Example sentences of "on any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A strip of electrician 's tape stuck round both sides of the base to make them waterproof and they 're ideal for bringing on any bulbs destined for the windowsill . |
| 2 | Whilst it may be too much to ask that you immediately take on any responsibility for seeing that the 120,000 weekly NME s are properly recycled ( By heck , we are talking SERIOUS wank — ER ! — SW ) , you could perhaps act responsibly by doing your bit to ease unemployment by taking on someone with the job of disposing of your own rubbish soundly . |
| 3 | I 'll send letters by you to Rhys and Gwilym , and they 'll have a man waiting across Severn at Guilsfield , ready to pass on any word you send him . |
| 4 | Very few husbands took on any household chores . |
| 5 | Any lumberjack who was feeling sufficiently ill-disposed towards his fellow drinking companions could place on his shoulder a small chip of wood to indicate he would take on any man who cared to flick it off . |
| 6 | The agency takes on any kind of job — you just name the subject and give us some indication of the kind of thing you want to know , and then we go out and get it for you . ’ |
| 7 | He sat in silence as she worked , and for that , at least , she was grateful , knowing it would be well-nigh impossible to carry on any kind of sane conversation right now . |
| 8 | As a matter of law , it is arguable that a plaintiff who announces before his case that he will pass on any damages to charity is not entitled to anything except costs if he wins . |
| 9 | Night had descended quite suddenly , and , as neither of them had bothered to switch on any lights , the house was in complete darkness , a darkness made all the heavier by the remnants of the storm outside . |
| 10 | I contacted their next-of-kin and I undertook to pass on any scraps of information , or even rumour , that I could glean from every possible source . |
| 11 | Give me the phone number so that Helen can pass on any message that might come in . ’ |
| 12 | If TI did produce a good underwriting result , one would question whether TI was taking on any risk ? |
| 13 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 14 | Reports say material has been seized by police , but Detective Superintendent Mike Hames , head of the squad , said no decision had been taken on any police action . |
| 15 | Since this provides the opportunity for the child to score correctly 50 per cent of the time simply by guessing , each grammatical contrast is presented in blocks of four items and the child is required to get all four items correct to pass on any block . |
| 16 | Go on any Earth Mysteries trip to an ancient site and it is highly likely that you will see at least one person walking holding wire rods or holding a weight on the end of a piece of string . |
| 17 | A statement in its memorandum of association that the company 's object shall be to carry on business as a general commercial company shall mean that its object is to carry on any trade or business whatsoever , and in such a case the company has power to do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the carrying on of any trade or business by it . |
| 18 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 19 | Apart from letting them share the brand name and an instant distribution deal , The Wedding Present did not have the time to take on any record company functions for the bands . |
| 20 | Sufficient money was quickly raised to buy the materials necessary for the construction of Harrier Hide ; a sponsored bird watch in competition with the Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society and the Trust resulted in enough money for a new wader scrape ; and work parties regularly turn up to take on any job that Tim Appleton , the Warden , asks of them . |
| 21 | Meggie helped Mum , Granny sat there , wishing she could take on any job , as usual . |
| 22 | ( ‘ Statutory undertakers ' are defined as ‘ persons authorized by any enactment to carry on any railway , light railway , road transport , water transport , canal , inland navigation , dock , harbour , pier or lighthouse undertaking , or any undertaking for the supply of electricity , gas , hydraulic power or water ’ . ) |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll take on any pets . |
| 24 | Yeah , yeah , yeah but I mean there 's the weather forecast including the local weather forecast erm that you can switch on any time and er news of course erm oh er er lots and lots . |
| 25 | At the prizegiving , the winner is expected to pass on any tips to other members of staff . |
| 26 | ‘ I shall not take on any Hungarians . |
| 27 | Erm well the solution to that was to hold the meetings of the General Assembly , where the hostile American majority was , but not to permit a vote to be taken on any resolution and this meant that President Johnson could pursue his , his then secret plan of bombing the north without any hostile United Nations resolution being passed against it . |
| 28 | Erm well the solution to that was to hold the meetings of the General Assembly , where the hostile American majority was , but not to permit a vote to be taken on any resolution and this meant that President Johnson could pursue his , his then secret plan of bombing the north without any hostile United Nations resolution being passed against it . |
| 29 | ( c ) No partner should carry on any business which competes with the firm or from which he derives benefit at the expense of the firm Section 30 of the Partnership Act provides as follows : If a partner , without the consent of the other partners , carries on any business of the same nature as and competing with that of the firm , he must account for and pay over to the firm all profits made by him in that business . |
| 30 | ( c ) No partner should carry on any business which competes with the firm or from which he derives benefit at the expense of the firm Section 30 of the Partnership Act provides as follows : If a partner , without the consent of the other partners , carries on any business of the same nature as and competing with that of the firm , he must account for and pay over to the firm all profits made by him in that business . |