Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A split-half reliability carried out on the data from children in the standardisation sample between the ages of 4 years and 8 years 11 months produced correlations of between 0.64 and 0.84 for the different items . |
| 2 | Some of those arguing for mixed-ability teaching did so on the narrowest professional grounds that it would improve teaching and learning , obliging teachers to treat pupils as individuals each proceeding at a different pace and in a different manner . |
| 3 | The pavement had been much repaired , and it was difficult to synchronise his steps so that the middle of each foot fell exactly on the cracks between the paving stones , but with some concentration and a few judicious half-steps he managed it ; then he came to a long blue-grey line of asphalt where a pipe had obviously been repaired , and walked along that instead free from the worry of the paving stones between the cracks . |
| 4 | Clint : ‘ I think each existence rubs off on the other . |
| 5 | Some of this literature concentrates equally on the general socio-economic processes which have engendered rural immigration and on its effects on local communities : it is obvious that a complete understanding depends on this broader perspective . |
| 6 | In the near-total darkness Dong could not see the old coolie stretched out on the muddy floor beside them . |
| 7 | The man himself was small , with a brown and red poncho hung from his shoulders and a wide-brimmed hat of brown felt rammed tight on the lank black hair that covered his bullet head . |
| 8 | The instructions provided in this category depend heavily on the major data-types available and the addressing structure of the computer . |
| 9 | Blood-sugar level goes up on the digestion of food . |
| 10 | But the effects described in this chapter depend essentially on the camera , projector and optical printer which , as we 've seen , is basically a combination of these ) , and the ‘ glass shot ’ , or matte painting , is only a partial exception . |
| 11 | This chapter picks up on the development of the FAOR methodology , examining the concluding phase where all the main components , including the SSM , were tested in the field as a final trial of the package as a whole . |
| 12 | This chapter draws heavily on the best known and most detailed model of cohesion available . |
| 13 | This chapter concentrates largely on the fortunes and activities of Franklin Electronic Publishers and SelecTronics , the two chip-based electronic book publishers . |
| 14 | Moore 's the guilty player Jochim had got away from him and unless the referee decides that there was another defender coming round on the cover there Moores could be in big trouble . |
| 15 | P.U.M.P. : ‘ Barabajagal ( Love Is Hot ) ’ ( Ultimate ) out of the ashes of the Junior Manson Slags arrives Aqua Marina , with her Purple Under Melted Pink getting down on the dancefloor with a hot and sultry Donovan song . |
| 16 | A winding wooden staircase led to an open-sided wooden shack perched precariously on the rocks , whence came a savoury smell and some aromatic smoke . |
| 17 | We hope to have shown , without further analysis , how the burden of interpretation in this passage falls principally on the reader 's response to foregrounding . |
| 18 | By the philosophers I am named Mercurius , he said there , my spouse is the gold ; I am the old dragon found everywhere on the globe of the earth , father and mother , young and old , very strong and very weak … often the order of nature is peversed in me . |
| 19 | This attitude reflects badly on the conference service industry and demonstrates that it has still not fully come to terms with the need for quality and a caring approach in its business . |
| 20 | And the RUC is urging for public help to clamp down on the level of incidents throughout the province . |
| 21 | This adjustment depends solely on the age-sex ( and marital status ) Standardized Mortality Ratios ( SMRs ) for each of the 17 major Chapters of disease . |
| 22 | Gt Western Chardonnay Brut £7.29 A pale cold colour this wine bubbled nicely on the tongue . |
| 23 | A further aspect is that with public attention focused firmly on the statistics of road accidents , many traffic issues became matters for the Police . |
| 24 | The modern social anthropologist relies heavily on the research procedure known as ‘ participant observation ’ . |
| 25 | On the other side of Pottery Bridge , carrying the A639 , a sizable marine vessel sits up on the right bank . |
| 26 | As they walked away Scarlet observed another woman bearing down on the many-coated one with the air of a person about to commit good works . |
| 27 | This control depends crucially on the way in which they perceive the world including the alternatives to the use of force which they can comprehend and accept . |
| 28 | It was rather pathetic , like an ageing colonel looking back on the days of Empire . |
| 29 | In his welcoming remarks Bush stressed that " the success of this summit depends not on the agreements we will sign but on our efforts to overcome division and discord , to build a world of peace in freedom " ; Gorbachev also highlighted the symbolic significance of the summit as marking the end of the " prejudice , mistrust and animosity " of the Cold War . |
| 30 | Subsequently this craft turned up on the south west coast of Southern Ireland and was proved to be a regular smuggler in those waters . |