Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb base] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corporate luminaries cackle on about the importance of quality , yet all too often use this management-babble as a substitute for effective leadership . |
| 2 | These fugitives that are Negroes go by the name of Maroon , whilst the renegades to the King 's laws are called by the common sailors red legs ( that being the colour our white skins take on in the heat of the sun in these regions ) . |
| 3 | In the BA and MA ( Religious Studies ) degrees the basic courses lead on to the Phenomenology and History of Religion , exploring in depth a wide range of issues across different religions . |
| 4 | When you have completed all three sections move on to the tie breaker . |
| 5 | THE immediate post-Christmas and New Year period is an opportune time to check your weight and count the excess pounds put on after the festive holiday — and a time to count the cost to your health and make a serious attempt to reduce the surplus . |
| 6 | This is blue-sky country where they play their music in that western way , the women are sultry , the men drawl from beneath crew-cuts — and shocking things go on behind the blinds and the white picket fences . |
| 7 | These involved considering : ( a ) how long it will take the purchaser to build up further clientele ; ( b ) how frequently customers in the market change between the various competitors ; ( c ) how quickly new products come on to the market and are taken up by customers ; ( d ) how long it will take the vendor to re-establish itself in the market if there is no restrictive covenant . |
| 8 | Obviously we 're trying to make a homely atmosphere so that parents can come and go , er when new parents come on to the ward , when new patients come on to the ward , nursing staff maintain a , a close control and a close liaison with them , so were any undesirables as it were , to come on to the ward , I am sure they would be picked up almost immediately . |
| 9 | Now in what what other things go on in the flats that you get involved with ? |
| 10 | Er what other things go on in the flats ? |
| 11 | I watched the other passengers go on towards the passport control and the futility of my own expedition was now only too clear . |
| 12 | Obviously we 're trying to make a homely atmosphere so that parents can come and go , er when new parents come on to the ward , when new patients come on to the ward , nursing staff maintain a , a close control and a close liaison with them , so were any undesirables as it were , to come on to the ward , I am sure they would be picked up almost immediately . |
| 13 | Most complaints come on in the evening or night and subside by midnight usually . |