Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The share price of the 18% of Vestel quoted on the Istanbul stock exchange is climbing slowly , but is still 40% down on the all time high . |
| 2 | They won because Gloucester , brave and energetic and often on top in the second half , took too long to close down on the former Eire winger Jeff Chandler . |
| 3 | The judge 's decision was handed down on the same day that Exxon announced that first-quarter profits for 1991 had leapt 75% over the same period last year , to $2.24 billion . |
| 4 | The cost accounts will therefore be closed down on the same date . |
| 5 | Further down on the same side are the remains of Foxholes Side Lock , which served Foxholes Basin , now filled in. the banks hereabouts are in a poor state of repair and restoration has been in progress between here and the m62 Trans-Pennine Motorway bridge . |
| 6 | Total sales for the first two months of 1991 at 287,876 were nearly 23 per cent down on the same period in 1990 . |
| 7 | In the six months to the end of July the group made a profit of £1.18million — 4.4 per cent down on the same period last year . |
| 8 | March sales at 143,115 were 15.2 p.c. down on the same period a year ago , with Rover showing an alarming 45 p.c. slide . |
| 9 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
| 10 | The revenues of both companies were well down on the same month in 1991 , showing a large proportion of their sales coming form the cheaper ranges . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been thinking about Simon , ’ he said , as he began to eat , ‘ and I 'd be grateful if you could fill me in on a few things . ’ |
| 12 | The new Cabinet , sworn in on the same day , contained no members from Fujimori 's politically inexperienced Change 90 ( Cambio 90 ) movement . |
| 13 | It is easy to become disheartened if the dace fail to respond after an hour or so , but stick at it , keeping the feed going in on the same line . |
| 14 | The Portuguese , Greek and Italians are in on the same thing too . |
| 15 | The group 's sound engineer , Mike Stout , deputised and also stood in on the few occasions Solowka chose to attend Leeds United matches instead of gigs . |
| 16 | Even as he spoke , a similar glow appeared at a window farther along on the same floor . |
| 17 | Farther along on the same side is the tower house of the 13C and still farther along there is a good market hall of 1895–8 by J. Fialka , the original iron struts of which may be seen through the modern ceiling . |
| 18 | ‘ I am sure it was my accounts of my experiences which set her off on the same route . |
| 19 | I was now at a bit of a loss as to what to do next , so I wandered upstairs to the room that housed the books covering my subject , just to check up on a few things . |
| 20 | I thought I might catch up on a few chores instead . |
| 21 | At such moments he knew that he loved Frances , and he could feel the seductions of a conventional marriage , of meals such as this happening every Sunday , of knowing each other 's daily news , not always having to catch up on a few months ' worth of events . |
| 22 | Luckily I managed to warm up on a few business trips ! |
| 23 | The rock is a unique form of conglomerate , so warming up on a few practice routes was needed to get a feel for it . |
| 24 | Mug up on a few details : whether they called the masters ‘ beaks ’ or ‘ dons ’ ; whether sweets were referred to as ‘ tuck ’ or ‘ sock ’ ; where you would have slept , in a ‘ house ’ or ‘ dorm ’ ; what barmy school game was played on them once a year . |
| 25 | This man and my father had joined up on the same day , they went to the same school , played football together , both courted my mother and both fell in love with her — and she ended up marrying them both . |
| 26 | Runners and spinnaker sheets and guys double up on the same winches by using sheet jammers and , while this might be fine for a highly tuned crew , a less well-trained outfit might find it demanding . |
| 27 | you just like the idea of bacon cooking you picked up on the same idea . |
| 28 | And he believes that it is precisely because black footballers know of each other 's natural ability , that they are able to construct the most intricate and seemingly planned movements without any preparation at all : ‘ They 've got the receivers built into their heads and can pick each other up on the same wavelength . ’ |
| 29 | A good agency interviewer will look through it and pick up on the same gaps and discrepancies which will appear to the job interviewer but will not be looking with any one particular job in mind . |
| 30 | The directors added that they had done so because ‘ this is the basis adopted in the accounts of the overseas subsidiaries ’ , and that the group accounts should be drawn up on the same basis in order to show a true and fair view . |