Example sentences of "[adv] on in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 To soldier doggedly on in the right — and then to crown the campaign with a clear-cut black-and-white knockdown victory in argument !
2 My Lords , I did not speak on the second reading of this Bill , because I spoke extremely critically on in the debate on the White Paper o on er May the 26th last year , but er I would therefore like to er commence by joining with my Right Honourable Friend Lord Whitelaw because I was so critical , in welcoming the changes which the Home Secretary has now proposed .
3 Use the other person 's name early on in the transaction
4 Using the other person 's name early on in the transaction also helps establish rapport , so long as it is n't inappropriately familiar or done in a routine , ‘ mechanical ’ way .
5 If there is a defect in the title , it is as well that it be dealt with and agreed from early on in the transaction , and if the defect can not be put right , it may be necessary to make arrangements for a defective title indemnity policy .
6 The avalanche happened one evening early on in the trip , close to Camp One .
7 Because the system makes local optimal decisions rather than on a sentential basis , an incorrect decision early on in the sentence is unlikely to completely ruin the decisions later in the sentence .
8 The capacity to show habituation , he observed , occurs relatively early on in the development of the baby Aplysia , while sensitization does not appear until a relatively late stage .
9 The general and flexible nature of the framework ensures that no design decisions made early on in the course of development are irrevocable at a later date .
10 In particular it has been noted that agents have incentives to take actions which reveal their type early on in the play ; to self-screen .
11 He had been accused early on in the play by Agydeus that he was too barbaric to offer Zenocrate any amorous discourse , yet he manages to produce a lovely speech for her where he talks about he stunning beauty and his love for her : ‘ Zenocrate , the loveliest maid alive … whose eyes are brighter than the lamps of heaven … that with thy looks canst clear the darkened sky ’ .
12 Stolen early on in the Revolution , the Regent diamond was recovered by the French Adjutant-General and pawned first to a German banker and then to a Dutchman to secure loans .
13 Because they had been confused and upset early on in the campaign they found it hard to relax and trust us .
14 Clearly , the patient is likely to be too distressed for such an approach early on in the admission .
15 ‘ So far as I can see it 's practically certain Mr Merrivale was in there with her early on in the night , ’ said Ethel .
16 Early on in the State Department , we took to calling him the rent-a-colonel , in tribute to his ability to simultaneously milk the antagonistic intelligence services of Cuba and the US , ’ said Mr Francis McNeill , a former deputy assistant secretary of state for Inter-American Affairs .
17 Peter Brock and Andy Rouse fought back to fourth place , following an incorrect tyre choice and tardy pit stops early on in the race .
18 Over lunch in the canteen , very early on in the field-work , the conversation turned to stress and the danger members of the RUC face .
19 All forms of communication and travel arrangements are stressed now and , although there is bound to be a change of plan early on in the month , what is planned or agreed around the 10th ought to send you merrily on your way .
20 Time savings appear only if the best plays are looked at early on in the game .
21 Dale had beaten Sharpe 4–1 early on in the tournament .
22 Another point to be considered is that if a virtual memory operating system is to be used , once the data tree has reached a certain size ( known as the working set limit ) variables created early on in the initialization will be written out to disc .
23 I decided that I would have to get to the Butcher 's office first or at least early on in the queue so that I would be barefoot for as short a time as possible .
24 Early on in the project , the Standard Generalized Markup Language ( SGML ; ISO 8879 ) was chosen as the most appropriate vehicle to represent the textual features identified by the scheme , on the purely pragmatic grounds that no other candidate seemed to meet the requirements discussed above .
25 Experience had shown early on in the war that a trench line defended by two or three belts of uncut wire ( this rose to as many as 18 in some sensitive sectors ) held up an infantry attack .
26 At one stage early on in the war , Tehran , amid the general abuse , urged the Iraqi population to withhold payment of taxes and electricity bills , and to rise up against the government .
27 Eye-catching covers ; good print size ; a clear statement of aims , objectives and achievements early on in the report ; and positive stimuli to attract potential donors , were all features that appealed strongly to the judges .
28 That much is made clear by Shakespeare , early on in the sequence , as if to forestall suspicion or criticism , in Sonnet 20 , which his protagonist addresses to the deuteragonist ( if I may borrow the terminology of the historians of drama to stress the fictive , dramatic status of the personae in these poems ) : That is as clear a statement of the non-sexual relationship between the two personae as could be wished for , and a wittier one than most .
29 In Yorkshire , Shipley was one of the centres of Communist activity but most of its members were arrested early on in the dispute .
30 It would appear to be the case that , for this kind of effect to take place , the word 's function must be made available to the syntactic and semantic processes very early on in the access process .
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