Example sentences of "on at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Also available from Bisque is the battery-powered , remote-control Bagno-Stat , which allows you to pre-set the towel radiator heater to come on at specific times and maintain required temperatures .
2 In fact , it is n't in a theatre at all — it 's put on at irregular intervals by a group of lawyers in the sedate and sheltered surroundings of the Temple , and it 's called Seminars for the Expert Witness .
3 From the fact that a mental process does not appear in introspection one can not infer that it does not go on at non-conscious levels of the mind .
4 Catchword tonight is on at five O five instead of four o'clock because they 've got sport on all afternoon .
5 Catchword 's on at five O five it follows Countdown
6 Supposing that the essential words conferring the primacy on all successive archbishops of Canterbury were in fact in the letters which Lanfranc mentioned , why did he go on at such length about the facts drawn from Bede , when a single quotation from one of the passages granting the primacy in perpetuity to the archbishops of Canterbury would have been worth all the rest of his argument put together ?
7 They gradually caught on at other establishments , although not on such a substantial scale .
8 What 's on at Pallant House
9 You do n't need any further underwriting to carry on at that level , but you can do .
10 I sat on a committee chaired by Paul Fox , a big representative steering group for the Royal Television Society 's Biennial Cambridge Convention ( the only woman ) , which he had asked me to be on at that time .
11 ‘ There were certain shows on at that time such as Bric-a-Brac ( Palace ) Vanity Fair ( Palace ) , The Bing Boys ( Alhambra ) .
12 Well I think it was just because of the the people who put the pressure on at that time , perhaps people who 'd been in the tenants association before , did n't see that as a priority .
13 And the cruise she was on at that time — well , that was to convalesce after a very serious operation , although , ’ he added wryly , ‘ she would probably kill me for mentioning it .
14 How many p people d di did he take on at that time then , when he first took over ?
15 Well it was on at that time I was dropping pancakes and crumpets and the manager come up one morning and said that there was running late .
16 But they were n't totally happy — for it was confirmed that the interrogation of the prisoner — going on at that moment — would reveal where the stuff had gone .
17 Yeah Wonder why the police car put its lights on at that moment .
18 How did you get on at that wedding ?
19 where you 're just watching , helping , washing a few cups with somebody and , and then going on a course one or two days a week , and then you 're consider whether being took on and even if you 're not took on at that place at least you 've got something to say you 've done when you 're
20 If we carry on at that rate , and growth is actually accelerating , we will be the largest private motor insurer in two years .
21 If an organiser does not co-ordinate and monitor and know exactly what 's going on at each stage , then ultimately he has only himself to blame if something goes wrong .
22 Yeah , good job you 've got hay ni you 've got hay net on at each horse , you know .
23 In our case this iteration has gone on at great lengths and I and my colleagues have had to struggle to ensure that we have allocated enough time to deciding the direction in which the company should be going , and the changes that have to be carried out in order to get it there .
24 They would go on and on at great speed .
25 He went on at great length on this subject , banging his pastoral staff on the floor and haranguing the assembly until the pope cried ‘ Enough ’ , and the reading of the decrees was resumed .
26 I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances .
27 So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none .
28 Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't .
29 Tenants have sold on at higher prices , and outsiders have attempted to prove local residence .
30 Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available .
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