Example sentences of "on [prep] [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the lamp remains on for a longer time it is possible that the incorrect outer ( track ) connection to the rotary potentiometer VR2 has been used . |
| 2 | This is not wanted to there has to be a circuit arrangement which does not respond to a short pulse from the batting l.e.d. but acts only if this l.e.d. remains on for a longer period , that is , when the batsman has correctly intercepted the ball . |
| 3 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 4 | More opportunities for individual and small group Work in the infant schools would make it more likely that children will achieve fluency in reading early enough to prevent the rejection of learning which so often accompa-nies failure as children move on into the older primary classes . |
| 5 | ‘ I see , ’ the Doctor went on with a harder edge in his voice , ‘ that you are the sort of hypocritical egomaniac who talks about betrayal when he 's condemning thousands of his own people in Haiti and millions in Africa and elsewhere to living the lives of mere insects ! ’ |
| 6 | S4 Many sit Standard Grade on the way to Higher and the ablest by-pass , getting on with the Higher Course . |
| 7 | A structural analysis of regional gravity and aeromagnetic data from northern Britain has been completed , following on from an earlier study of southern Britain . |
| 8 | During the trial , the jury heard how the assault had led on from an earlier flight between the two men over a woman . |
| 9 | As the numbers and grades of medreses increased with the passage of time , so also did the numbers and grades of mevleviyets , the term used here in the sense which would appear to have been valid , with minor qualifications , at least from the latter half of the sixteenth century , namely as comprising principally the kazaskerliks and the important kadiliks-the mevleviyet kadiliks — to which one moved on from the higher medreses and through which one moved , if one were fortunate , eventually to reach the kazaskerliks and , by the end of the sixteenth century , the Muftilik . |
| 10 | ‘ It seems , ’ he went on in a calmer voice , ‘ that Rickie and Robin-Anne are among the sizeable minority of the population that is peculiarly prone to severe addiction . ’ |
| 11 | Among the more fascinating of his cases is one of a woman ( whom I shall call Judith ) who , having regressed to being a young woman in a previous lifetime ( we 'll call her Alice ) , went on in a later session to regress to being Alice 's mother — who , it is interesting to note , had died at the precise moment her daughter was born . |
| 12 | It would be best to grow them on in the smaller tank as they are likely to be attacked , if not eaten , by the larger fish . |
| 13 | it 's so new to them that they 're bothering to cost it , but how did we go on in the older days ? |
| 14 | One sanitary inspector reported that ‘ far from being carried on in the poorer types of dwelling , outwork was taken to supplement their resources by many people whose names one would never expect to find on an outworkers list ’ . |
| 15 | The man who entered a monastery did so , in principle , for life ; there were of course apostates ; there were also a number who moved on to a stricter way of life ; and a few who were promoted to abbeys elsewhere , or to bishoprics , or even to the papacy . |
| 16 | The Joint Security Group takes intelligence about possible forthcoming terrorist attacks — usually provided by MI5 or BfV — and puts Army and RAF units on to a higher state of alert . |
| 17 | Some worksheets may begin with simple lower order questions , leading on to a higher order question . |
| 18 | Higher earners move on to a higher rate — in 1991/2 , a rate of 40 per cent for that taxable income which topped 23.700 . |
| 19 | The Safrane , Renault 's direct replacement for the R25 , aims to be the icing on the cake and , as such , has to raise the game of the competent but uninspired R25 on to a higher plane . |
| 20 | In 1986 I cultivated new ambitions which took me out of the British orbit and on to a higher plane . |
| 21 | The Church should not be helping him up , but helping him over : false optimism does not need a helping hand ; it needs firstly the truth , and secondly love to salve the lost illusions and move on to a fuller humanity ( Walker 1986 : 214 ) . |
| 22 | Before I move on to a fuller description of helicopter radios , let's summarise the above : |
| 23 | The next morning , as Harriet looked out on to a calmer sea , she switched on her wireless to hear that the Second Front had begun . |
| 24 | She went on to a safer subject . |
| 25 | But while County are tipped to go up this time , Francis could be stepping on to a bigger stage before next spring . |
| 26 | ‘ It was important that I moved on to a bigger stage , with a club in the top bracket of the English First Division , or Celtic and Rangers . ’ |
| 27 | Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ? |
| 28 | David Macdonald made a series of quota quickies before going on to a larger budget with the striking comedy-thriller This Man is News ( 1938 ) , and Michael Powell built a reputation as a director of energetic quota films before making his mainstream début with Edge of the World ( 1937 ) , about the depopulation of a remote island in the Shetlands . |
| 29 | Whether or not this pilot study leads on to a larger project depends upon first , whether or not the aid project goes ahead , and second , whether or not the pilot study indicates that a more ambitious study is feasible . |
| 30 | These fry are ready to move on to a larger tank . |