Example sentences of "on [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my mind , the answer to the question depends on ascertaining in the context of the Act as a whole what is the administration referred to . |
| 2 | GARDENER 'S VIEW Archie Skinner on composting at Sheffield Park Garden |
| 3 | Sadler himself had , on recovering from his fall , proceeded to the nearby house of a miller before making his way into Heckington . |
| 4 | Included are tips on recovering from system errors and there is a section on using Windows on networks . |
| 5 | Pickering have their wicket keeper Richard Gray available for the first time this season on recovering from a hand injury for the visit of Scarborough in the EYC while Whitby are unchanged for the visit of York in the same competition . |
| 6 | On reflecting about the activities of the last year I looked up enterprise in ’ Roget 's Thesaurus ’ . |
| 7 | The only prohibitions were on parties which " continue the activity of the parties defeated in the Second World War " and on financing from abroad . |
| 8 | New Israeli army orders on firing on Palestinians |
| 9 | Joining Welch and Taylor was Lt Sanders who led a flight of four P–40s up through the clouds to attack six Japanese bombers , Sanders hit one aircraft while another of his men , Lt Sterling , closed on a two-seater , Sterling 's engine was hit and caught fire , but he carried on in pursuit , another Japanese closed in on his tail and the three flew on firing at each other , then Sanders joined in to attack the second Japanese , only Sanders survived this ordeal . |
| 10 | Other navies might stick to the old tactics of trying to board enemy ships and capture them , or concentrate on firing at the masts and rigging in the hope that successful shooting would disable the other side , but the English preferred to shoot into the hulls of their enemies because they knew that with enough time and enough shot they would destroy their opponents . |
| 11 | For the past three years , President de Klerk has maintained a moratorium on hanging with the A N C's approval . |
| 12 | Or , if you insist on hanging around the office , they will set you to work on the accounts of charities . |
| 13 | With hindsight it seems that the prevailing structures of police practice will remain as powerful as ever , for at a conference on policing at Bristol University ( 1988 ) , the newly retired Sir Kenneth admitted that police culture had defeated many of his attempts to bring a new ethic to the managerial style during his reign as commissioner of the metropolis . |
| 14 | WPC Dick 's salutary essay ( 1985 ) changed little and generated few ripples on the ACPO pond , while one of the most powerfully critical books on policing in recent years ( Jones 1980 ) seems to have had little effect on the structures of the organization , except , perhaps , to help draw its author — then a chief inspector — into the ACPO ranks . |
| 15 | Research on policing in divided societies is especially likely to provoke suspicion about its reliability for these reasons . |
| 16 | Police authorities are required to obtain the views of the community on policing in the area . |
| 17 | This high incidence of failing to establish a tissue diagnosis is due to reliance on imaging by some clinicians who are reticent , perhaps rightly , about invasive diagnostic techniques in a predominantly elderly and frail population . |
| 18 | I was drunk as a pig and insisted on stamping on every bloody spider I found on my way back to our chamber . |
| 19 | This principle requires that on transforming to a freely falling frame all local experimental measurements give results in accord with SR . |
| 20 | Sue runs workshops on knitting including the professional finishing that is in evidence in the display garments . ’ |
| 21 | This week I am lecturing on Preaching to a group of most eager students . |
| 22 | Moreover , given that the social interaction involved in drama inspires spoken language , drama activities can be structured to focus pupils ' energies on experimenting with and developing control of a wide variety of language styles . |
| 23 | Considerable effort was spent first on locating the appropriate soap powder and the pharmaceutical glycerine , and then on experimenting with proportionate mixtures and blowing techniques for producing the strongest bubbles . |
| 24 | Within Japan , larger firms have a tremendous advantage because there are so many small component suppliers who rely extensively on subcontracting for their existence . |
| 25 | It is the case that smaller firms are more reliant on subcontracting in its narrowest form : processing materials supplied by firms who purchase the bulk of their output . |
| 26 | It is the case that smaller firms are more reliant on subcontracting in its narrowest form : processing materials supplied by firms who purchase the bulk of their output . |
| 27 | The 17th annual conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions , held in London in October , endorsed the use of international standards on auditing for cross-border offerings and continuous reporting by foreign issuers . |
| 28 | Having presented the far-reaching study produced by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland research committee on Auditing into the Twenty-first Century to a group of leading Scottish finance directors , we have to admit their reaction was hardly partisan ( see Governance ) . |
| 29 | 1 Feature material on cooking with a variety of the products in women 's magazines and in regional media . |
| 30 | Geraldene Holt , whose books on cooking with herbs have been well received , has written Creative Herb Gardening ( Conran Octopus , March , £12.99 , 1 85029 499 2 ) ; Barbara Segall follows with The Herb Garden Month-by-Month ( David & Charles , August , £15.99 , 0 7153 0060 1 ) . |