Example sentences of "on [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The undeniable and striking formal qualities of composition in works by such masters as Hokusai and Hiroshige have had demonstrable effects on late-nineteenth-and twentieth-century European art . |
| 2 | This aspect of Relativity is difficult fully to understand , but in simplest terms we can say that it is impossible to consider whatever is happening at this moment on & alpha Centauri , about 4.5 lightyears away , as sharing a ‘ now ’ with whatever is happening here . |
| 3 | The ‘ now ’ here instead corresponds to the ‘ now ’ on & alpha Centauri in 4.5 years ' time , because that is how long it takes light to get from here to there . |
| 4 | For details contact the national Gallery on & |
| 5 | Details of all events can be obtained from the Visitors Centre on & phone No ; |
| 6 | Some pubs have their ‘ cellars ’ on the ground floor while a few pubs , often in rural areas , keep their casks on or behind the bar and serve the beer by gravity from a tap in the tap hole . |
| 7 | Most types of glider are reluctant to enter a full spin unless they are being flown with the c.g. on or very close to the aft limit , that is by light pilots . |
| 8 | Ties to be played on or before 11 November . |
| 9 | They ai n't got no lights on or nothing like that , but they 're real nice all the same . |
| 10 | Microwaves create very short , high energy radio-waves which agitate and heat water molecules on or near the surface of foods . |
| 11 | Years of moving from one home to another , having meals cooked for you , never having to think twice about leaving lights on or taps dripping is hardly the best preparation for surviving in a bedsit on a YTS wage of £29.50 a week ( trainees do n't qualify for income support ) . |
| 12 | Available on or off the bone , the meat is usually from only the breasts of the birds and is lightly smoked , moist and quite delicious . |
| 13 | Most of Iraq 's 800 or so aircraft have spent the war on or under the ground in well-protected shelters and hiding places . |
| 14 | These characteristics must be quite separate , and not dependent on or part of something else . |
| 15 | The main focus of your audience 's attention will be the backdrop and the stage , and , on or near it , the audio-visual point and the speaking lectern . |
| 16 | ‘ However , if the circumstances arose , we would change our roles and my husband is completely competent at sewing things on or doing the ironing . |
| 17 | They are jointly charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and possessing Semtex and six assault rifles on or before April 13 . |
| 18 | Waste in the first category may be minimised by installing automatic light controls ; turning lighting on or off according to the measured light levels . |
| 19 | We 're offering the cream of towns and villages on or near to the picturesque and sunny lakes and mountains of Austria , Italy and Switzerland . |
| 20 | A great thrust , the Outer Hebrides Thrust or Fault , terminated the Laxfordian sequence of events , and this thrust can be recognised at the present day as a feature on or near the eastern seaboard of the entire Outer Hebrides chain of islands ( see Fig. 7 ) . |
| 21 | However , if within 6 weeks of departure you change your booking to a later date , the cancellation charges will apply as shown in paragraph 4 unless the new holiday departs on or before the original departure date , when the normal fee of £12 per person will be charged . |
| 22 | Neither could they smoke or ‘ be guilty of noisy behaviour or bad language on or off the course ’ . |
| 23 | There has been a mill on or near this site from at least the early 14th century , when it belonged to the Earl of Gloucester 's Manor . |
| 24 | It speaks of authoritative directives being based on or reflecting reasons which apply to their subjects in any case . |
| 25 | Hand pressure sprayers : Again well known to gardeners these sprayers consist of a rigid plastic or metal container with a screw on or integral hand pump assembly , a spray wand and trigger . |
| 26 | Always try to make it look as if someone is in the house — leave a light on or a radio playing . |
| 27 | We noted the grim approaches ; incessant traffic noise in narrow streets ; parked vehicles hemming in the pavement ; rubbish dumps on waste land nearby ; the absence of green playing spaces on or near the school sites ; tiny playgrounds ; gaunt looking buildings ; often poor decorative conditions inside ; narrow passages ; dark rooms ; unheated and cramped cloakrooms ; unroofed outside lavatories ; tiny staff rooms ; inadequate storage space with consequent restrictions on teaching materials and therefore methods ; inadequate space for movement and P.E. ; meals in classroom ; art on desks ; music only to the discomfort of others in an echoing building ; non-soundproof partitions between classes ; lack of smaller rooms for group work ; lack of spare room for tuition of small groups ; insufficient display space ; attractive books kept unseen in cupboards for lack of space to lay them out ; no privacy for parents wishing to see the head ; sometimes the head and his secretary sharing the same room ; and , sometimes all around , the ingrained grime of generations . |
| 28 | However , there are certain variations in sexual behaviour which have a direct bearing on sexually transmitted diseases and the likelihood of passing these on or acquiring them . |
| 29 | At the same time , the earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil bringing minerals to the surface , churning and mixing mineral and organic matter in their gizzards , depositing the excavated material on or near the surface in very stable crumbs exactly the right size for optimum exploitation by plant root-hairs . |
| 30 | There is further evidence to indicate that nitrogen applications on or near the surface tend to make earthworms feed and excrete their castings well below the surface . |