Example sentences of "[conj] on [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest made Malta where on landing one aircraft 's engine stopped at once as all its fuel had gone . |
| 2 | Cinema box-office takings in 1991 were £300m , but consumers spent three to four times that on subscriptions to satellite or cable TV film channels or on renting videos . |
| 3 | A gardening magazine might be interested in advertorials on growing certain types of plant on different soils or on dealing with pests . |
| 4 | in in Porthmadog or on taking on er the the Bishop of Bangor , I mean that was taking on |
| 5 | Ears pricked : in alarm , or on meeting another horse . |
| 6 | With the standard pattern , outbound timing is defined as commencing abeam the holding point , or on reaching the outbound heading , whichever comes later . |
| 7 | The errors are likely to be most significant during the initiation of climb or descent , or on levelling out following a change in pitch attitude . |
| 8 | A utilitarian dictator can either spend the resources he has at his disposal for developing the slug capsule or on saving life on this earth . |
| 9 | But if you are contemplating increasing physical activity for still further benefit to your health and figure , try to realize that those vast crowds of people who will scream with laughter at the sight of you in a swimsuit , or on seeing you jogging , skipping , enrolling at aerobics classes or even taking a brisk daily walk , exist only in your mind . |
| 10 | Texas puts no limits on campaign contributions by lobbyists , or on spending by candidates . |
| 11 | To create a Chebyshev filter , equation ( 12.22 ) shows that the poles of must be arranged to satisfy Making the helpful substitution so that the required condition ( 12.27 ) becomes or on equating real and imaginary parts Since can not be zero , and and it follows that the poles of are given by equation ( 12.28 ) subject to the two conditions where p is any integer ( positive or negative ) including zero , and Of course , the poles can also be obtained through similar substitution for rather than . |
| 12 | This is sufficiently clear from the rules relating to infant shareholders , who are liable for calls on the shares unless they repudiate the allotment during infancy or on attaining majority , and who can not recover any money which they have paid unless the shares have been completely valueless . |
| 13 | Three patients were excluded from the subsequent analysis as anaemia ( haemoglobin <13 g/100 ml men , <11.5 g/100 ml women ) was not confirmed at the hospital or on reviewing the family practitioners ' investigations . |
| 14 | If people choose to hold money , they are thereby choosing not to spend it on goods and services or on acquiring some other form of asset such as stocks and shares or property . |
| 15 | Worse ( < ) spring time or on going from cold to warm , becoming warm |
| 16 | Worse ( < ) spring time or on going from cold to warm , becoming warm , they can not breath in the heat . |
| 17 | ( 5 ) ( a ) Where one of the following specified events happens , to a member of or a beneficial owner of a share in a recognised body , that is to say : ( where such member or beneficial owner is a solicitor ) his name is struck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy ) or withdrawn ; or ( where such a member or beneficial owner is a registered foreign lawyer ) his name is struck off the register or his registration is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy , or on striking off or suspension in his own jurisdiction ) or cancelled ; or ( where such a member or beneficial owner is a recognised body ) its recognition is revoked or expires ( including automatic expiry on liquidation , making of an administration order or appointment of an administrative receiver ) ; |
| 18 | R.5 provides periods of grace within which matters must be rectified where a shareholder ( or a beneficial owner of shares ) is struck off or where his or her practising certificate is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy ) or expires without being renewed ; or in the case of an RFL his or her name is struck off the register or his registration is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy ) or cancelled or on striking off or suspension in his or her own jurisdiction ) . |
| 19 | ( 5 ) ( a ) Where one of the following specified events happens , to a member of or a beneficial owner of a share in a recognised body , that is to say : ( where such member or beneficial owner is a solicitor ) his name is stuck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy ) or withdrawn ; or ( where such a member or beneficial owner is a registered foreign lawyer ) his name is struck off the register or his registration is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy , or on striking off or suspension in his own jurisdiction ) or cancelled ; or ( where such a member or beneficial owner is a recognised body ) its recognition is revoked or expires ( including automatic expiry on liquidation , making of an administration order or appointment of an administrative receiver ) ; |
| 20 | Could he not withdraw the promise on finding himself in straitened circumstances , or on falling out with P , or because she had married a wealthy man ? suppose then that D's promise is to pay the money ’ so long as you remain unmarried . ’ |
| 21 | Discount stores are usually large , warehouse-type buildings , often sited outside towns , or on trading estates . |
| 22 | No decision was taken either on closer monitoring of catch quotas or on increasing the fishing net mesh size to allow immature fish to escape , as had been urged by the European Commission , but a new deadline of July 1 , 1991 , was established for reaching such decisions . |
| 23 | In organic solvents , or on warming , complete electron transfer from the anion ( ie cation reduction ) usually occurs forming and or |
| 24 | Such approaches have always seen the complexity of design activity with its range of apparently contradictory impulses and antitheses ; is the emphasis to be on questions of form or of function or on solving technical or aesthetic desires and needs ? |
| 25 | On oh sorry , in , lying down or on sitting on the edge ? |
| 26 | In time consolidation took place but the industry was created by small men who gambled on acquiring theatres or on making films and who spent days on the road . |
| 27 | As we are discussing groundstroke skills , I think it is important to stress that at the beginning , according to the shape of shot that you have — whether it be topspin , slice or flat — you can insist on slice only , topspin only , or on hitting your favoured shot . |
| 28 | The major loss was through transfer out as fifteen people were relocated or moved abroad on promotion or on changing to a new firm . |
| 29 | Nationalism is out of fashion — except on playing fields and running tracks , where it is overdone . |
| 30 | Mack McLarty , his chief of staff , seems to have imposed his will neither on the business of generating ideas nor on working out how to implement them . |