Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 's really come on quite a lot this season with the help of Alison Midsummer , ’ said Dolly 's mother with modest pride . |
| 2 | Trains are operated on almost an hourly basis throughout the day , using a variety of locomotives from their varied collection . |
| 3 | It is this relatively more subtle classification system which explains why policemen and women were so concerned from the very beginning with the field-worker 's background , schooling , area of residence , affiliations , political opinions , and so on , even those visited on only a few occasions . |
| 4 | The words ‘ reasonably satisfied ’ and ‘ substantially fewer ’ are selected deliberately ; for the alternative is so grave that the choice ought not to be made on only a narrow margin of evidence or probability . |
| 5 | The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale — I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place . |
| 6 | Most businesses would be valued on either an earnings or asset or dividend yield basis as appropriate but there are certain ‘ rules of thumb ’ or key features which one may use as a ‘ double check ’ to confirm the reasonableness of the determined value . |
| 7 | He was used on only a few favoured bitches , but his influence is still undeniable , his potency incredible . |
| 8 | Is n't your conclusion based on rather a small sample just being two classes from one single school ? |
| 9 | Thus , consideration should be given to the way in which policy goals may be effectively translated into political and legal reality , based on both a realistic perception of the obstacles that have to be overcome and an accurate assessment of the contribution which lawyers and litigation may make in promoting desirable social change . |
| 10 | They sensibly retained a regional fuel cost differential to reflect differing local coal costs , and their two-part bulk supply tariff , based on both a capacity charge per kW of peak demand and a running charge per kWh also sensibly reflected costs . |
| 11 | Answer guide : The answer below is based on both an absorption costing approach and a marginal costing approach although the question is deliberately not explicit about which should be used . |
| 12 | Takes its name from the Persian word for crab , but is probably based on either a floral or animal form . |
| 13 | For the former , the normal requirement would be for the duty solicitor to attend the court ; for the latter the predominant arrangement would be a ‘ call-in ’ scheme based on either a list or a rota of duty solicitors . |
| 14 | However , the Merrill Lynch survey is based on only a small sample of UK companies ( 148 organisations ) . |
| 15 | He comes to a similar conclusion to that of the classical theorists of the nineteenth century : face-to-face contacts are many and multifarious , but they are again secondary , fractionalised and based on only a very partial knowledge of a particular individual . |
| 16 | An investigation to assess the accuracy of this impression ( which is based on only a small sample of requests ) should , however , be conducted before any steps are taken to reorganise the delivery of such items at lunchtime . |
| 17 | The knowledge which the parents possess will be based on perhaps a superficial understanding built up over many years and based largely on misconceptions . |
| 18 | Between these extremes there is a whole range of means which are employed to promote or resist political change : the reproduction of a dominant ideology , which Bourdieu and Passeron ( 1977 ) call ‘ symbolic violence ’ , and the elaboration and diffusion of counter-ideologies ; economic coercion of various kinds , exercised on both a national and international scale , by governments , large corporations and international agencies ( for example , through economic sanctions against particular countries , through the lending policies of such agencies as the International Monetary Fund , and through the investment policies of banks and multinational corporations ) ; protest movements , more or less peaceful demonstrations , and political strikes . |
| 19 | Calcite was recognised on only a few sections . |
| 20 | If 1 have concentrated on just a few of these predictions this is , in part , because several of those neglected are not unique to the conditioned attention theory and are readily accommodated by its rivals . |
| 21 | So far in this chapter we have concentrated on only a small selection of the most creative and influential thinkers in theology from Schleiermacher to the turn of the century . |
| 22 | the attaching or refusal to attach a condition under s.38(3) or 5.101(2) of the Act , the right of appeal being conferred on applicants and unsuccessful competent objectors who appeared at the hearing ( s. 17(6) ) , a refusal to affirm or declare final a provisional grant ( s.26(10) ) , the right of appeal being limited to the applicant , the making of a suspension order ( s.31(8) ) or a closure order ( s.32(7) , the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder ) , the suspending of a licence under s.36 where the licence-holder fails to execute structural alterations , the refusal to cancel such a suspension ( s.36(8) , the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder ) , the decisions referred to in 5.44 relating to seamen 's canteens ( the right of appeal being limited to the licence-holder or the applicant ) , the making of a restriction order ( s.65(8) ) , the right of appeal being limited to the registered club , or licence-holder concerned and any complainer who appeared at the hearing , the granting or refusal of an application by a public house licence-holder for Sunday opening at the premises ( the right of appeal being conferred on both an unsuccessful applicant and an unsuccessful objector ( Sched. 4 , Part I , paras . |
| 23 | Round-bale silage was found on only a few farms and was not as yet widely used . |
| 24 | Apart from the community stocking budget being spent on just a couple of fish , the upkeep of many of my big fish is actually cheaper and easier than the community systems . |
| 25 | However , I prefer NO COMEBACKS , not badly treated on just a 4lb higher mark than when landing a comfortable victory at Redcar last month . |
| 26 | Progress during implementation should be monitored on both a time and a cost basis against a critical path-based plan , and regular reports should be fed back to more senior management . |
| 27 | While psychoanalysis itself is very expensive , time-consuming , not available on the National Health Service , and therefore practised on only a small number of people , its influence has been by no means confined to those directly benefiting from treatment . |
| 28 | Awards may be held on either a full-time or a part-time basis . |