Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This passed and on 6 August the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima , killing outright some 80 000 people and exposing many thousands more to the longer-term but not less deadly effects of radiation . |
| 2 | Another insinuated that on one had ever seen that many patients with Munchausen 's syndrome let alone tested them . |
| 3 | Tony Benn is right to be dismayed at the talk of ‘ firework displays bigger than the Fourth of July ’ , but he 's wrong to deny that on some level this is what war has become . |
| 4 | You can then use this to ensure that on each wall your tiles will be centred accurately on major features such as window reveals , with a border of cut tiles of equal width at each side . |
| 5 | Tolstoy attaches great importance to the change of wording in the signal of 23 May , referring to a " verbal directive " , as if this implied that on 13 May Macmillan had not just " advised " but had in effect given an order , which he was in no position to do . |
| 6 | This meant that on average a girl would have to obtain higher examination marks than a boy to secure a place at such a school . |
| 7 | This meant that on the blonde version the entire bass — body , neck and fingerboard — was light-coloured wood , except for the scratchplate and the front of the headstock . |
| 8 | This meant that on special occasions I had to wear a black pleated skirt , white blouse and black beret , with white socks and black shoes and , when the weather was cold , a black cloak . |
| 9 | This meant that on some occasions they would be conducted by Busacher , on others by Anton , the old répétiteur , and in emergencies by their own lead violinist . |
| 10 | I think it 's exciting to think that on the rare occasion we feature a non farming issue , we discover what a group of internationalists our readers are , and how in touch you are with current affairs . |
| 11 | This means that on the surface the transactions may appear complementary but below the surface the rules of the particular game provide a hidden agenda ( see page 85 ) . |
| 12 | But I 'm very interested to learn that on Monday when er the Autobus did n't |
| 13 | It is interesting to note that on a descending value of energy , maize is greatest followed by barley , followed by oats . |
| 14 | I went often , partly because I enjoyed dancing and partly because we were offered the most delicious cakes , of a sort that was almost impossible to obtain except on the black market . |
| 15 | You have the problem of how much to tax because on the one hand you 're trying to promote this rich peasant economy and not erm tax them too heavily because you do n't want to , them to not invest with |
| 16 | This makes the lock much stiffer to operate than on the earlier types of glider . |
| 17 | The smooth finish means clothes are less likely to snag than on ordinary basketwork . |
| 18 | As we have seen ( Chapter 3 ) , Cunningham [ 1957 ] 2 QB 396 held that on a charge of administering a noxious thing under s.23 of the OAPA recklessness was defined as : did the accused himself foresee the consequence ? |
| 19 | Figure 5.2 shows that on all three planets the relative abundances of carbon and nitrogen with respect to neon ( and therefore with respect to the other inert gases ) are far greater than in the PFM — remember the logarithmic scale . |
| 20 | The League of Communists of Yugoslavia ( LCY ) appeared to be moving closer to collapse when on March 30 its central committee failed to muster a quorum for a plenary session . |
| 21 | She realised that she still had fifteen minutes before the meeting was due to start and on an impulse she rang Paul . |
| 22 | The queen mother 's religious views and those of the French advisers she gathered around her did little to allay the reformers ' fears ; nor would they have been happy to know that on Mary 's marriage in 1558 to the Dauphin , who the following year became King Francis II , she secretly signed an agreement that if she should die childless her kingdom of Scotland and her claim to the throne of England should become her husband 's . |
| 23 | Knowing the time the dot was in any particular position , Libet was able to calculate that on average the experience of the conscious intention to act was reported as beginning about 200 msec before the movement began . |
| 24 | In practice , this is unlikely to happen except on a small scale in the present political climate . |
| 25 | The certificate in International Freight Movement Documentation ( CIFMD ) is an award produced in conjunction with Freight Train intended for those working or on work placements in the Freight Industry . |
| 26 | I do n't like heroes , so I was pleased to find that on the way up to Gorffwysfa Norman fussed and worried as anyone might when faced with the return to climbing after a long break . |
| 27 | Figure 9.1 shows that on the basis of their orbits they can be divided into three groups . |
| 28 | He was the first to concede that on occasions a judge got it wrong to the extent that a sentence was passed which was wholly unacceptable . |
| 29 | The defendants in Hoffberger v. Ascot International Bloodstock Bureau ( 1976 C.A. ) had contracted to buy a mare from Mr. Hoffberger for £6,000 in October 1973 provided that on that date the mare was in foal . |
| 30 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |