Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then I shall examine some criticisms of the monist position from a pluralist point of view , trying at the same time to bring out the presuppositions that underly such criticisms and showing that a clarification of these presuppositions demands a critical exploration of certain new philosophical topics that have not been touched on hitherto . |
| 32 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 33 | And you might say that the word has not been mounted on there . |
| 34 | I make no secret of my gratitude for being a member of a fortunate generation who have not been called on to fight in Europe . |
| 35 | Since the 4,600-strong rapid reaction force had grouped in Turkey in July [ see p. 38357 ] , it had not been called on to intervene in northern Iraq . |
| 36 | Since 1984 , 22 Bills have not been acted on . |
| 37 | Yet this knowledge has not been passed on to the laity . |
| 38 | Ward 's counsel also suggested that at the time of her original trial large amounts of vital evidence had not been passed on to the defence . |
| 39 | Again , files that have not been worked on in a given period can be selected . |
| 40 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 41 | An ex-Portsmouth Polytechnic student who was told by her economics tutor that ‘ all girls who get through are going on to do shorthand and typing in the evening ’ . |
| 42 | This has already been touched on in Chapter 7 . |
| 43 | The world 's economic relation to Europe has already been touched on ; it was not simply a matter of one-way domination . |
| 44 | Each has already been touched on in passing , but something more needs to be said . |
| 45 | The question of retaining a national scheme rather than creating smaller schemes has already been touched on . |
| 46 | The question of conflict within the marketing function has already been touched on . |
| 47 | The mapping or transformation rules to convert the conceptual model in the form of entities , attributes and relationships , to a logical model which could be relational , hierarchical or network has already been touched on in the relevant sections . |
| 48 | In particular , perhaps , there will be the question of agreeing the partners ' profit shares , the problem of which has already been touched on in Chapter 4 . |
| 49 | ( a ) Expressio unius est exclusio alterius This principle of construction has already been touched on . |
| 50 | The effect of such narrow specialization in subject content and style of teaching has already been remarked on . |
| 51 | ’ But it appears from the fourth plea that that marriage had already been agreed on , and that the testator knew it . |
| 52 | The money has already been agreed on , so not much room for controversy there . |
| 53 | This is the moment when bad theology enters , not — notice this carefully — as a reason for doubt but as a rationale for the doubting which has already been going on . |
| 54 | These steps into a wider world were part of a great process of expansion by western Europe that had already been going on for decades . |
| 55 | Army bomb disposal experts arrived at Dorton late this afternoon to join the search of the trackside that had already been going on for four and a half hours . |
| 56 | And , because of that pressure , the pressure that 's already been put on , we got good news at . |
| 57 | And , because of that pressure , the pressure that 's already been put on , we got good news at . |
| 58 | Oxford District Health authority say they ca n't commentbecause of the threat of legal action , but they say Jasmine 's case has already been acted on . |
| 59 | Then her eyes slowly began to focus and she realised that they had n't just been tossed on to the bed . |
| 60 | Many firms have just been hanging on . |