Example sentences of "[adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constituency Labour Party and trade union delegates seized eagerly on the common feeling that the Conservatives economic and political trials , and the disarray of the centre parties , were at last combining to open a window of opportunity . |
| 2 | Now they sat eagerly on the rows of brittle gilt chairs with red velvet seats , their exquisitely made-up faces carefully devoid of expression as they made brief notes on their programmes , pretending not to notice that sometimes the clicking cameras were directed not at the catwalk models , all of whom had already done a photo-call session for the photographers the previous day , but at them — the society women of America and the international circuit , the bored charity conscious wives of big businessmen , the famed actresses of stage and screen , even the occasional European princess . |
| 3 | He seemed no longer even aware of her , his gaze fixed eagerly on the Isle . |
| 4 | The philanthropist Helen Bosanquet drew eagerly on the work of the French sociologist Frederick Le Play to argue that the ‘ stable family ’ with its male breadwinner was ‘ the only known way of ensuring with any approach to success , that one generation will exert itself in the interests and for the sake of another ’ . |
| 5 | He was concentrating on demolishing the last of the lime and liquorice sweets he had brought with him in his haversack from Partick , and he trod purposefully on the wet red leaves with his hiking-boots as he strode along . |
| 6 | He told Stephanie to put her feet up and went into the kitchen for solitude , where he began purposefully on the dishes . |
| 7 | It was Blossom , moving at a brisk trot , great udder swinging , eyes fixed purposefully on the open door behind us . |
| 8 | In order for settled property to be excluded from inheritance tax it is necessary that the settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the settlement was made and , in addition , it is necessary that at the time of the relevant charge , eg on the death of a life tenant or when a ten year charge occurs if the trust is a discretionary trust or where assets are appointed out of a discretionary trust , the particular trust assets are not located in the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | The Code also applies to offers for private companies so resident where : ( 1 ) their equity share capital has been listed on the London Stock Exchange at any time in the ten years before the relevant date ; ( 2 ) dealings in their equity share capital have been advertised in a newspaper on a regular basis for a continuous period of at least six months in the ten years prior to the relevant date ; ( 3 ) their equity share capital has been the subject of a marketing arrangement as described in CA 1985 , s163(2) ( b ) ( eg on the USM ) at any time in the ten years prior to the relevant date ; or ( 4 ) the company has filed a prospectus for the issue of equity share capital at the Companies Registry at any time in the ten years before the relevant date . |
| 10 | She found herself concentrating too fiercely on the face of a girl opposite her , as if to ascertain the reality of her fellow traveller . |
| 11 | She reached up , and kissing him fiercely on the lips , whispered a rhyme she had made up years before : " Tristram Pascoe , Tristram Pascoe , never , never let your lass go ! " — and when they had hugged , she watched him climb nimbly over the wall and heard him jump down into the hayfield on the other side . |
| 12 | The green drift of Undersea thickened in shadowy streams round them and Adam stood in the prow of the boat , his gaze fixed fiercely on the island . |
| 13 | A rapid gear change gave them speed on the corner and he sat bent over the wheel , concentrating fiercely on the road through the sheets of rain . |
| 14 | Probably the most historic and also the most photogenic is that of the counts of Kyburg , perched high above woodlands and looking down fiercely on the river Toss . |
| 15 | She did not reply , but her arms pulled him tight to her with surprising strength and she kissed him fiercely on the lips . |
| 16 | Mandarin , head down and drained of all energy , was all out , and it still seemed that his heroic effort might come to nothing , for the French horse Lumino was gaining with every stride and closing inexorably on the leader . |
| 17 | As the socialists ceased to be politically irrelevant sects and emerged as worker armies , the violence in the air reflected the contest both of the classes and of the Great Powers , set , it seemed , inexorably on the lunatic road to 1914 . |
| 18 | Slowly constrained by muscles mostly in the grip of rigor mortis , the zombies advanced inexorably on the few remaining Marines . |
| 19 | To an increasing degree , the government and its outlying establishments bore the Prime Minister 's stamp ; her press secretary , Bernard Ingham , seemed more powerful than most Cabinet ministers , somewhat on the pattern of Lloyd George 's use of ‘ Bronco Bill ’ Sutherland in 1918–22 . |
| 20 | More generally , it remains true that the severity of the Monopolies Commission 's findings mean that the board is necessarily placed somewhat on the defensive about its investment appraisals , and will find all its investment assumptions scrutinised with some suspicion . |
| 21 | We were both professors at Imperial College in 1956–59 but the impression I got was of a professor somewhat on the Kissinger model — a status symbol for the college , but not an approachable colleague . |
| 22 | However , it does depend somewhat on the application involved : character-based being the easiest , graphical applications harder and the new generation of graphical programs the most particular . |
| 23 | Across the Atlantic , American city librarians have developed remarkable programmes of " outreach " to the disadvantaged in slum and ghetto , and many have recently developed active information services somewhat on the lines of our Citizens Advice Bureaux but with a more active involvement and identification with the needs and problems of those who approach them . |
| 24 | YOU : Perhaps that is somewhat on the high side . |
| 25 | Ellis could still work on behalf of Wales , notably in the appointment of a Welsh land commission , and the foundation of a University of Wales , both in 1893 ; but he disapproved of Lloyd George 's efforts to turn Welsh Liberalism into a nationalist movement somewhat on the lines of the Irish one . |
| 26 | A faint breeze ruffled the water , making the moon dance exaggeratedly on the darkness . |
| 27 | Alec perched himself opposite on the edge of an armchair . |
| 28 | Once the correct setting is obtained , a file mark or paint slash on the control wheel , with a corresponding mark opposite on the saw frame , will permit a return to this setting quickly with a minimum of wasted time . |
| 29 | There used to be a place who , place opposite on the same side as the the White Horse that eh , was selling plants , but do n't like that naked fence at all . |
| 30 | And your name sake Barnard of Bolier that 's his palace opposite on the other bank of the Thames . |