 30 | This point is made not in the interests of pedantry , but because it bears directly on the criticisms of current approaches to the global system that lie at the heart of this book . |