Example sentences of "[det] [conj] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are also fortunate in that good community care practice is already well in evidence in Lothian ; the plan is to build on this and on existing skills and expertise . |
| 2 | ‘ good community care practice is already well in evidence in Lothian ; the plan is to build on this and on existing skills and expertise . |
| 3 | The multilateralism they sought to construct was a reduction and eventual abolition of all countries ' restrictions on trade and investment , such as those on the convertibility of one currency into another and on foreign investments , as well as import duties and import quotas . |
| 4 | Ontological existents are a sub-species of possible topics of discourse , and any topic of discourse , qua topic of discourse , is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " ; with " A " being a descriptive expression of some sort . |
| 5 | That a topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as the same is an analytic proposition setting out part of what " topic of discourse " means . |
| 6 | Obviously to say that an ontological existent qua possible topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " is not to say a great deal unless a clarification is given of the distinction and the relationship between these two kinds of sameness . |
| 7 | It was the deliberate disregard of the more sensuous and immediately appealing aspects of painting , and the temporary dismissal of all human and associational values , combined with the fact that they were working in a conceptual way , relying on memory as much as on visual models , that allowed the Cubists to distort and dislocate figures and objects to a degree hitherto unknown . |
| 8 | Ironically , this burden is falling upon Japan 's efficient export industries as much as on inefficient , over-regulated ones . |
| 9 | So he has me do that and on other songs he has me play bass . |
| 10 | Well , then , let me put it this way : neither you nor I is happy ; but I may at least continue to be only moderately unhappy in reasonable comfort , while you may abruptly cease to be anything at all except on Social Security if goat 's cheese and sheep 's yoghurt hit a rough patch . |
| 11 | If forms of life exist whose chemistry is based on silicon rather than carbon , or ammonia rather than water , if creatures are discovered that boil to death at — 100 degrees centigrade , if a form of life is found that is not based on chemistry at all but on electronic reverberating circuits , will there still be any general principle that is true of all life ? |
| 12 | Volume users should pay 30% to 40% less than on analogue cellular , lower-volume users will get three times as many minutes for the same price as cellular . |