Example sentences of "[adj] that [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps … . |
| 4 | Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps … . |
| 5 | It is possible that climbs on the subsidiary slabs still remain . |
| 6 | All that remained on the barren expanse was a deafening silence . |
| 7 | Kaifu had proposed to the Diet on Sept. 11 that controls on political donations should be tightened ; that political parties should receive public subsidies ; and , most importantly , that Japan 's electoral system of multi-member constituencies should be replaced by a hybrid system in which 300 Diet members would be appointed from single-seat constituencies and another 171 by a process of proportional representation from party lists . |
| 8 | Certain of these cash flows may be highly predictable , for example the outflows associated with fixed interest debt ; others may be very difficult to predict , for example those associated with fluctuating commodity prices or those that depend on the vagaries of consumer taste and fashion . |
| 9 | Those that depend on recession-battered Germany , France 's biggest export market , have been hit hardest ; they will think twice before hiring and investing again . |
| 10 | Those that depend on MS-DOS extenders , or attempt to control I/O devices directly , fail . |
| 11 | 2.7 The difficulty is compounded by the fact that the idea of association can correspond to a wide range of referential or " factual " relationships ( just as can the ascriptive use of an adjective or the qualifying use of a subordinate noun ) ; and , importantly , this is true not only of those relations that can ultimately be reduced to arrangements of objects in the physical world , but also of those that depend on human judgements and evaluations , e.g. relations of loving or resemblance ; all these we shall consider as factual relations by contrast with syntactic relations . |
| 12 | Well they did a lot of them are actually country songs that were like Old Flames and and even the Black Sheep was was an American song which we you know and yes you know if you send them back to America , Old Flames for instance is often back on the American those that played on the Irish programme . |
| 13 | The two major approaches to control are ( a ) those that focus on financial values , such as budgetary control , and ( b ) those that focus on physical values , such as quality control . |
| 14 | The two major approaches to control are ( a ) those that focus on financial values , such as budgetary control , and ( b ) those that focus on physical values , such as quality control . |
| 15 | Williamson 's expressed aim is to redress the balance , in industrial organization theory , between arguments that emphasize the consequences of organizational changes for monopoly power , and those that focus on their efficiency consequences . |
| 16 | Stage 3 Making Operating Decisions — Operating decisions are those that focus on the efficient use of resources available to the firm in the short term and will be embodied in plans , conventionally referred to as budgets . |
| 17 | I have enjoyed all the contributions , particularly those that touched on the way that crime affects constituents who live in districts such as Cardiff and Sandwell . |
| 18 | The only parts of this procedure that are not immediately susceptible to practical implementation are those that rely on the assumption of facts about expressions . |
| 19 | We strongly support measures to control noisy recreational activities in the countryside , especially those that rely on mechanical aids . |
| 20 | Bobbin-making was originally a coppice industry — one of those that depended on a small plantation of selected trees for commercial use — in this case birch . |
| 21 | They were like beacons to those that preyed on them . |
| 22 | If you do not have space for a build-in model beside or under the sink , there are portables available that sit on the worktop , where they can be connected to the taps and drains for washing . |
| 23 | And she was the first that got on horseback , and with some fifty that were with her , did some hurt to the company of the Cid ; but in fine they slew her , and her people fled to the camp . |
| 24 | Mistakes between positive and neutral fusing are critical and could be fatal , which is why it is vital that work on the electrical circuits should only be carried out by the Electricity Board or by an NICEIC ( National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting ) registered contractor . |
| 25 | The Department of Trade and Industry , which deals with the technicalities of scanners for police forces , said : ‘ People in business are aware that calls on mobile phones are not secure . ’ |