Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] on [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my view , an unsharp image in colour however beautiful will rarely be strong enough to stand on its own , whereas the same image in black & white can through the nature of the medium , become a tantalising and thought provoking subject . |
| 2 | The division of labour is the division of expertise which depends on the shared assumption that almost all work needs special skills , that we do better to concentrate on our own skills , leaving others to their own , and that this arrangement is functional for the community . |
| 3 | The danger facing American troops , military analysts say , is that the new civilian government headed by President Guillermo Endara may not be strong enough to rule on its own . |
| 4 | If it is not strong enough to grow on its own , let it die as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | Report to me when you consider she is proficient enough to manage on her own , ’ Kerly said . |
| 6 | ‘ We all thought I was old enough to manage on my own , ’ he said laconically . |
| 7 | When I got the job on the building site , Mr Jackson said I was grown up enough to live on my own . |
| 8 | Ramsay was shrewd enough to capitalise on his native gifts and develop a new style . |
| 9 | God might have oversight over the destinies of nations , for example , in times of war ; but individuals would do better to rely on their own foresight , and on such pressure on the state as could be exerted by groups organised to sustain collective interests . |
| 10 | Our task is to bring back the mass-production element into the house-building industry , which can be done only by enabling it largely to work on its own authority for a prospective demand — by ‘ letting the dog see the rabbit ’ . |
| 11 | Genetic counselling was sought by all nine families , but it is still too soon to comment on their reproductive choices . |
| 12 | The one who was doctrinaire was Williams , who regarded the iambic measure as a chief curse of the English legacy from which American poetry must free itself if it was ever to stand on its own . |
| 13 | Now , with the faint light of morning appearing through the curtains , she was content simply to gaze on his sleeping features , wishing the moment would never end , wishing she could lie here forever , holding the man who held her heart . |
| 14 | After decades of trying to become big competitors , they were determined to learn as much as they could as suppliers to America 's Boeing , the world 's biggest civil-aircraft maker , and then to stand on their own . |
| 15 | A Whalby and his son had been there for as long as anyone could remember and Dadda used sometimes to boast on his good days that Alfred Osborn Tace had himself been a customer and that Whalbys had re-covered the seats of the Hepplewhite chairs at Chesney Hall . |
| 16 | The Malleny Park side has yet to decide on its final line-up but will relish the opportunity to end the season in a flourish at home and push themselves into third position . |
| 17 | With the advent of Verbivore , however , people are forced once again to rely on their own cognitive and creative resources . |
| 18 | Exposed to Minton 's freewheeling , glamorous Bohemianism , some found it difficult afterwards to stand on their own feet , for Minton had effectively broken them away from their backgrounds or their jobs . |