Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [conj] [noun] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remain convinced that only lesbians and divorcees insist on being addressed in this manner . |
| 2 | If we enquire into the evolutionary background to this situation , it is immediately clear that the evolution of behaviour in both humans and primates rests on a common mammalian basis which can doubtless be traced to the greater adaptiveness , activity and independence of environmental conditions which the acquisition of warm-bloodedness provided . |
| 3 | Both E and G depend on the shape of the specimen and it is usually necessary to define the shape carefully for any measurement . |
| 4 | With the adrenalin in full flow , both East and West concentrated on four further days ‘ curling at various venues in Toronto , at the end of which we were thrilled to emerge as the first Scottish team to win in Canada since 1949 . |
| 5 | Focus ; both Beecham and SmithKline depend on diversified operations to generate the cash flow needed to fund expensive drugs RED and marketing . |
| 6 | Staff work shifts , often evenings and weekends depending on functions . |
| 7 | I was I was er er we we were n't butties because butties worked on the face , you see ? |
| 8 | Business property relief reduces the value of business assets for inheritance tax purposes by either 100% or 50% depending on the type of asset or the beneficial interest , and any tax payable can usually be paid by annual interest-free instalments over 10 years while the assets remain unsold . |
| 9 | A further step towards closer ties with the British came in August 1941 , when Churchill and Roosevelt met on the battleship Prince of Wales in Placentia Bay , Newfoundland . |
| 10 | Neither Baker nor Bessmertnykh elaborated on how their CFE agreement was reached , but Baker stressed later that it respected " the full integrity and credibility " of the treaty . |
| 11 | They traded in spices , wool , silk and money at a time when Augsburg and Ingolstadt lay on the main trade route from the Mediterranean to the Baltic . |
| 12 | That 's where Ken and Zara went on Saturday night . |
| 13 | When a study is made of passages that appear in all three Gospels , there are very few occasions when Matthew and Luke agree on wording against Mark . |
| 14 | In the Republican contest , in which neither Buchanan nor Bush appeared on the ballot paper , a slate of uncommitted candidates won 31 per cent of the Republican vote , thereby underlining the widespread dissatisfaction felt towards Bush . |
| 15 | Unprintable were many of the comments when BR and Leyland collaborated on the ultimate basic DMU , slotting standard bus bodies on to coach frames , with an underbody power unit , and a flimsy cab bolted to each end . |
| 16 | In other species individuals can switch strategies to become either caller or satellite depending on local conditions . |
| 17 | The clothes , the buildings , the pitch and intonation of voices speaking Amharic ; the smell of rancid butter , of red peppers and burning cow dung that permeated the town ; the packs of savage dogs that roamed the streets and whose howling rose and fell through the night ; an occasional corpse hanging on the gallows-tree ; beggars who had lost a hand or foot for theft ; debtors and creditors wandering round chained together ; strings of donkeys bringing in firewood ; caravans of mules ; the crowded market where men and women squatted on the ground , selling earthen pots , lengths of cloths , skins , cartridges , bars of salt , silver ornaments , heaps of grain , vegetables , beer — all this combined to create a scene and an atmosphere unlike any other in the world . |
| 18 | That is why men and women come on these schemes for such a paltry sum . |
| 19 | In Chronic Diseases we are told that when giving remedies in solid form i.e. solid form i.e. granules or powders dry on the tongue , Hahnemann found that remedies prepared with more than two shakes were too strong so stayed with two strokes for consistency ; but during the last years since I have been giving every dose of medicine in a solution , divided over fifteen , twenty or thirty days and even more , no potentizing in an attenuating vial is found too strong , and again I use ten strokes . ’ |
| 20 | Certainly Disraeli and Gladstone thrived on the electoral reform of the 1860s and quickly learned how to discipline their followers and manage them so as to translate the wishes of the executive into votes in the House . |