Example sentences of "on [noun sg] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole scene to my informant was as clear as a bell , but on reflection it would seem as if it was part of an earlier railway system . |
| 2 | On evidence it would appear that by 28 October 1973 [ twelve years before the writ ] the defendant had acquired complete and exclusive physical control of the plot … |
| 3 | ‘ On paper it would have been perfect , but they did n't exactly hit it off , ’ said the source . |
| 4 | If he 'd strangled her on impulse it would have been there , and he could have slid her weighted body into the river , no one the wiser . ’ |
| 5 | Well it 's higher on electricity it 'll give me an electric shock . |
| 6 | On land it can take years for two people to become close friends , yet at sea the years are telescoped into hours . |
| 7 | He just stood there looking out , his large leathery hands clasped tight behind his back , while Ellie wondered what on earth it could have been that Madame Gautier had said to him . |
| 8 | The message is that for true change to happen on earth it must happen in the hearts and minds of the population . |