Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [conj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried many of them out on himself and on his family and friends , and noted the effects produced by each . |
| 2 | He began experimenting with other drugs in use at the time and , using his extensive knowledge of botany , he investigated the effects of a number of medicinal plants , both on himself and on a small circle of friends and pupils . |
| 3 | On the night of 30 January they were not to reach this sought-after retreat without problems , for they had first to call at the Palace of Saint Cloud itself where on arrival they found the entire Imperial Household drawn up to receive them and , equally clearly , determined to stay to dinner . |
| 4 | If the military and civil branches of the East India Company 's service were the most attractive forms of Indian patronage , the appointment of surgeon , either in India itself or on board an East Indiaman , one of the privately owned merchant vessels which carried Indian trade , was considered a desirable place by many Scots with the necessary professional training . |
| 5 | For example , if you choose to write an essay on the novel A Very Quiet Street by the contemporary Glasgow author Frank Kuppner , you may not find it easy to get any critical work either on the book itself or on this writer ( since no books may have been written about him ) . |
| 6 | Police had found Bartman 's tie label on the floor of the shop but there had been no trace of blood on the tie itself or on any other clothes or in his car . |
| 7 | The committee charged with looking into the habits of the EBRD , which last year spent more on itself than on helping ex-communist countries , has set strict standards for the inquiry . |
| 8 | The most obvious connection was , of course , France itself and on most occasions which presented themselves the French told the Americans of their difficulties and requirements in Indo-China , how many of their troops were there and , usually , how many they had lost . |
| 9 | best-rule can also make its choice depend on the node N itself and on the properties which characterise a goal , Goal-conditions . |
| 10 | Two broad groups seem to emerge from the known evidence ( fig. 8 ) , each with a different level of impact on the defended area itself and on the extra-mural suburbs . |
| 11 | Client agrees with KPMG ( for itself and on trust and as agent for the others mentioned below ) fully to indemnify and to hold harmless KPMG , its partners , employees , its lawyers , [ Stephenson Harwood ] , any Approved Broker and ( subject to Client 's prior consent to their engagement ) any other advisers , agents and consultants retained by KPMG in connection with the Offer ( any and all of which or whom is referred to as an ‘ Indemnified Person ’ ) from and against any and all losses , claims , costs , damages , actions , proceedings , demands , liabilities and expenses whatsoever , joint or several , ( collectively ‘ claims ’ ) which any such Indemnified Person may suffer or incur and which relate to or arise from , directly or indirectly , KPMG 's engagement hereunder and/or the provision by KPMG of its services in connection with the Offer . |
| 12 | 3 … if there are three adults working together , A and B can stay in role , C stays out of role , is able to focus the attention of the children , to reflect and summarise with them , and to give colleagues useful feedback both on the drama itself and on teaching techniques . |
| 13 | The offeror must also consider the impact of the consideration to be offered on both itself and on the structure of the takeover . |
| 14 | By using the relatively new and rather powerful transactions cost analytical approach , combined with conventional and radical approaches within organisation theory , and insights from the sociology of work , combined with the results from recent empirical work on the introduction of new technology , the intention is to set out some of the possibilities and choices about the use of new technology at work , indicating the different pay-offs to particular groups , and suggesting that the outcomes in specific cases will depend not just on the technology itself but on the strategy and power of the various interested parties . |
| 15 | Not only does mental disability vary so widely that it ultimately defies definition , but the extent to which a given mental disability , in so far as it can be measured in clinical terms , handicaps a person will depend not only upon the disability itself but on the patient 's social circumstances as well . |
| 16 | Whether they eat or not in such cases will depend not so much on the food itself as on their varying mood . |
| 17 | Alternatively payment might be made to the head of the department concerned , or money might be spent not so much in buying the office itself as on the influence necessary for securing it . |
| 18 | ‘ That will depend on how clever my questioning is and on how frightened she can be made to feel either for herself or on Wheeler 's behalf . ’ |
| 19 | The physical violence on herself and on their baby son was vividly described . |
| 20 | In the Gospel faith is seen as an act of trust by which a person relies not on himself or herself but on Jesus . |
| 21 | He said , ‘ Sister , that boy has got to run his course to crisis , and whether he survives or not depends not on myself or on any other member of the medical staff of this hospital . |
| 22 | Trouble was , I could n't decide whether to use it on myself or on the rest of the bastards . ’ |
| 23 | if you need more information or immediate advice for yourself or on behalf of a neighbour or friend ring : the winter warmth line FREE 0800 289 404 |
| 24 | ‘ Are you saying I 'm easier on myself than on others ? ’ |
| 25 | The bathroom and the lavatory were the only places where I could be myself and on my Own . |
| 26 | The next three chapters concentrate on interviews with users themselves and on establishing the extent to which our agency surveys , which define the known sector of drug use , underestimate the overall prevalence of drug taking in the community . |
| 27 | Additionally , the nurses can be given responsibility for determining how they will allocate the hours between themselves and on which days they will report for duty . |
| 28 | It is also empowering for groups who have long been powerless , downgraded , humiliated , patronised , deskilled and diminished to discover the strength of concerted action for themselves and on their own behalf . |
| 29 | Federal agents on May 4 raided the four major New York commodity exchanges and escorted four traders off the floor ; subpoenas were served on the exchanges themselves and on dozens of brokers and traders . |
| 30 | Now it is something that you could find out for yourself but on the other hand it is there and I would like to highlight it and bring it to your attention . |