Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USA on Nov. 13 suspended a US$19,000,000 aid programme , demanding progress on democratization . |
| 2 | Were he to join a Government of Conservatives and Liberals , he continued , he would be a ridiculous figure , unable to command support and bringing odium on them as well as on himself . |
| 3 | If you require hospital attention and the cost exceeds £50 , the HCI Representative at the resort can , if necessary , make payment on behalf of the Norwich Union . |
| 4 | Simensen turns tide on leader |
| 5 | Through its 260 pages , the manual offers text on technique , lighting , special effects , composition , portraits and much more . |
| 6 | So , unlike Eoin Young ( Diary , 28 October ) , I 'd drive Rover 's RV8 before I passed judgement on it . |
| 7 | Vincent , in Catholic Belgium , although emulating his father once again was also mocking him , by going to the limit in a way that passed judgement on his parents ' safe Christianity , while putting himself beyond criticism . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 9 | Elsewhere , on less poppy and more overtly naive-political tracks like ‘ Rubb In The Cream ’ and ‘ Let Our Roots Breathe ’ , the order of the day is a kind of diet dub , which only gets overbearingly Brockwell Park on the rather trad ‘ Sunshine ’ . |
| 10 | It involves change on the individual and the social setting level , whether an organization , local community , or national policy . |
| 11 | This provoked a warning from the Russian Supreme Soviet on July 17 that inclusion in Baltic states ' legislation " of articles which make discrimination on grounds of nationality the norm " could lead to temporary economic sanctions against Estonia , which had a 33.3 per cent Russian minority . |
| 12 | Beveridge , however , studied the German experiment more closely during the next year and concluded that the contributory insurance principle could not only reduce costs ; it could also eliminate reliance on means tests . ’ |
| 13 | When I became Chairman on the retiral of Lord Macfarlane in June 1992 , I welcomed the prospect of such a challenging and rewarding task . |
| 14 | ‘ We were all joyous at the scenes of people climbing on the Wall but the problem is , how do you make money on this ? ’ said Charles Clough , chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch . |
| 15 | Software revenues rose by 1.1% to $2,520m , but maintenance was off 5.1% to $1,800m ; services were the star performer , rising 48% to $1,900m , but the jury is still out and there is a great deal of scepticism that the company can actually make money on all those facilities management contracts . |
| 16 | Software revenues rose by 1.1% to $2,520m , but maintenance was off 5.1% to $1,800m ; services were the star performer , rising 48% to $1,900m , but the jury is still out and there is a great deal of scepticism that the company can actually make money on all those facilities management contracts . |
| 17 | Although householders may make money on their home , the great bulk of these assets clearly relate to commonplace forms of consumption property . |
| 18 | Companies responsible for its prospects have gone out of business seven times , discovering that while they could make money on the big promotions , the building and park were too expensive to run on a tickover basis ( nowadays the park alone costs £650,000 a year to maintain ) , and in an earlier era of six-day working weeks , the public had not much leisure time to spend there anyway . |
| 19 | A Swedish newspaper gave 10,000 kronor ( £830 ) to five stock exchange experts and a chimpanzee with a brief to go away and make money on the market , AP reported . |
| 20 | Well that 's where , I mean , you can make money on the food sometimes ca n't you ? |
| 21 | they 'll get into the , they 'll get into that garage right , so they look and see things they did n't know that they can make money on |
| 22 | And that 's why we do n't make money on carriage forwards cos we do n't sell carriage forwards for the positive reasons , we say , well if they do n't want them send them back , or if they 're damaged send them back . |
| 23 | Tremayne said the process saved the owners from wasting money on fruitless horsebox expenses and jockey fees and also saved himself a lot of inexplicable and worrying disappointments . |
| 24 | The successful candidates will probably be given a very expensive training , and it is fear of wasting money on training unsuitable applicants which is the reason for such a prolonged exercise . |
| 25 | INSTEAD of wasting money on fixing Windsor Castle , let's sell it to the Japanese and use the proceeds to save St Bart 's . |
| 26 | An obvious ( if possibly fatuous ) answer is that , rather than wasting money on potentially unwanted presents , people have given cash , which the recipients have rushed out to spend on reduced-price merchandise . |
| 27 | The Open University was also the subject of debate between Alix Bowen and Teddy Lazenby of the Department of Education and Science : Alix 's face was expressing a most delicate mixture of disbelief , disapprobation and polite attention as Teddy , somewhat indiscreetly presuming on their long , if long-interrupted , acquaintance , revealed what were clearly his own opinions on the inadvisability of wasting money on the education of housewives and taxi drivers . |
| 28 | Her therapist had suggested that she should speak more fully and openly to her husband , but an ancient , instinctive residue of wisdom had told Scarlet that this would be inadvisable : she had not gone through any process of transference , did not therefore regard her therapist as omnipotent , and so her suspicion that she was wasting money on her treatment was not unfounded . |
| 29 | Their naive financial management , wasting money on stop-go projects — The Westgate Extension is only one example . |
| 30 | Why go storming off wasting money on another place to stay ? ’ |