Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [v-ing] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that matter , all of us are familiar with the experience of trying , and perhaps managing , to guess the author of a piece of writing simply on the evidence of his language . |
| 2 | These pilots invariably demonstrate the basic response of pushing forwards on the stick and keeping it there . |
| 3 | The technique of moving together on the rope is one of the most mistrusted and misused methods of travel in the mountains . |
| 4 | Dr Charlton , of the University of Manchester , recommended a policy directive from the Government to put the issue of smoking firmly on the agenda . |
| 5 | Although the question of autonomy was a complex and confusing one , Hornby contributed to the process of keeping seriously on the agenda that part of the CNAA 's role which involved delegating responsibility within the limits currently imposed on the CNAA , and expanding those limits as it became possible . |
| 6 | They will have little chance of doing so on the Bill in the circumstances in which the Leader of the House has introduced the guillotine . |
| 7 | Do n't make the mistake of concentrating just on the immediate problem . |
| 8 | The RPR wants to increase decentralisation , which , it claims , has hitherto largely been a matter of spending more on the regions , rather than of devolving decision-making power . |