Example sentences of "on [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I also know that you spent a summer on rather a long walk . |
| 2 | Her whole idea of the world 's work was derived from what she observed there and had little in common with the circulation of the great city which toiled on only a hundred yards away . |
| 3 | We will , therefore , focus on only a few aspects , namely : primary insider trading , secondary insider trading ( tippee trading ) , tipping , and counselling and procuring others to commit an offence under the Act . |
| 4 | In sum , as societies become industrialized , so the family loses its range of functions and comes to concentrate on only a few . |
| 5 | Most early red-figure appears on only a few shapes : cups , and pots like the one-piece amphora ( figs. 86–7 ) , in which much of the pot was traditionally black and the extension of that to the background of the picture was an easy step and one which integrates the picture more fully with the pot . |
| 6 | Typically , councillors are part-time and serve on only a few committees . |
| 7 | Further voltage increase gives another transition : the pattern of current variation repeats on only every fourth cycle of the source ( picture ( c ) ) . |
| 8 | We laboured for her because we liked her , but she tolerated no lazy work : she was a perfectionist and she had taste , insisting on only the best materials , which was unusual in the suburbs , where Victorian or Edwardian houses were generally smashed open and stripped bare , only to be filled with chipboard and Formica . |
| 9 | By concentrating on only the fastest of fast-moving consumer goods , they keep their stock at a minimum — often selling it before having to pay suppliers . |
| 10 | Horses of the same family or the same breed are more likely to be empathic , and so to get on together the best . |
| 11 | The afternoon wore on much the same as the morning , only more slowly . |
| 12 | After all , despite what the judge had said Britain still went on much the same , Berlin was still a divided city ( and was later to become even more so ) and Russia seemed no more or less secure . |
| 13 | Clive returned to England almost immediately to go into Parliament and keep an eye on East India Company policy in London , but his followers — whose idea of moderation ran on much the same lavish lines — remained in control of Bengal . |
| 14 | Many small town craftsmen worked on much the same plan . |
| 15 | For the period before 1984 our analyses rely on much the same evidence as the Black report , though more complete registration data are now available . |
| 16 | Ælfric wrote on much the same lines . |
| 17 | And if you find that sprinkling on just a little bran in no way detracts from your bowl of breakfast cereal , then you will be tempted to continue to do so . |
| 18 | A crucial highlight was added to the toe of each shoe by putting on just a little white with a clean , dry bristle brush . |
| 19 | By this time my mother and me were getting on just a little bit better . |
| 20 | Just cut his , go on just a little smidgen . |
| 21 | the meat is not allowed to go on just an ordinary pallet . |
| 22 | I can escape other troubles and concentrate on just the one problem — how to make that damn ball go where I want . |
| 23 | It seems to me , everything 's going on just the same as it was before . |
| 24 | So they greeted her with comforts and praise , and said they liked the colour , and Janice lent her a necklace ; Clara did not much like the necklace either , for it was made of large artificial pearls , and she secretly suspected the donor of malicious intent in offering such a loan , but she put it on just the same , and ignored her suspicions , and allowed herself to be comforted , because she wished to be comforted , and because it was too late to get out of going . |
| 25 | It was also useless to pretend that corruption at elections was one-sided ; the scale was far smaller than thirty years earlier , but it went on just the same in both parties . |
| 26 | They carried on just the same as usual . |
| 27 | They did n't worry about them , they carried on just the same . |
| 28 | Oh , they stayed just the same as they are today , yo you carried on just the same , only the difference in them now , race days years ago , the heath was shut at half past nine . |
| 29 | Of course much of China goes on just the same , shrugging off time . |
| 30 | Much of China goes on just the same , shrugging off time , while for Business Studies and Public Relations students life looks pretty rosy . |