Example sentences of "on [pron] [det] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is by no means unheard of for a band to be offered a deal on nothing more than a ‘ concept ’ . |
| 2 | Thus during the period of restrictions the contras grew , and occasionally even thrived , apparently on air : or on nothing more than the scattered largesse of rich Americans . |
| 3 | Yet it is misleading to suggest that this means that legal authority depends on nothing more than the testator 's intention , whatever it may be . |
| 4 | Wartime recollections are thus mostly from the ‘ fun ’ side of'war work' ; bicycling round as College Messenger ; working in the Radcliffe laundry on my own after the staff had gone , with no sound but the crickets , and the smell of damp clean sheets and steam ; walking into a lamp-post in the blackout ; no church bells … |
| 5 | Of course , by then I was completely on my own and the doctor told me that I must go into hospital this time at Northallerton . |
| 6 | Headache may be on its own or the forerunner of other complaints ; it accompanies almost all other illnesses . |
| 7 | Each function embraces three vertical columns , the centre one on its own and the other two shared with the other functions . |
| 8 | Each function embraces three vertical columns , the centre one on its own and the other two shared with the other functions . |
| 9 | She wanted to do this on her own and the therapist suggested that the first session took place 2 days later to assess her progress . |
| 10 | That 's a seven out of ten , on her own and the top three top so |
| 11 | Susan sets up a business on her own as a sole proprietorship and has the following balance sheet at the end of year one . |
| 12 | He said the fumes could have proved fatal to someone on their own or an older person . |
| 13 | Used on their own as a research method they have limitations but , within these , much can be achieved . |
| 14 | Many headhunters see setting up on their own as an ultimate ambition , despite the risks of flying from the safe nest of a large firm with many clients and a high level of repeat business . |
| 15 | We now know that two protons will not directly make helium ; two protons can not survive the electrical disruption on their own and the stable helium nucleus contains neutrons as well . |
| 16 | It was considered quite an innovation when , after the First World War , the " progressive officials " of R. & R. Clark decided on " a combined " Annual " " in 1921 , " instead of one section having a smoker all on their own and the other a high tea and gossip " , as the ST[ put it . |
| 17 | The sheet of gut endoderm assumes a characteristic tubular structure at the anterior and posterior ends of the embryo although , unlike the neural tube , this is not due to a fusion of folds but rather to its folding back on itself such that the hindgut and foregut are present initially as blind ending tubes . |
| 18 | He set up on his own because the company he worked for , Top Man , did n't really know what was going on , on a street level . |
| 19 | And John felt Emily 's hand tighten on his own as the last lines rolled out : |
| 20 | The linguistics part he knew already , the English he could pick up on his own and the sociology bored him . |
| 21 | I can not simply advise you to go out and buy without trying for the simple reason that it can be very slow on anything less than a really fast machine . |
| 22 | Mind you , if erm someone erm thought of erm if you 're on your own and a man says to you I 'm married but I do n't like it can I come and live with you ? |