Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [noun sg] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he found that television is far less violent than in Japan , the United States , France or West Germany , Dr Tadecki intends to campaign with Mary Whitehouse to curb violence on the screen . |
| 2 | The decision to conduct debate on the war in closed session was taken by a majority vote on Feb. 13 on the proposal of the UK . |
| 3 | It also calls on the government to act on the relevant commitments it made at the UNCED summit [ see ED 59/60 ] , and on the major supermarket chains to provide information on the biodiversity of the foods they stock . |
| 4 | Birds usually have an elongated fovea to see detail on the horizon , and most have an additional circular fovea straight ahead . |
| 5 | The difficulty is that although sometimes it is possible to point to an intention to compel action on the part of the target , as when the aim is to prevent employees from working , or to force a local councillor to vote differently , or to stop another organisation from marching that intention is not invariably present . |
| 6 | Badly born , poorly educated as I am , how do I have the nerve to pass comment on the society I live in — let alone marry a professor of economics and co-author with him — the publisher 's term , not mine — a book on Darcian Monetarism ? |
| 7 | What really matters is political accountability , enabling the electorate to pass judgement on the performance of parties whether in government or in opposition . |
| 8 | The Kings Manor pupils were given a challenge by Middlesbrough 's mayor to highlight life on the town 's Easterside estate . |
| 9 | An attempt to avoid liability on the part of the seller for any representations given by him/her or on his/her behalf save for replies to enquiries given by the seller 's conveyancer and stating that the buyer proceeds entirely on the basis of the buyer 's own survey and inspection . |
| 10 | It was a group which came together in 1972 in an attempt to focus attention on the severity and inconsistencies of sentences being given in the courts to loyalists charged with politically motivated offences in contrast to those being given to republicans . |
| 11 | So the ANC has embarked on a programme of mass action to put pressure on the government . |
| 12 | Europe wants shops to give information on the efficiency of all white goods , televisions and hi-fis , computers , ovens , lights and other household appliances down to the smallest toaster . |
| 13 | Children are invited again by Anne Blackwell to submit work on the idea ‘ Where is God ? |
| 14 | This procedure was introduced in an attempt to save time on the floor of the House and is used for unopposed and non controversial legislation . |
| 15 | It was also encouraged that Bush had made clear his intention to maintain pressure on the South African regime through other means . |
| 16 | Passing with a smile and a bow through the predominantly female guests , she made her way through an open doorway to take refuge on the terrace outside , in spite of the slight September chill in the air . |
| 17 | Many of the parks were established near centres of population following the Countryside Act 1968 which provided grant aid for parks in an attempt to relieve congestion on the roads , to ease pressure on more remote and solitary places , and to reduce the risk of damage to vulnerable and valuable areas of countryside ( Brotherton , 1975 ) . |
| 18 | Ironically , one casualty of failure to bring it into force would be the express attempt to limit action on the part of the Community through the concept of subsidiarity , even if in practical terms account already seems to be being taken of this concept . |
| 19 | Powers were given to the directors to borrow money on the security of the rates levied on the five parishes and on the property itself . |
| 20 | Mr Sale carefully provides the reader with this last piece of information 30 pages away from the news that Colon 's determination to find gold on the island was rewarded . |
| 21 | THE discovery of a simple lead fishing weight sheds doubt on Captain Cook 's claim to be the first European to set foot on the shores of Terra Australis . |
| 22 | She hesitated , as if expecting Loretta to pour scorn on the suggestion . |
| 23 | The throwing of placards by the Young Socialists provoked the RUC without damaging its capacity to inflict punishment on the crowd . |
| 24 | To combat the imminent threat of service cuts , we ask you to write to your MP , local councillors and anyone else with influence to exert pressure on the Government and British Rail to , at the very least , retain existing services . |
| 25 | Would my right hon. Friend feel able to lead a crusade with other European countries to put pressure on the Governments of central and south America so that every child there has a home , food , clothing and education and is not allowed to fall prey to the worst excesses of human nature ? |
| 26 | We 've decided to set up a campaign to put pressure on the Government and we need someone to run the office . |
| 27 | We hear they may be trying for 2.5 volts to reduce heat on the part . |
| 28 | These doubts were still widely encountered at the time of the 1840 Convention but a debate there and at the 1843 meeting stimulated the search for a reliable supply of free-labour cotton to reduce dependence on the slaveholders of the American South . |
| 29 | It was expected to ascertain whether the Uttar Pradesh government had violated two court orders by granting permission to Hindu militants in July to start work on the construction of a Hindu temple [ see p. 39008 ] . |
| 30 | I ‘ m sure you will all be aware of the projected plan to allow building on the land known as Curriemuirend and the action group that was formed to rally support to oppose this and has effectively done so . |