Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I doubt whether she 's been properly taught on the subject quite frankly . |
| 2 | So seriously analytical was Chapman 's mind that he would rarely comment on a match until several days later , after he had studied every move . |
| 3 | Another mechanical argument against Copernicus concerns loose objects such as stones , philosophers , etc. resting on the surface of the earth . |
| 4 | Finally , a screw-in side handle is fixed on to the alloy gear cover , offset either to the left or right depending on the user . |
| 5 | He was obviously moving left or right depending on the fall of the coin . |
| 6 | And he said no , buy a badge now with a dog 's head on depending on the breed of dog you 've got , and it says on it I live here . |
| 7 | I mean you mentioned the tennis club which was great , you know you went back there but you know that was a , a wee thing to pick on depending on the company |
| 8 | When one tries to analyse the real reasons for the respect which French cookery has so long exacted from the rest of the world , the French genius for presentation must be counted as a very relevant point , and its humble beginnings can be seen on the market stalls , i the small town charcutiers ' and pâtissiers ' shops , in the modest little restaurants where even if the cooking is not particularly distinguished , the most ordinary of little dishes will be brought to your table with respect , properly arranged on a serving dish , the vegetables separately served , the object of arousing your appetite will be achieved and the proprietors of the establishment will have made the most of their limited resources . |
| 9 | The defendants argued that deformity would have occurred as a result of the injury , whether or not it had been properly diagnosed on the first trip to hospital . |
| 10 | It is almost impossible to get brilliant and dark grains properly exposed on the same frame . |
| 11 | THE Government 's efforts to ensure that all 10 water authorities are successfully floated on the Stock Exchange in December are becoming more than a little disingenuous . |
| 12 | Delicately placed on a slight ridge , left-centre and midway between gatehouse and river , the surviving columns of the forum balanced , lifting the eyes to the exactly right focal point in a sky of scintillating , tearful blue feathered with airy clouds . |
| 13 | Copernicus had shown that the apparent movements of the planets as observed from the earth can not be satisfactorily or coherently explained on the assumption that the earth itself lies immobile at the centre of the universe . |
| 14 | These effects may express themselves differentially locally depending on the size of the city , but they are essentially national in character and reduce the influence attributable to local factors ( Newton 1976a:17 ) . |
| 15 | The suggestion put forward by Hall and Schachtman was that the dishabituation observed in their experiment was not the consequence of a failure of input and representation to match , but rather depended on a change in level of arousal . |
| 16 | Christmas dinner rather depended on the weather . |
| 17 | Neither of these two men can control with any certainty , however , the factor that will perhaps exert the most influence on the SPD 's election chances . |
| 18 | It 's the one right bang on the main road ? |
| 19 | Standing anywhere on the ridge one could catch sight of the sun delicately resting on the top of the distant hills which marked the far end of the grazing plains . |
| 20 | It was far safer politically and economically to sit on the scientific fence . |
| 21 | And Murphy 's Law invariably applies : if you do n't want anybody to knock on your door — because you 're putting the kids to bed/washing your hair/making love/cooking something impossible like a souffl é/late; for just about anything/working to a deadline/just secretly reclining on the sofa with a packet of your favourite chocolate biscuits , watching Coronation Street — somebody always will . |
| 22 | In practice the tenant has little influence on the choice of insurer . |
| 23 | A queue had formed by the table holding the teacakes and a crowd gathered to watch the animal sacrifice slowly rotating on a giant spit . |
| 24 | This again differs widely depending on the degree of the handicap , and autistics may be found at the farthest extremes of social and academic capability . |
| 25 | Even the pay of domestic servants varied widely depending on the status of the employer and the sex and duties of the employee . |
| 26 | The significant measure , of course , is the ratio of runoff to rainfall and this seems to vary widely depending on the amount of the rainfall and the nature of the surface on to which it falls . |
| 27 | The rents charged in privately-rented furnished flats vary widely depending on the size , furnishings and locality . |
| 28 | The rents charged in privately-rented furnished flats vary widely depending on the size , furnishings and locality . |
| 29 | As well as hernias , conditions such as cataracts and varicose veins are also being successfully treated on a drop-in basis . |
| 30 | Critics have since commented on the paradox offered by a Secretary of State sharply defining two categories of higher education — the one more theoretical and academic than the other — in the same year as he was energetically destroying similar categories in secondary education . |