Example sentences of "on [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 2 | Intel 's Michael Pope said the the AST Manhattan was spot on for an emerging market for what he termed shrink wrapped servers — application server sold with pre-installed operating system and database software . |
| 3 | He was informed that he would have to sign on for an extra year to join the guards , but he told his mother , ‘ I 'll stay as long as I choose . |
| 4 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 5 | And Adam Hinton , the photographer , called on for an impartial view , agrees — blast him . |
| 6 | Patrick Kelly , whom Dan would look on as an ill-educated lout , had actually spent time on her enjoyment . |
| 7 | History rather suggests that the discipline needed for insurrection lingers on as an authoritative force after the revolution in a way that blocks the larger end of a socialism that advances opportunities for freedom and self-development through a true democracy of equals . |
| 8 | Sheena Falconer , senior lecturer in textiles , has been told by the principal , Dr David Kennedy , that there is room for only one textile lecturer , but that she could stay on as an ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 9 | Apparently this did not produce the desired reaction from Stanley , so Wyatt went on 17th December to see Scott who , with a disarming naïveté , immediately agreed to a proposal from Wyatt that he should take him on as an equal partner and relinquish half the work to him . |
| 10 | Brought up at a cultivated and tolerant court and doted on as an only child , she became a catch on the German dynastic marriage market . |
| 11 | Kieren began work for the authority as a trainee solicitor in 1982 and stayed on as an Assistant Solicitor until 1987 when appointed a Senior Assistant Solicitor . |
| 12 | Thinking that he preferred to make a career in journalism , after failing his second professional examination in 1882 , he signed on as an able seaman , went from Port Mackay to the South Sea Islands to study the traffic in Kanaka islanders , and published his findings in the Melbourne Age , arousing considerable controversy . |
| 13 | I wanted to carry on as an airborne soldier , a paratrooper , enjoying the prestige which came from being part of an elite , and also the better pay and training opportunities that were the lot of such units . |
| 14 | The absence of CD4 binding by the MicroGeneSys gp160 vaccine may therefore be looked on as an added safety feature . |
| 15 | The tale of how an astute Cornish furze-cutter came to be founder of one of the great landed families of Cornwall , with one of the County 's most famed stately homes , could be looked on as an ideal example of Thatcherite-style enterprise and self-help . |
| 16 | For about the first 12 years of its existence the centre was carried on as an unincorporated organisation . |
| 17 | You 've got to remember that at the time , deregulation was looked on as an open cash-register . |
| 18 | A position of all-round defence is adopted , prior to moving on towards an imaginary objective . |
| 19 | The section is dealing with contraventions or apprehended contraventions of section 3 , i.e. the carrying on of an unauthorised investment business . |
| 20 | If the site chosen is in the opinion of the local authority not suitable for the carrying on of an offensive trade , being for example too near to residential properties then consent may be refused , or granted for a limited period or subject to conditions . |
| 21 | Here they seem to be thrown on with an easy freedom , there they are adjusted with the nicest touches . |
| 22 | This one point alone has almost certainly caused many novice flyers to struggle on with an unmanageable model which could easily be completely transformed by correct adjustment . |
| 23 | ‘ I think that goddamn racket means we should all be dead , ’ he announced cheerfully , then carried on with an involved story of how he had once won undying glory by intercepting a pass against the Philadelphia Faggots . |
| 24 | Day Five : After a night in Speyer your cruise carries on with an early morning departure for Strasbourg . |
| 25 | Cover the pot with a polythene bag and fix it on with an elastic band . |
| 26 | Behind her , Nahum was looking on with an unsmiling face . |
| 27 | In no way do they have a mandate to wipe out a whole stock and possibly a whole species simply for their convenience in carrying on with an unsophisticated fishing method . ’ |
| 28 | ( rather a lot of which goes on inside an internal combustion engine . ) |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | This means that bilingual education must be focused on from an early age and given a high profile throughout the school system . |