Example sentences of "[v-ing] on at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Less aggro signing on at the Social Security . ’ |
| 2 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 3 | There 's a lot of shelling and mortaring going on at the other end of the village . ’ |
| 4 | My interpretation of what is going on at the present day is being saved for the next chapter , but some of the most startling results come from the latest ( and most accurately dated ) deposits . |
| 5 | I do not deny uniformitarianism in its true sense , that is to say , of interpreting the past by means of the processes that we see going on at the present day , so long as we remember that the periodic catastrophe ( including sudden events like the rush of a turbidity current ) is one of those processes . |
| 6 | The only place where this type of sedimentation seems to be going on at the present day is in the ocean depths , where the deposits consist mainly of the remains of minute pelagic organisms , literally raining down from a watery heaven , plus volcanic dust raining down more intermittently from the aerial heaven above . |
| 7 | His natural caution kept him on the political sidelines , although he was well placed to know what was going on at the highest level , as the ‘ Historia Roffensis ’ , written by a clerk in his entourage , demonstrates . |
| 8 | Concentration has nothing to do with gritting your teeth and braving it out ; it 's the secret of being more and more relaxed and aware of everything that is going on at the same time . |
| 9 | One of the most productive nurseries in the world , the Yorkshire League , has become almost barren and the time has come to pluck from another , rich in blossoms — Shivaji Park , Bombay , where you can stand on the roof-top of the small pavilion and watch 15 games going on at the same time . |
| 10 | WHAT 'S GOING on at the Philharmonic ? |
| 11 | Thus , for example , in order to understand what is going on at the local outside-level on Lewis , it is necessary to examine the structure of the oil industry as a whole . |
| 12 | The trend in a number of large corporate structures to remove layers of management to allow better communication and a clearer view of what is actually going on at the productive base is recognition that clear , unambiguous communication is a further mainspring in developing an organisation . |
| 13 | She did n't know much about art before but there was an exhibition of my Old Masters going on at the Royal Academy and she saw that , and was very enthusiastic about it , especially the Holbein portrait of Henry VIII . |
| 14 | Even when set up correctly some units have their clip lights coming on at the slightest provocation , while the Alpha seems to have more headroom before it clips , which should therefore mean less chance of unwanted distortion . |
| 15 | Carry the Lecfile with you , containing perhaps two or three of the last sheets that you were working on at the previous lecture . |
| 16 | How many aircraft were they capable of working on at the same time ? |