Example sentences of "[modal v] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it was arranged that Hoare should on the way spend a day or so in Paris talking to Laval , who was temporarily Prime Minister as well as Foreign Minister of France . |
| 2 | Is it desirable that the finest and most sensitive part of a woman — that which God gave her , should on the one hand be wounded with such a wound as no proud and gentle nature ever recovers from , or else should on the other hand be deadened so that the woman becomes only half herself , and this is what the tyranny of the medical profession has accomplished . |
| 3 | Is it desirable that the finest and most sensitive part of a woman — that which God gave her , should on the one hand be wounded with such a wound as no proud and gentle nature ever recovers from , or else should on the other hand be deadened so that the woman becomes only half herself , and this is what the tyranny of the medical profession has accomplished . |
| 4 | Where a bankrupt has been discharged , whether automatically or as a result of an application to the court , the court must on the request of the bankrupt issue him with a certificate of discharge , and the bankrupt may also require the Secretary of State to gazette and/or advertise in any newspaper in which the bankruptcy was advertised a notice of the discharge ( r 6.220 ) . |
| 5 | First , the statement must be false and , secondly , there must on the part of the defendant be either knowledge of the falsity or recklessness as to it . |
| 6 | And increasingly complaints from businesses , complaints about unfair competition , erm the second point is that the , the report has been sent to vote upon now , but also to a number of er business and consumer organisations in the county a range of views is being expressed in response , as you 'd expect , but in general terms most recognised there are particular trading , trend and pattern which needs to be addressed erm but most have all especially with the er display of this same as registration some form of registration must on the national basis would be erm a , a solution to this support . |
| 7 | He moved diagonally on the tennis court like a ballet dancer might on the stage . |
| 8 | This might on the one hand have been positive pressure for improvement ; it could equally have been a move to prevent closure . |
| 9 | A holiday travelogue set in some exotic location might on the other hand merit a slightly more expansive style to suit the circumstances . |
| 10 | But we might on the other hand . |
| 11 | might on the instant there and then have grown ! ’ |
| 12 | we 'll on the other one . |
| 13 | She preferred to eat as many of these as she could on the spot , as they were too messy to take away . |
| 14 | ‘ Those who can not hear must feel the rod of correction , ’ she declaimed , raising the stick as she advanced , Martha let out a shriek , leaped to her feet and , barely aware of her action , hit the old woman as hard as she could on the side of the head , knocking her against the wall . |
| 15 | He claimed that an expanded L Detachment could on the same night simultaneously attack the ten most important aerodromes in Libya and Cyrenaica , the bulk storage points on the enemy lines of communication and the main airfields in Crete , Rhodes , Greece and possibly Sicily . |
| 16 | It was felt that the more conservative backward-looking elements no longer represented a serious threat to British authority , but could on the contrary be placated and transformed into loyal allies . |
| 17 | With Süssmayr 's help , he did what work he could on the Requiem , completing the Introitus in full score , and sketching the bulk of the rest , to the end of the Hostias , in short score ( giving only details of instrumentation ) . |
| 18 | Number three you could on the filter paper I 've out some of those P H test papers . |
| 19 | He had but to comment favourably on the kittenish qualities of Babs Osborne for her to curl up as best she could on the plush seat beside him , her thumb in her mouth . |
| 20 | Carson stayed close to the walls and trod as delicately as he could on the bare boards . |
| 21 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 22 | Clifford and another constable who was in the car got down to the foreshore as quickly as they could on the offchance that the man was alive and needed help , but they soon saw that he was n't . |
| 23 | Somehow she rose over her excitement , though , and concentrated all she could on the task at hand . |
| 24 | They slotted them in as best they could on the flat seat backs . |
| 25 | It was pitiful , the broken blade of a dagger that he had bound with strips of rag to give him a handle , and sharpened as best he could on the edge of the stone under the window ; the worn hollow , paler in colour , was there to be seen . |
| 26 | While the Guests ravag 'd on the smoking Store , |
| 27 | She may be ecstatic and radiant ; she may on the other hand feel tired and depressed . |
| 28 | This is challenged by Hart who suggests that , far from simply being an example of the law enforcing a moral principle — for example the sanctity of human life — it may on the other hand ‘ perfectly well be explained as a piece of paternalism , designed to protect individuals against themselves ’ . |
| 29 | One may on the other hand consider that the ancient traditions and methods of training for the Bar are worthy of preservation . |
| 30 | However , such a transaction is valid as between the company and the other party to it , and the court may on the application of the company or the other party to the transaction , affirm , sever , or set aside the transaction on such terms as the court sees fit ( s. 322A(7)CA ) . |