Example sentences of "on [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His forthright emphasis on unity yesterday came as East Germany 's bewildered and beleaguered leaders announced new reforms and a fresh round of sackings from the ruling politburo yesterday , coupled with a public promise of free elections . |
| 2 | While discussions of what astronomers expect to find can only be expressed in terms of what they already know , those working on IRAS clearly hope that the satellite will make exciting new discoveries . |
| 3 | One Soviet specialist on Afghanistan reputedly maintained that ‘ the option of ‘ Finlandisation ’ is still possible' and ‘ it is to be preferred ’ , but ‘ if the Geneva negotiations are obstructed , then Soviet policy will be one of ‘ Mongolization ’ ’ . |
| 4 | It took him a considerable time to do so but he succeeded and left a deep mark on Korea only equalled or exceeded by his arch-rival , Kim Il Sung in north Korea . |
| 5 | Many times it appears to be used so that other qualities of the work — the wide assortment of materials it might be constructed of , say , or the way it is attached to the wall — can take centre stage , much in the way that a black and white photograph allows you to concentrate on matters otherwise obscured or de-emphasized by colour . |
| 6 | It is also important that pupils arrive on site appropriately dressed if they are to be comfortable . |
| 7 | The Tasmanian Law Reform Commission expressed the matter even more forcefully : ‘ The present focus on consent virtually demands that a defence counsel who is doing his job properly must challenge the sexual conduct and personal integrity of the complainant and attempt to present her in the most unfavourable light . ’ |
| 8 | Those of us dropping into Dunedin with a touring international or provincial team could usually rely , if things had not gone well for Otago , on Mains later proclaiming that his side had in some way been unfairly treated either by fate or the referee . |
| 9 | People on television often behave as though they are interacting with us ; they look at the camera and address themselves to us , and though this seems to be a fiction , because we can not interrupt or contradict , still we can switch off or over , and TV programmes are influenced by viewers ' letters and ratings . |
| 10 | Furthermore the sheer intensity and persistence of American pressure on Britain hardly suggests that Eisenhower 's policy would have been very different had there been no presidential election at the beginning of November . |
| 11 | However , the new minister on arrival soon found that he was faced with a seemingly impossible task . |
| 12 | The Library Association Working Party on Training also recommended that : |
| 13 | Evaluation has its own jargon and this can be a major stumbling block , leading the Working Party on Training specifically to suggest that this should not be allowed to confuse the issue : |
| 14 | Schaffer ( 1977 ) from his studies on children also claims that even young children are capable of attaching themselves and loving more than one set of carers at the same time . |
| 15 | One man I met on holiday even suggested that sending aid to Africa was ‘ compounding the problem ’ because it allowed so many potential breeders to survive . |
| 16 | The Great Desmondo on MotD also muttered that we did n't have a win of 5 matches on the trot in ‘ 91-'92 . |
| 17 | It is usually conveniently overlooked that there was settlement in the area beforehand and that for most of man 's life on earth neither iron nor coal has been particularly important . |
| 18 | It is easy to forget that the majority of the people living on earth still lived and died where they had been born , or , more precisely , that their movements were no greater or no different from what they would have been before the Industrial Revolution . |