Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pron] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reconstruction of Rawls ' argument for the doctrine of neutral political concern attempts to found it on the notion of autonomy through the notion of moral self-determination . |
| 2 | She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger . |
| 3 | And yet even with formal organisations there will be some discretion and there will be opportunities to impose oneself on the organisation . |
| 4 | Too busy joy-riding in their nice shiny patrol cars to hoof it on the beat . ’ |
| 5 | You 'd like that , would n't you , Leith ? ’ he had the unmitigated nerve to put her on the spot . |
| 6 | The use of special juries of merchants by Lord Mansfield to guide him on the law is well known — not that he always followed their suggestions . |
| 7 | These are the leather straps you put round the bird 's legs to hold it on the glove that you have to wear when you handle birds of prey . |
| 8 | But then one often comes across other entries to amuse one on the way , such as the record of an enumerator 's problems in compiling part of the 1871 census for Sheffield shown in Table 2 . |
| 9 | ‘ It — hmm — never was my intention to take you on the couch in my drawing-room , ’ he commented gruffly , purposely putting some daylight between them . |
| 10 | If not , can the Leader of the House at least persuade the silent Department of Trade and Industry to say something on the subject ? |
| 11 | A new breed of men had emerged from the vague grey ranks of the judiciary to stamp themselves on the nation 's consciousness : the glamorous investigating magistrates and Public Prosecutors who were to be seen on the news every evening leading the fight against political violence and organized crime . |
| 12 | Fortunately , in this series of articles we will use more conventional maps to set us on the treasure trail , because it is my belief that correctly interpreted , the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles already contain most of the information necessary to track down some of the treasures that time has so cunningly concealed ! |
| 13 | Many turners appreciate pleasing curves but like me , do n't possess the ‘ eye ’ or the skill to create them on a lathe . |
| 14 | I can get a boy from the village to help me on the farm . |
| 15 | However section 19 permits the constable to seize anything on the premises if he has reasonable grounds for believing either that it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an offence or that it is evidence in relation to an offence which he is investigating or any other offence . |
| 16 | The owner of an eighteen foot fibre glass shark has won a six year battle to keep it on the roof of his terraced home . |
| 17 | Despite some misgivings , he persuaded Tom Gray to accompany him on a wander to a nearby burial ground , Lying on top of a heap of bones , ‘ almost asking to be taken , was a femur . |
| 18 | October saw the ‘ classroom ’ move along the road ( or the M4 ) to Swindon for John Lye and Richard Long of Nationwide Anglia to educate us on the mysteries of behavioural scoring on current accounts . |
| 19 | It was reported on Feb. 14 that China had appointed the 40 members of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Committee to advise it on the affairs of the territory , leading to concern that the Chinese government might use the group , composed of business executives , conservative politicians and pro-Chinese sympathizers , to strengthen its control over Hong Kong in the run-up to 1997 . |
| 20 | A graded step approach to teaching the child to eat everything on the plate is carried out by presenting the child with very small helpings initially . |
| 21 | EXPLORER Gerald Kingsland , 62 — who inspired the film Castaway — has had scores of replies to an ad for a girl to join him on an island . |
| 22 | This was not the moment to lecture him on the facts of hospital life , so I said briefly , ‘ Patients prefer two to one , ’ and asked if he had explained his position to Sister . |
| 23 | We scoff at the pretentious person who buys the Tatler to exhibit it on the coffee table , so why should we not view with less than admiration the newspaper which bribes its readers to buy it for reasons other than its content ? |
| 24 | This shows that when Churchill first asked his officials to brief him on the subject , R. G. Hawtrey replied that public works would indeed increase employment , provided they were linked to an expansion of credit . |
| 25 | After a championship victory earlier in the year , at which circuit did his British fans risk their safety to mob him on the track ? |
| 26 | cars one at a time on horse drawn flat trucks , along Canterbury Road and Mitcham Road to dump them on the site in Aurelia Road , which the company had purchased for a depôt . |
| 27 | The vet checked Sam over and said all was well , and as it was a first fit there was no need to start him on the tablets , yet . |
| 28 | However , scarcely was the ink dry on the paper when , at the end of December 1981 , the Secretary of State announced in the House of Commons that , ‘ with the agreement of the local authority associations and after consultation with other interested parties ’ , he had decided to establish a new body to advise him on the distribution of the advanced further education pool and on academic provision in local authority institutions of higher education . |
| 29 | Given this continuing policy vacuum on the one hand and the implacable opposition of the judiciary to any attempts to fill it on the other , it is not altogether surprising that few attempts have been made to fashion an overall criminal justice strategy that would bring together sentencing and penal policy . |
| 30 | : ’ Speaking in London almost a year after becoming Chairman of British Coal , Mr. Clarke said — What we are seeing is a sort of energy arms race , with attempts to justify it on the grounds of guaranteeing security , diversity and competition — but in reality , guaranteeing nothing but higher electricity prices , a rapid abandonment of other fuel reserves , and reliance on as yet unproven overseas resources . ' |