Example sentences of "on [prep] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Rachaela turned the chicken on to a very low light . |
| 32 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 33 | Satisfied with this flimsy explanation for the time being , she moved on to a more intimate subject : herself . |
| 34 | He admires in Horace ‘ the beauty , force and vehemence of Impression : which leads me on to a more rare and entertaining subject , not anywhere ( I think ) insisted on by others ’ . |
| 35 | ‘ What was needed to rejuvenate the industry was a reduction on excise duty to get beer on to a more equitable level with other drinks , ’ said Angus Meldrum , president of the association . |
| 36 | However , this is scant comfort as it simply brings the dates for payment of tax by the self employed such as partners on to a more current basis similar to that applicable to companies and PAYE employees . |
| 37 | However , as soon as they moved on to a more public and active presentation of their demands then councillors condemned this activity , the demands themselves were ignored , and the groups were held up to public ridicule as a threat to democracy and the general interest . |
| 38 | Lower down we emerged on to a more open country of grass-covered hills , with delphiniums gladioli and other flowers growing along the banks of the many streams . |
| 39 | In the next chapter , I move on to a more interesting , more telling and more fruitful critique of inductivism . |
| 40 | Shortly afterwards they turned off again , on to a more minor road . |
| 41 | But it is important to be aware of the limitations of the statistical concept of style before going on to a more realistic assessment of its value . |
| 42 | The metaphysical poets of the 17th century were rarely interested in pastoral as a game and preferred to move on to a more realistic way of expressing their discontentment with the mercantile age they lived in . |
| 43 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 44 | Since one usually needs to measure emission from only a small area of the viewing field rather than the whole field , a fibre-optic probe inserted in the light path would probably be the best method , with the light-pipe output directed on to a highly sensitive photoelectric cell or photomultiplier , whose output would also have to be calibrated against some standard phosphor . |
| 45 | Turn the dough on to a lightly floured surface and punch it down . |
| 46 | Before my right hon. Friend passes on to a specifically Scottish aspect , I wish to raise a general point . |
| 47 | There 's a lot going on at a very fast speed . |
| 48 | It took me some time — weeks — to discover that he was poor and wore clothes handed on by a negligently competent brother-in-law in the soft drinks business . |
| 49 | I was shown round the building although there was a performance on by a very pleasant elderly doorman who 's not here any more I 've been coming ever since . |