Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might on the one hand have been positive pressure for improvement ; it could equally have been a move to prevent closure . |
| 2 | This would on past experience coax the crocuses out in Hyde Park , only to be spiked by frost in a few days ' time . |
| 3 | There is as yet no common European standard for the classification of hotels , and this can on occasion lead to quality variations between centres . |
| 4 | The second is that some elements of decline or decay are present in the ageing process and that these may on occasion substantially or totally affect social and emotional functioning . |
| 5 | In Animal Liberation and all his subsequent writings on the topic , Singer employs his animal-enhanced equality principle to argue that the consequences for all concerned would on balance be best served by almost total vegetarianism . |