Example sentences of "[num] [verb] [adv] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows almost half the people are spending less on clothes for themselves , three out of 10 spend less on food , about a quarter find it hard to pay regular bills on time , and 43 per cent plan to spend less this Christmas . |
| 2 | It was noted that the apparent recovery of 1983–7 rested heavily on finance , banking , and credit , rather than on a genuine revival of industry or manufacturing . |
| 3 | The Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , said Morrison could not be considered for the Fiji Sevens starting today on account of the knee problem which limited his training to light running this week . |
| 4 | The resistance then to black families adopting makes it likely that successful selections in the 1960s and 1970s depended heavily on identification and involvement with white society , with the neighbourhood , the school and friends being predominantly white . |
| 5 | 6 Turn right on farm track through farmyard and keep on main track after farm , avoiding left fork . |
| 6 | The two Russians would replace the two cosmonauts currently on board , and would stay in space until January 1993 . |