Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] on [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main axe is expected to fall on the firm 's back office operations and among administrative staff in an effort to contain expenses . |
| 2 | Benny tried to concentrate on the Doctor 's words while her eyes continually strayed towards Elaine . |
| 3 | In March 1404 he was nominated to serve on the king 's council , again as proof to sceptics of the king 's intentions to provide competent government . |
| 4 | Some were shot dead when thousands of women , protesting against the killings , tried to march on the President 's residence . |
| 5 | The Crown ought of course to offer the statement to the defence if the statement is materially at variance with the maker 's evidence in court , but in this regard the trial judge has to rely on the Crown 's discretion and propriety . |
| 6 | This activity has earned the gratitude and , indeed , the respect of hacks such as myself , who have come to rely on the OHE 's booklets and fact sheets and other publications as accurate and marvellously convenient source material . |
| 7 | Indeed , Bethurum Loomis argued that Wulfstan 's disillusion with Æthelred , and perhaps with Cnut too , can be traced in his work , stressing that he modified his views on royal sanctity , seems not to have wished to rely on the king 's ability to keep public order , and eventually stated that bishops should direct all affairs , both lay and ecclesiastical . |
| 8 | Phillips has played in only four of Neath 's nine Heineken League matches so far this season but has been picked ahead of Andrew Thomas , who reacted by refusing to sit on the replacements ' bench . |
| 9 | He had kept away from the house , not wanting to intrude on the Bonnards ' private grief . |
| 10 | As Ronnie Convery found out , local activists hope to capitalise on the company 's financial problems to kill off the incinerator plan . |
| 11 | but it does highlight a need and I 'm not going to tread on the Treasurer 's toes in this instant but certainly that will add to the financial burden of running the Association but if its to increasing its lobbying power and authority over those in positions of influence , then above all we do need a very large membership . |
| 12 | They seem to act on the host 's nervous system in rather the same way as an addictive drug . |
| 13 | The chickens would all be cooked by the next afternoon and allowed to cool on the pantry 's cold slabs . |
| 14 | Ironside , who joined Boro for £40,000 in the close season , has agreed to return on a month 's loan . |
| 15 | With a kind of stolid tranquillity he began to reflect on the day 's work ahead . |
| 16 | However , if you are to write the feature remember to check on the editor 's requirements as to length , the number of illustrations , the date of issue of the article and the copy deadline . |
| 17 | She began to beat on the worm 's flesh , trying to wake the children , calling , shouting , yelling . |
| 18 | Moreover , had he accepted an offer from the National Gallery , Mr Walsh would have abandoned the biggest museum construction project in the world , the $1 billion headquarters now beginning to rise on the Getty 's oceanside compound ( The Art Newspaper No. 12 , November 1991 , p. 4 ) . |
| 19 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 20 | Eurorail , British Rail 's partner in devising private sector participation in the Channel Tunnel rail-link with London , also aims to capitalise on the Government 's encouragement of private sector involvement in developing the UK rail system . |
| 21 | Union lawyers may sue the President of the Board of Trade for failing to act on a judge 's ruling that the shutdowns were illegal . |
| 22 | Even here , unless the purchaser was expressly authorised to contract for the principal , such a contract can only be ratified if the purchaser , at the time of making the contract , professed to contract on the principal 's behalf . |
| 23 | Asked to comment on the Independent 's report that Libyan terrorists had put the bomb aboard Flight 103 by means of an unaccompanied bag sent from Malta , Aviv himself thought it was yet another attempt to distract attention from the truth . |
| 24 | Where a company incorporated outside Great Britain establishes a place of business in Great Britain it must deliver to the Registrar of Companies a list of names and addresses of one or more persons resident in Great Britain and authorised to accept on the company 's behalf service of process and any notices required to be served on it . |
| 25 | For example , when Police intervention is requested , once on the scene , they often chose to focus on the woman 's immigration status thus negating the actual reason for them being called initially . |
| 26 | Gould grew to depend on the Aborigines ' local knowledge to find birds that were new to the Western world and to learn about their habits . |
| 27 | The Engineer 's Representative under the terms of Clause 1 subclause 1 ( e ) of the Conditions of Contract shall be and is hereby authorised to act on the Engineer 's behalf in respect of the following Clauses of the Conditions of Contract : — |
| 28 | 1.3 These Conditions shall override any contrary different or additional terms or conditions ( if any ) contained on or referred to in an order form or other documents or correspondence from the Purchaser , and no addition alteration or substitution of these terms will bind the Seller or form part of any Order unless they are expressly accepted in writing by a person authorised to sign on the Seller 's behalf . |
| 29 | Mugabe 's proposals in August to introduce a one-party state were successfully opposed by the majority of the ZANU-PF politburo , who preferred to capitalize on the party 's de facto domination of political life rather than formalize it constitutionally [ see p. 37643 ] . |
| 30 | Washington were left to sweat on the Packers ' result when Vince Evans ' three-yard touchdown pass to Tim Brown with 13 seconds left gave the Los Angeles Raiders a shock 21-20 victory . |