Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TNPs are analytically distinguished on three levels , economic , political and cultural-ideological , what I take to constitute the sociological totality . |
| 2 | May the author once again intrude upon whatever mood his narrative might have established long enough to report on current events ? ’ |
| 3 | CIE , the US-based Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility , and the International Organization of Consumer Unions , have all collaborated on many projects , and there are literally hundreds , perhaps thousands of transnational networks now monitoring the TNCs all over the world . |
| 4 | Its formation is not completely understood but the fact that it is better developed on loose stones than on rock pavements and that there is frequently a well-developed band extending from an inch or two below the surface to just above the ground surface , suggests deposition from solutions derived from the soil by capillary action . |
| 5 | A change of identity was also mooted in view of the fact that in BR livery the numbers and names were merely painted on these locomotives . |
| 6 | Then there were those first matches against other counties , with ‘ Beefy ’ present and apparently firing on all cylinders . |
| 7 | All in all , he had been departmentally punished on twenty-seven occasions , an average of once for each year he had spent in the force . |
| 8 | We talked about how fast you can make a 1.1 MkII Escort run when it 's only firing on three cylinders and how to make it run on three cylinders when it wants to run on just two . |
| 9 | But I think the problem is that you you only concentrate on little bits at a time . |
| 10 | Perhaps most remarkable of all was that this system of government was based on a written Constitution , drawn up by a group of politicians at the end of the 18th century and only altered on rare occasions since ( there had been 19 Amendments to the Constitution by 1920 ) . |
| 11 | Appeals from Democratic Party leaders for the candidates to cool it have apparently fallen on deaf ears . |
| 12 | [ 6,7 ] They naturally concentrate on older children who begin to use words but who need translators and guides so that their words and behaviour are understood by adults and so that the actions of well-intentioned doctors and nurses can be made less threatening to the child . |
| 13 | The Zimbabwean government is being embarrassed by evidence of high-level involvement in the killing of its dwindling rhino population , which it has long blamed on Zambian poachers . |
| 14 | The reticence which had surrounded the subject for so long had suddenly collapsed on all sides . |
| 15 | And that 's right , but what we 've got now is children going around knocking doors , perhaps knocking on elderly peoples doors |
| 16 | Since its inception , this procedure has been fiercely attacked on many occasions , including The Black Report ( Townsend and Davidson , 1982 ) and The Health Divide ( Whitehead , 1987 ) for failing to take account of morbidity and of social deprivation ( see Mays and Bevan , 1987 , for a review of the vast literature generated by the debate on the use of the RAWP formula ) . |
| 17 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 18 | This arrangement continued for eight years , and enabled me not only to work on several books , but also to continue with my computer research . |
| 19 | Twins , being of identical ages , are usually even better matched on environmental variables during upbringing than are siblings . |
| 20 | However , this technique was better accepted on poorer lands where food crops were less attractive relative to fuelwood . |
| 21 | It seemed that the caretaker only came on fine days , so they were alone in the house . |
| 22 | Much depends on overall volumes , load factors and the type of contract , but according to one source , UK prices for , say , an 80MW load with a 60% factor are lower than all the major EC producers except France . |
| 23 | One might speculate that an impending solution to the Northern Ireland problem would split off from the clerical leadership those groups for whom the present position is only accepted on pragmatic grounds . |
| 24 | C. The choice of crops and livestock greatly depends on current prices , but to get the best results the farmers consider carefully the amount of rainfall and of sunshine their farms are likely to receive . |
| 25 | Most SSDs had submitted their implementation plans to the DoH by last week 's deadline , although many said they had merely built on existing frameworks . |
| 26 | Shylock has been prosecuted , wrongly done on numerous occasions , by Antonio , therefore he is getting revenge — the Old Testament says he should . |
| 27 | NARE 's silver jubilee conference provided a platform not only to reflect on past achievements but , perhaps more importantly , to set new goals for future developments . |
| 28 | The loose grouping , which has only met on two occasions , is known unofficially as HOG , the Hilton Object Group , after its inaugural meeting at the Boston Hilton last year . |
| 29 | Simple quilting or through stitching is only used on cheaper bags which are intended for summer use only . |
| 30 | Are they going to be your serviceable everyday sets or only used on special occasions ? |