Example sentences of "[noun] on [Wh det] [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ right ’ side of a sheet of paper refers to the side on which you can read the watermark . |
| 2 | As for the conservation aim , there will initially be a greater , not a lesser , consumption of paper , if members are to be persuaded to be content with the summary , it will be necessary to undertake what the Regulations call a ‘ relevant consultation ’ which involves sending to each member both the full accounts for the financial year and a summary financial statement plus a postage-paid card on which he can make his choice for the future . |
| 3 | Yours will most probably be the arms she needs at this point , and the best thing you can do for her is to show that you share her grief , and that as far as possible you are going to be the rock on which she can lean while the sands of her life are shifting so frighteningly beneath her feet . |
| 4 | They can have a seat on which you can travel facing sideways , or facing to the front ; a platform on which you can stand , or a platform on which a wheelchair will travel . |
| 5 | Given the conditions in which most teachers are working , and given that they are human beings — that is , they have limitations on what they can do , and how well and how fast they can do it — they could not be feeling otherwise than rushed and confused , nor acting otherwise than fallibly . |
| 6 | There is always a hard core of trusty stalwarts on which we can depend but most people are not by nature volunteers . |
| 7 | I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species . |
| 8 | The present convention is long established and provides a basis on which we can stand . |
| 9 | In 1824 a retrospective view regretted as one of the social costs of enclosure that " the poor have no place on which they can amuse themselves in summer evenings , when the labour of the day is over , or when a holiday occurs " . |
| 10 | As for the question of partnership and friendship in the 1990s , the joint declaration that we signed sets out a series of bases on which we can improve our relationship with Russia . |
| 11 | That is a good point on which I can give my hon. Friend not only a specific example , but an assurance . |
| 12 | Everything I have seen and heard in the ensuing months reinforces my belief that drift-netting is a manifestation of an attitude which , unchecked , will in due course murder the only planet on which we can make our home . ’ |
| 13 | What we need is , firstly , a more specific indication of what is meant by a route to chaos and , secondly , some ideas on which we can draw in Sections 24.5 and 24.7 . |
| 14 | Begin your research by looking for ideas on which you can expound and expand . |
| 15 | This is an expanding market of course and potential sponsors are constantly searching for an appropriate product on which they can lavish their money . |
| 16 | Well I I want to have a big picture of England on the wall on which I can start to tick off bits as we get them . |
| 17 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend consider advising local authorities — which still seem to be unaware of their present powers on which they can act and circulating information to them to tell them that if they want to come down on Sunday traders , the statute book in Britain already gives them that authority ? |
| 18 | However , the dimensions on which we can locate units , such as people , in some property space can be of different kinds and certainly of more than two dimensions . |
| 19 | This may well be why older children do succeed at these tasks — they have independent resources on which they can rely — but it seems less convincing as a reason for the failure of younger children . |
| 20 | I 'm very well aware that the director before me built a very stable platform on which we can operate , and that we 're lucky to have a region that 's so rich in talent , erm in artistic talent , and in enthusiasm . |
| 21 | They can have a seat on which you can travel facing sideways , or facing to the front ; a platform on which you can stand , or a platform on which a wheelchair will travel . |
| 22 | I have a stove on which I can cook a dinner , and a paraffin stove for heating . |
| 23 | Basic information includes who employs you , what for and the type of problems on which you can advise . |
| 24 | Newspapers welcome with open arms a regular , efficient news service on which they can rely . |
| 25 | That 's good news in itself , but it 's also good in that it provides a bedrock on which we can build sustainable recovery of output and and job creation . |
| 26 | The tie-up with Sun is part of CDC 's plan to broaden the range of hardware platforms on which it can offer its software in its new role as an integration outfit rather than a hardware manufacturer . |
| 27 | ‘ Does the profession — preparers and auditors — want the new regime to give them principles on which they can use their professional judgment or are they looking for a cookbook ? |
| 28 | ‘ The signs are that we can work together on a more certain basis , that we can find principles on which we can agree . ’ |
| 29 | The choice is based on the health/vitality level , degree of pathology , suppression , sensitivity etc. and provides a variable on which we can individualize . |
| 30 | " We 're waiting for news on what we can expect the market to be doing tomorrow . |