Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are working on the floor , sit cross-legged if possible or kneel on a mat . |
| 2 | The term ‘ own account ’ includes ( in the words of the FTA ) ‘ the delivery and collection of goods sold , bought , used or let on hire or hire purchase or processed in the course of the operator 's trade or business whether transport costs are included in the price of the articles involved or charged separately ’ . |
| 3 | The task is either hopeless or depends on a very bold speculation about brain differences , if one focuses only on the wink itself . |
| 4 | Frequently the tower had to be left unfinished or left on the drawing-board , awaiting more funds . |
| 5 | Bassist Jennifer — 12 hours ' sleep in three days , we reckon — adding : ‘ I 'm having a really bad night tonight and I do n't know what it is , but the next person who smacks the mic or stands on our gear … |
| 6 | Is there a talk about this or comment on it ? |
| 7 | Even while authoritative actions reflect the subjects ' reasons , indeed in order that they should do so , they may well lead to different outcomes on particular occasions , and that without being in any way wrong or mistaken on those occasions . |
| 8 | These are databases carefully prepared by teams of specialists to be available soon on-line or distributed on disc . |
| 9 | No , it was n't this that got on his nerves , but the monotony of his surrounding , the long , long road through the camp , the huts going off here and there , the airfield dotted with little planes , looking like toys , the new hall that was used for entertainments , pictures and the church services , standing out like a sore thumb . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) In terms of acquiring 100 per cent control , a Court Scheme can be quicker than relying on compulsory sales under CA 1985 , s429 following a takeover offer . |
| 11 | Cut and sew is very much easier than shaping on the machine so do try it if you have not already done so . |
| 12 | The more light that falls on the eyes , the more the pupils contract to vertical slits ; the less light there is , the more they open up to round , black pools . |
| 13 | Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps … . |
| 14 | Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps … . |
| 15 | On arrival at the theatre I was met by Mr and Mrs Alexander Heymeyer , the latter was originally Scottish and born on the Isle of Skye . |
| 16 | If we press this and insist on doubting what the humanist holds as indubitable , we uncover a hornet 's nest of assumptions and presuppositions which are far from being rationally indubitable . |
| 17 | To ignore this and focus on the false antithesis of punctuation versus gradualism , with no mechanism to explain either , is to engage in a scholastic war of words largely devoid of scientific content . |
| 18 | Walk along this and stay on it till it disappears at the top ridge . |
| 19 | and sort of went like this and landed on it and went bang down . |
| 20 | Paddick had had enough of this and insisted on moving on . |
| 21 | Honey magazine recognized this and acted on it in an extraordinary way with the launch of the ‘ Honey boutiques ’ in the major conurbations , so that the groovy styles portrayed in the magazine could be had by hitherto deprived readers in whatever part of the sticks they had the misfortune to live , with no more trouble than a Saturday day return fare . |
| 22 | In this case the original recording task can take account of this and capitalise on it . |
| 23 | Go through this and continue on the good track into the woodland , passing a ‘ crossroads ’ with a wall and gate on the right . |
| 24 | I try to keep my diary clear and concentrate on collating and editing all the material that has been arriving in my in-tray over the previous weeks . |
| 25 | It was a dazzling Saturday afternoon , and the park was full of contented people : children stood knicker-deep in bliss , stroking the paddling-pool as if it were some great tame animal ; attendant mothers soaked in the sun ; lovers were prone and entranced on the grass . |
| 26 | TPM is implemented in prolog-2 and runs on SUN-3 and SUN-4 machines . |
| 27 | Briefly , serum ( 1 ml ) was diluted with two volumes of isotonic saline and extracted on a small column of octadecysilane bonded silica at 64°C . |
| 28 | Economic Ministers of the six-member Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) met in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , on Oct. 7-8 and agreed on proposals for economic co-operation arrangements , to be submitted to the ASEAN summit meeting scheduled for late January 1992 in Singapore . |
| 29 | Having also taken over Baragumu , this company combined the two in mid-1961 as the weekly Mwafrika na Taifa ( ‘ African and Nation ’ ) , while continuing Mwafrika as a daily and keeping on Robert Makange as editor . |
| 30 | She 's blond , Sloaney , utterly vacuous and gossips on the phone . |