Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I doubt whether she 's been properly taught on the subject quite frankly . |
| 2 | Since preview audiences rated it both best and worst thing in the film — presumably depending on level of squeamishness — it obviously made an impression . |
| 3 | However , I prefer NO COMEBACKS , not badly treated on just a 4lb higher mark than when landing a comfortable victory at Redcar last month . |
| 4 | So seriously analytical was Chapman 's mind that he would rarely comment on a match until several days later , after he had studied every move . |
| 5 | ‘ Taking into account all the circumstances , the committee felt that he had been properly placed on List One and on the evidence available were not minded to move him to List Two as he had requested . ’ |
| 6 | Hermite had presumably gambled on Smith 's being the only entry for the competition , but there were in fact two others . |
| 7 | However , the committee , which eventually divided on party lines , defined its terms of reference at the outset so narrowly that it effectively ruled out any possibility of discovering the truth or otherwise of the allegations of malpractice that had been made against the police . |
| 8 | It will eventually dawn on them that they have killed their son and they will suffer for that reason . ’ |
| 9 | In testimony before a court that will eventually rule on whether or not paintings from the Barnes Collection will go on tour for the first time , a conservator argued that several of the Barnes masterpieces should not tour under any circumstances . |
| 10 | Another mechanical argument against Copernicus concerns loose objects such as stones , philosophers , etc. resting on the surface of the earth . |
| 11 | Finally , a screw-in side handle is fixed on to the alloy gear cover , offset either to the left or right depending on the user . |
| 12 | You do a complete circuit , left or right depending on wind , and then you can go where you want . |
| 13 | He was obviously moving left or right depending on the fall of the coin . |
| 14 | But such a dimension does help to explain why philosophy can be seen both as a mode of thinking in any discipline , and also a discipline in its own right ; for it is at least arguable that the ‘ questions about questions ’ in every field eventually converge on certain basic questions and concepts which we recognize as the traditional domain and concern of the philosopher . |
| 15 | For many years the station scientists did little research on these introduced species , probably because no one could foresee the possibility of eradicating them . |
| 16 | When one tries to analyse the real reasons for the respect which French cookery has so long exacted from the rest of the world , the French genius for presentation must be counted as a very relevant point , and its humble beginnings can be seen on the market stalls , i the small town charcutiers ' and pâtissiers ' shops , in the modest little restaurants where even if the cooking is not particularly distinguished , the most ordinary of little dishes will be brought to your table with respect , properly arranged on a serving dish , the vegetables separately served , the object of arousing your appetite will be achieved and the proprietors of the establishment will have made the most of their limited resources . |
| 17 | No country has ever successfully developed on aid alone . |
| 18 | The defendants argued that deformity would have occurred as a result of the injury , whether or not it had been properly diagnosed on the first trip to hospital . |
| 19 | They are up to 30 km in length and are marked by Indian cairn shrines and sometimes by Spanish churches ( presumably placed on former Indian sites ) . |
| 20 | It is almost impossible to get brilliant and dark grains properly exposed on the same frame . |
| 21 | As a result of a general election held on Nov. 23 , 1986 , a " grand coalition " of the Socialist Party of Austria ( Sozialistische Partei Österreichs — SPÖ ) and the conservative Austrian People 's Party ( Österreichische Volkspartei — ÖVP ) was eventually formed on Jan. 14 , 1987 , and sworn in on Jan. 21 . |
| 22 | A coalition was eventually formed on Sept. 20 when the conservative Social Action Party ( SAP ) was brought in , increasing the number of seats to 207 . |
| 23 | Further , public response to works in prominent positions is rarely commented on . |
| 24 | Although individuals may be aware of sometimes talking in " a mixture " this is very rarely commented on . |
| 25 | THE Government 's efforts to ensure that all 10 water authorities are successfully floated on the Stock Exchange in December are becoming more than a little disingenuous . |
| 26 | TNPs are analytically distinguished on three levels , economic , political and cultural-ideological , what I take to constitute the sociological totality . |
| 27 | It happened so fast and so drastically that I nearly slid after him , managing only instinctively to pivot on one foot and throw myself headlong back onto the boards still remaining solid behind the hole . |
| 28 | Delicately placed on a slight ridge , left-centre and midway between gatehouse and river , the surviving columns of the forum balanced , lifting the eyes to the exactly right focal point in a sky of scintillating , tearful blue feathered with airy clouds . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Not that he anticipated great trouble — most of the fell people were there to entertain themselves in ways which might appear rough and sound loud but came from characters largely tolerant , polite , gentle , qualities widely commented on , coming from the ease of great and graceful physical strength , the pacific , solitudinous nature of the daily lives , and a long experience of continuing community . |