Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's where where 's where 's the where 's the cut off come on this flipping phone ? |
| 2 | She opened her eyes , her tired mind gradually focusing on that name . |
| 3 | Much political research still relies on this approach to explain how government is maintained , but immediate problems that present themselves are that it can not be assumed either that the institutions or organisations themselves do really exercise power or that their nominal members are all equally active in such exercise of power as there is . |
| 4 | Oh it was a hard working night for all the women and the dances went on t four o'clock in the morning and a wedding nearly went on all night . |
| 5 | We report the expression cloning of a complementary DNA , pICAM-3 , encoding a protein constitutively expressed on all leukocytes , which binds LFA-1 . |
| 6 | Frowning thoughtfully , she pulled the thin blanket over them both and lay down again , her mind now busy on another track . |
| 7 | Mike Stein 's chapter reviews what his research revealed and the policies and practice currently focused on this vulnerable group of young people . |
| 8 | However when a measurement is made the state vector undergoes a discontinuous change , collapsing onto that particular eigenvector which corresponds to the result actually observed on that occasion . |
| 9 | ‘ The question really turns on this , whether or not this document has the effect of accord and satisfaction in getting rid of the joint and several liability of B under the judgment . |
| 10 | But it goes without saying that their refined phrasing and shading is infinitely preferable to the garish exaggeration often forced on these endearing Czech mood-pictures . |
| 11 | A percentage misguidedly based on either would give two widely different figures , namely 25 or 35 per cent . |
| 12 | As this wall faces north the sun seldom shines on any of these , a dismal fact for gardeners working in them but usual for old kitchen gardens where every inch of warm south-facing ground was wanted for crops . |
| 13 | He has been associated with the Clyde Yacht Club 's Association for a quarter of a century and headed the team which organized the nineteen seventy three Clyde and National Regatta , the largest event of its kind ever held on that famous stretch of water . |
| 14 | In the meantime , I made inquiries with the old-folk of the village to see if they remembered any house or cottage ever standing on that particular field . |
| 15 | The fact that the Australian batting rarely fired on all cylinders either during the series merely served to show-up the large gulf between the two sides , with the home team 's 4–0 triumph not flattering them unduly , although India were unlucky not to win at Sydney , and might have won at Adelaide too had their fielding not let them down . |
| 16 | If the donor is an individual ( or a company ) and pays basic rate income tax the RNLI can claim back the tax already paid on that money from the Inland Revenue turning the donor 's £600 , for example , into £800 for the Institution . |
| 17 | The careful exegete , however , will also be troubled by the fact that the Bible hardly majors on this issue , that we do not know the context of Paul 's two references to the subject , and that a strong anti-homosexual line is only possible if one has already assumed that such statements are immediately transferable into our situation straight from the biblical period . |
| 18 | A farmhouse probably stood on this site at the time of the Great Plague . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , Crumley 's is a starkly presented argument which should be read and studied alongside the barrage of soulless technical documentation already written on this emotive subject . |
| 20 | Public attention to literacy often focusses on either ‘ illiteracy ’ — the problems many adults encounter with the requirements of reading and writing in the modern world — or with professional — often literary — writing . |
| 21 | Vegetarian monks striving for holiness gladly take on most of the nasty work . |
| 22 | As the novel progresses , more and more details ( like the protagonists ' arrival at an island not marked on any charts ) are released which trigger off fears of their being the victims of conspiracy . |
| 23 | Although a lack of continuity of part-time workers and the difficulty of accruing experience may partially justify higher demands on volunteers , nevertheless the outer London suburbs suspect that the heavy demand of a 2-day-a-week commitment now placed on all new London volunteers stems not from these practical considerations but from a poor stereotypical image of the volunteer and from a negative attitude towards volunteering in general . |
| 24 | Mr Gossage 's critical examination of some of the major concepts of the Library-College movement usefully dwells on some of the present flaws in the movement 's thinking : the woolliness of their approach to curriculum , their silence on student motivation , their too-easy dismissal of the usefulness of the lecture . |
| 25 | And then , when no-one even blinked an eye , nor have him any money , nor ( surprisingly enough ) the offer of a job … ‘ ‘ ; the stifling heat in the Métro tunnels , as if it were about to explode at any moment , and this uplifting sense of drifting , passing through whole areas of life scarcely touching on any of them . |
| 26 | 5.2 The Proprietor further grants to the Publisher the right to grant sub-licenses under the Licence hereby granted on such terms as the Publisher may determine . |
| 27 | Due to the significant impact legislation now has on most important corporate decisions , in-house solicitors are playing an increasing part in developing strategy . |
| 28 | You do a little bit of input well I say a little bit , you do some input , practice and participation then build on that , okay ? |
| 29 | Here , assuming managers move or can move between company types , this constraint potentially bears on all cases . |
| 30 | Following an interval of mourning for Caesar , Octavian adopted an image loosely based on that of earlier Hellenistic kings . |