Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present we are opening on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m . |
| 2 | Your article also reported that a record number of stores are opening on Sundays in the lead-up to Christmas . |
| 3 | Bosses at Toys R Us , which has been opening on Sundays for more than a year , say the extra day is a definite boost to sales . |
| 4 | It is supported by the Keep Sunday Special campaign but falls far short of the deregulation called for by many large stores currently opening on Sundays in breach of existing laws . |
| 5 | As for the Church , they ca n't even stop shops opening on Sundays . |
| 6 | Even so , during the past few years we have seen some large stores opening on Sundays , in apparent defiance of the law . |
| 7 | This conclusion was based on the premises that ( 1 ) it is the duty of the national court to ensure the legal protection which persons derive from the direct effect of a provision of Community law ; ( 2 ) article 30 was such a provision ; ( 3 ) if Wickes is right that section 47 of the Act of 1950 is incompatible with article 30 , it has a current right to open its stores for Sunday trading , and it is the duty of the national court to protect that right ; ( 4 ) in the absence of an undertaking in damages , Wickes will have been restrained from opening on Sundays , without any right to compensation ; ( 5 ) there is no need for this purpose to assess the strength of Wickes ' challenge to section 47 on the basis of article 30 , it being enough that the challenge is not without foundation : see [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 985 , 993 , per Dillon L.J. , and pp. 999–1000 , per Mann L.J . |
| 8 | Will my right hon. Friend join me in condemning the supermarkets that have recently been opening on Sundays ? |
| 9 | Meanwhile , large supermarkets are defying the law by opening on Sundays and abusing society in almost everything they do , but we are doing nothing about it . |
| 10 | Well they 're supposed to be opening on Sundays but did n't Texas and all those get fined last year ? |
| 11 | For opening on Sundays ? |
| 12 | I was so worked up , I kept slamming my bed against the wall , banging on windows , turning the taps on . |
| 13 | ‘ hooligans on housing estates causing disturbances in the common parts of blocks of flats , blockading entrances , throwing things down stairs , banging on doors , peering in at windows , and knocking over dustbins ; groups of youths persistently shouting abuse and obscenities or pestering people waiting to catch public transport or to enter a hall or cinema ; someone turning out the light in a crowded dance hall , in a way likely to cause panic ; rowdy behaviour in the streets late at night which alarms local residents . ’ |
| 14 | It appeared that Robertson and a few of his YC friends had spent the small hours of the morning in Regency Square banging on doors and shouting ‘ Britons awake ’ . |
| 15 | On a fine mid-morning , the water at Sconser is glowingly clear , a kind of northern coral sea , and with boats bobbing on moorings near the back-gardens of their owners ' cottages ; a few lobster pots , a net drying in the light sunshine . |
| 16 | You can now buy phosphate free washing powder , cream cleaners an multi-purpose liquid cleaner in all stores so look out for the " phosphate-free " symbols appearing on products . |
| 17 | Four young men were appearing on chargers of peddling drugs , an old lady had had her hand chopped off whilst attempting to retain her purse , containing just two and eightpence , and a motorway to end all motorways was proposed which would wipe out six particularly exquisite villages and several hundred miles of countryside . |
| 18 | In London every magistrates ' court and police station had a collecting box and proceeds were dealt out to the needy , often those appearing on charges . |
| 19 | A RASH of political interest at the City headquarters of National Power , where leaflets promoting the candidature of a Graham Hadley have been appearing on noticeboards . |
| 20 | Concern has been expressed about people 's HIV status appearing on returns . |
| 21 | The children thoroughly enjoyed the panto which also starred the ; who are currently appearing on Children 's BBC in Chucklevision . |
| 22 | Sometimes landing on strips made of sand , transporting troops and supplies ready for the liberation of Kuwait . |
| 23 | And sh excuse me but what I do not want happening on records of achievement as regards cos we are totally honest and I could name a school not too far from us |
| 24 | he said to me it 's a bit late to go knocking on windows is n't it , and I was like I did n't say anything I just thought well |
| 25 | What is more , in this day and age it is madness to allow children to roam around after dark knocking on strangers ' doors . |
| 26 | certainly knocking on strangers doors , and er demanding Almost demanding money erm or they 'll do something perhaps quite unpleasant to someone . |
| 27 | Do n't , I mean it 's silly knocking on strangers ' doors , it really is ridiculous knocking on strangers ' doors . |
| 28 | Do n't , I mean it 's silly knocking on strangers ' doors , it really is ridiculous knocking on strangers ' doors . |
| 29 | The leaflet will highlight issues which can be raised with parliamentary candidates when they coming knocking on doors , and will suggest some questions to ask . |
| 30 | The company is based on a novel concept of direct selling , which involves representatives knocking on doors with catalogues and selling household goods on the back of it . |