Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is a staggering fact that 9 out of 10 people who successfully lose weight on a " diet " put the weight back on again afterwards . |
| 2 | In the past year , for instance , doctoral candidates have successfully completed theses on the acquisition of English as a foreign language by speakers of German , the teaching of advanced writing skills in English for specific purposes , and the stylistics of narrative fiction . |
| 3 | The Wall Street Journal has called their bluff and finds that 12 of the 31 analysts that track IBM had buy recommendations on the stock on September 1 — and even after details of all the new cuts came out , only three had an outright sell recommendation on the stock , and last Tuesday morning , some were still rating it a buy . |
| 4 | On the northern coalfield the rejection of badly filled corves on the grounds that they had been deliberately underfilled — " they will sometimes be so roguish as to set these big coals hollow at the Corfe bottom , and cover them with some small coals at the top of the Corves , and make it look like a full Corfe " — was a long-running grievance which led to a strike at one mine in 1751 . |
| 5 | Mr Robertson told the second and final day of a hearing by the board 's video appeal committee that St Theresa was portrayed in mystical ecstasy — using pain to place herself at the mercy of her subconscious and thereby contemplate Jesus on the Cross . |
| 6 | Please make sure that you only have one clear circled point on the scale for every person . ’ |
| 7 | Nevertheless , their Lordships think it right to concentrate attention on the reasons given by Barnett J. for the order now under appeal . |
| 8 | The idea of a United Front was slowly gaining favour on the Left , despite the intransigence of the Communists . |
| 9 | Save as provided in regulation 36 of these regulations , no person , being a motor trader and the holder of a trade vehicle , shall use any mechanically propelled vehicle on a public road by virtue of that licence unless it is a vehicle which is temporarily in his possession in the course of his business as a motor trader or a recovery vehicle kept by him for the purpose of dealing with disabled vehicles in the course of that business . |
| 10 | Save as provided in the said regulation 36 and without derogation from the provisions of the last preceding paragraph of this regulation , no person , being a motor trader and the holder of a trade licence , shall use any mechanically propelled vehicle on a public road by virtue of that licence for a purpose other than a business purpose and other than one of the following purposes : |
| 11 | But their ideas had only limited influence on the way games were played and understood by the mass of manual workers . |
| 12 | He lied about his address and so received methadone on a maintenance basis . |
| 13 | Oh ye were there obviously cooking facilities on the boat were there ? |
| 14 | ‘ They only make love on the twenty-ninth of February , ’ said Hyacinth , ‘ and then only when it rains . ’ |
| 15 | The swan was once a highly regarded delicacy on the Christmas table . |
| 16 | the Secretary of State still had to announce his long awaited decision on the Brynhenllys Inquiry and he rejected British Coal 's appeal for a large site at Pwll Du . |
| 17 | This plan is useful only for people whose incomes have risen fast enough to meet payments on the new loan and the debt on their old mortgage . |
| 18 | After one year Charles suddenly divorced Desiderata on the grounds that she was barren and weak . |
| 19 | If you have n't got this disk , maybe your manufacturer only ships Windows on the hard disk , like Ambra and Victor then Microsoft will send you a disk containing a file called STAR.EXE . |
| 20 | For a long time they had led a life of measured grace ; regular sedate walks with their mistress , superb food in ample quantities and long snoring sessions on the rugs and armchairs . |
| 21 | Gently ladle mixture on the bread . |
| 22 | The introduction of cash crops and an increasing population acted together to increase pressure on the land significantly , in specific cases even to critical levels , such as in Ruanda and in the ‘ reserves ’ of Kenya and Zimbabwe . |
| 23 | All this , all this very much depends Chairman on the er T S G settlement and the A C Gs , what 's an A C G ? |
| 24 | only threw light on a de-iced porthole . |
| 25 | These factors not only impose limitations on the ability of the team to work effectively in achieving its outcomes but detract from its credibility in its relationships with other teams . |
| 26 | If you have reservations only accept orders on the basis of cash on delivery . |
| 27 | ‘ I naturally believe that the financial profits of the drug-suppliers are offensive , ’ Ellen said , ‘ which is why I 've only used cocaine on a handful of occasions . |
| 28 | There was so much about her that Louise admired , she could only suspend judgement on the rest . |
| 29 | And Allison revealed : ‘ Ekstrom only joined Gothenburg on the understanding that he is allowed to talk to other clubs interested in buying him . |
| 30 | The tightest tight shoppers are in Wales , where nine out of 10 women would only spend £5 on a pair , even for a special event such as a wedding . |