Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Sorry about that whingeing on at the end of the last letter . |
2 | We must insist on a system of tests that will be for the benefit of the pupils ; that will test what each one can do in practical work and in theoretical understanding ; and will serve as a motive for each to go on to the next stage . |
3 | And most of that goes on in the daytime |
4 | These are not paintings employing the wonderful accidental effects of free watercolour washes that so many artists adopt , though most of this goes on with the underneath base washes . |
5 | It is not necessary to reach agreement with Dr Bryan 's moral scheme in order to see that it involves quite a different moral emphasis from that projected on to the 1930s by post-war nostalgia . |
6 | The 20 teams were put into four pools , with the top two from each going on to the quarter-finals . |
7 | The event lasted all day , with two heats of ten teams , the top three from each going on to the final . |
8 | It presumes that the meaning to be ascribed to any of the elements which comprise the X factor is to be that determined by the reviewing court in preference to that decided on by the tribunal . |