Example sentences of "on from a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heroes you have kind of linger on from a prior period when only a few records passed through your life , when you had the time to get fixated , spend weeks living inside a record . |
| 2 | The military budget was not discussed , although the issue of financing the armed forces had been passed on from a working meeting of CIS Defence Ministers on Feb. 27-28 . |
| 3 | Lord Rix farce actor Brian Rix has accused them of not fighting back , saying : ‘ We rush like lemmings to the water 's edge , devising fatuous so-called policies … which are feeble attempts to cover up the fact that we have been defecated on from a great height . ’ |
| 4 | something to be dropped on from a great height as frequently as possible er particularly if it 's the G L C. In the United States , however much the federal government is irritated by the state government , it can not attack its constitutional powers nor can it undermine its financial base so that 's a different relationship , it 's a relationship based , not on dominance , but on partnership and there has to be an understanding , a trade off between federal and er a and state government . |
| 5 | The Polish replica moved the breaking of Enigma on from a theoretical exercise to a practical one and Knox always gave the Poles credit for the part they played . |
| 6 | It follows on from a fine display of tinted autumn foliage . |
| 7 | Polio , apparently passed on from a human epidemic in the region , had already reduced their numbers . |
| 8 | Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own . |
| 9 | The NI economy is demand-led and based on public expenditure and a recovery in consumer demand in the UK , which will follow on from an export-led recovery , mid-to-late 1994 . |
| 10 | This means that bilingual education must be focused on from an early age and given a high profile throughout the school system . |
| 11 | They consider that you can only move on from an unhappy experience if you have given it some meaning . |