Example sentences of "on the [noun] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | According to my account of differentiation theory , however , the effect of discrimination training depends not on the associations it creates but on the fact that it concentrates the subject , s attention on distinctive features of the stimuli . |
2 | From the vibration on the rope it felt like somebody was jumaring up the 300 tiring feet back into sunshine — some prussik ! |
3 | On the day we lost the hour on the clock it looks as though winter 's started in earnest . |
4 | The shelves towered above me and from where I sat on the floor it looked as though all of my toys were staring straight at me . |
5 | ‘ The superintendent of this building appears to be a broken reed , and unless I spend the next twenty-four hours on the telephone it looks as though we are plumb out of luck , ’ he added , throwing the phone book down in disgust . |
6 | Although the effects of loss vary from one individual to another , on the whole it seems that men tend to fare a little better in bereavement than women , and fewer of them are found to be in need of psychiatric treatment for chronic grief and depression . |
7 | I had Radio One on this morning and on the news it said that Porsche had developed a , a base to shoe horses . |
8 | On the outside it looked like something left over from the siege of Leningrad in 1944 , but inside everything was in immaculate white , including a large wrinkled matron who proceeded to give the medico a verbal roasting , followed by expulsion from the premises . |
9 | ‘ Maybe they should build a police station on the site it looks as though it could come in very handy in the future … ‘ |
10 | When I rest it on the table it shudders and then sighs . |