Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is interesting because it bears on the following problem . |
| 2 | Aintree says puckishly that this arrangement is reliable because it depends on people 's judgement , but it is also a hoaxer 's charter . |
| 3 | Moreover , it is anything but unplanned since it depends on considerable state involvement , promotion , and subsidy . |
| 4 | Again , the justification for this is interesting as it draws on both structural and thematic evidence . |
| 5 | When the Boundary Commission looks at these matters over every 10 years or so , demography and demographic conditions have to be considered , and it is less easy than it appears on paper simply to provide consistency in terms of the demographic relationship of the people living in the country and the number of Members representing them in the House . |
| 6 | The method is simple and it relies on the duck 's instinct to try to chase away a threatening fox . |
| 7 | Their nobility was insecure because it rested on inheritance and not moment-to-moment creation in the face of annihilation . ’ |
| 8 | Will it be as easy as it looks on paper ? |
| 9 | I do n't think anything is as easy as it looks on paper in football . |
| 10 | Because it 's not as simple as it looks on this sheet . |
| 11 | Well it was long and it was straggly and it got on my nerves ! |
| 12 | ‘ Knock-for-knock ’ , where an insurer pays for damage to the car covered under its policy — regardless of blame , has become unpopular as it passes on the costs of settling claims to comprehensive policy holders . |
| 13 | Er I 've already had some promised but it depends on how many people we get there you see . |
| 14 | The function or meaning of an element is never fully present because it depends on its association with other elements to which it harks back and refers forward . |
| 15 | In one sense all indirect taxation is hardly equitable because it falls on the rich and the poor , like the old saying the rain , it raineth every day upon the rich and just and unjust fellow . |
| 16 | This contains nuclear weapons , but is believed by Norway not to present a threat to the environment as long as it remains on the seabed and does not break up . |
| 17 | The original outline for settlement looks both feudal and foolish — foolish because the men of importance were to be ranged in a tidy hierarchy with outlandish titles like cacique and landgrave , and feudal because it rested on the assumption that the proprietors would get a permanent rental income from politically loyal and economically co-operative tenants . |
| 18 | It was big but it was n't tall because it walked on four feet . |
| 19 | Simon walked down to the stream and across the bridge to his own cottage , waving with his usual cordiality , which was unfailing because it depended on no cordial impulse . |
| 20 | Its walls were of pinkwashed cob , its roof was thatched and it stood on its own . |
| 21 | Nevertheless it is pernicious because it trades on the pernicious habit of labelling things or qualities ( hard/soft , consonant/vowel ) masculine or feminine ( a habit we must return to in Chapter 5 ) . |
| 22 | The PC Wayplanner is economical and flexible since it runs on ordinary IBM-type personal computers . |
| 23 | Sometimes they are not even informed that the waste is hazardous before it arrives on their doorstep . |
| 24 | So I mean it , it 's obviously a lot more sort of complicated as it seems on the outside . |
| 25 | If marketing was partially dynamic when it focused on the changing needs of customers , the introduction of the external environment as a driver of marketing thinking forces firms to be fully dynamic in their approach . |
| 26 | The style of family interaction is important as it reflects on the rearing pattern adopted . |
| 27 | Off the front tees it is less daunting than it appeared on TV , but not much . |
| 28 | However , as it diverts resources from historical and current expenditure items and therefore continuing provision , it is essential that it rests on the establishment of carefully planned priorities which are important to the school 's development . |
| 29 | Meadow House Caravan Park is probably one of the worst examples of an inappropriately located coastal caravan site anywhere in Wales , standing proud as it does on the crest of an otherwise unspoiled cliffline between Amroth and Saundersfoot . |
| 30 | But it 's rare and it depends on all kinds of things — like how mature you both are , how much experience of relationships you have and how well you could cope with time spent apart . |