Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Copernicus had shown that the apparent movements of the planets as observed from the earth can not be satisfactorily or coherently explained on the assumption that the earth itself lies immobile at the centre of the universe . |
| 2 | The Occupiers ' Liability Act 1984 outlines where an occupier owes a duty to a trespasser in respect of any risk of that person suffering injury on the premises , by reason of any damage due to the state of the premises or to things done or not done on the premises . |
| 3 | Their houses , no more than huts , were scattered along the sunken tracks or half hidden in woods , or else perched on the slopes of the low hills . |
| 4 | It was these latter findings , plus the conclusions of the exploratory study given in Part A of this report , that persuaded me to attempt a more wide-ranging review of published literature than one that just focussed on the literature of environmental scanning . |
| 5 | Standing together in the back yard of the ‘ Windy Ridge ’ , all four of them momentarily experienced that eerie silence that always prevailed on the banks of the River Severn at high water during the hours of darkness . |
| 6 | Although originally based on the Greek ideal of Philosopher Kings , the mixture of academics , priests and the military actually led to decision making designed only to protect sectional interests . |
| 7 | Although sometimes seen on the chalk cliffs in the summer , Cormorants have not bred in Sussex since 1938 or earlier . |
| 8 | As club manager , however , he was widely travelled and widely respected on the Continent , spreading the name and prestige of Arsenal in his imperialist fashion . |
| 9 | Power stations have been designed and successfully operated on the basis of that knowledge . |
| 10 | Answer : Mulberry Harbour — a pre-fabricated , sectional , floating harbour , designed and built in Britain and successfully assembled on the beaches of Arromanches . |
| 11 | Bickford was determined to make a safer type of fuse , and although he was no scientist he carried out a series of experiments with many different combinations of materials until , having nearly despaired of ever achieving his goal , he visited a friend in his rope walk and suddenly hit on the idea of spinning a light rope or cord round a tightly packed central core of gunpowder . |
| 12 | It was through this hedge that the naive teenager was dragged unconscious , beaten some more , and brutally raped on the tidy lawn of a smart bungalow . |
| 13 | These will be a separate elite from the rest of the community and highly organised on the ‘ business Union ’ basis as in the United States . |
| 14 | The software houses that believed all the hot air about AD/Cycle , the Repository and SystemView and eagerly signed on the dotted line . |
| 15 | Sir John eased himself into his great chair at the top of the table and gloomily reflected on the past . |
| 16 | This point accepted , you must still accelerate the clubhead through impact and not quit on the shot . |
| 17 | Hamer USA told me when I spoke to them that this is a custom option and not featured on the standard Sunburst models . |
| 18 | ( b ) A blank copy of the builder 's standard descriptions of work ( i.e. omnibus and not based on the Standard Method of Measurement ) is forwarded to the sub-contractors for pricing . |
| 19 | Had Canon Wheeler not known , or had he known and not passed on the information ? |
| 20 | Service of the plaintiff 's statement of claim , if not endorsed on the writ already |
| 21 | Although it might be construed in England as a joint papal and royal dissolution of a religious order and its houses , the statute of 1324 in waiving the king 's rights over the forfeited property omitted all mention of a papal grant to the Hospitallers and thus left on the statute book an impression of autonomous royal action . |
| 22 | As the government itself was to admit in its response to the resultant Griffiths Report on Community Care , the ‘ rapid growth of residential and nursing home care ’ had been ‘ unplanned and largely based on the availability of social security benefits ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Thinking back , I must have blocked out all other stimuli , and just concentrated on the ball in the bowler 's hand . |
| 24 | Protected on three sides by a sheer rock face and massively fortified on the fourth , its garrison had every reason to feel confident . |
| 25 | An election was fought and massively won on the issue in 1904 . |
| 26 | Mr Pickering , who farms at Hafod y Bwch , Rhosytyllen , just off the Wrexham by-pass , is chairman of the governing body of LLysfasi College of Agriculture , Ruthin , a former chairman of Denbighshire NFU and once served on the union 's ruling council in London . |
| 27 | They are the most common type and usually marked on the maps as " an dun . " |
| 28 | They are the most common type and usually marked on the maps as " an dun . " |
| 29 | Rather lovable in spite of all ’ — was recorded at age 7 and still remained on the secondary school record at age 14 . |
| 30 | It becomes clear from Boswell 's descriptions that this family were considerably less Anglicised than the Macdonalds on Skye , and still remained on the side of the Gaels . |