Example sentences of "[noun] on which [pron] [modal v] [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 | He may receive suggestions from the parties on which they may agree and which he can adopt . |
| 4 | We put in a new sink and Malcolm bought us a Baby Belling cooker , one electric ring on which we could heat a an of beans very , very slowly . |
| 5 | OVER coming weeks , this page will cover subjects on which we 'd like to hear from readers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Non-tidal and desperately steep , they 'll be too hard for an old fart like me ; but round the corner is a huge , blocky , roofed sweep of rock on which I 'd reckon to stand a chance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Despite there being no mention on the sleevenotes , it 's the kind of album on which one can sense the contribution of MTV and American radio programmers retained as ‘ production consultants ’ . |
| 10 | He was a Stradivarius among performers ; a perfect instrument on which you could play anything . |
| 11 | When ‘ PURPLE ’ has yielded to some new variation on Silk Cut 's eternal thematics , and when the airline traveller with egg on his face has faded from the public consciousness on which it will have so briefly impinged , Magritte 's images will still be there , mysterious and self-sufficient . |
| 12 | And one looks at the two most likely existing settlements on which you could do that to are , of course , Easingwold , to the Nor to the Northwest , and Tadcaster to the South . |
| 13 | Nor do we ask the poet to combine the roles of priest and sage , or to enlighten us with revelations , or teach us the morality on which we should base our lives . |
| 14 | However , there are some matters on which we will seek clarification or assurance . |
| 15 | That fine piece of legislation would have long since passed into law and we would have had lots of time to spend on Opposition days , motions of censure and other matters on which we could spend our time much more effectively . |
| 16 | These are matters on which we must ponder . |
| 17 | This led on in later generations to a widespread belief among orthodox Christians that the Bible should be looked upon as a compendium of truths directly revealed by God , inerrant and totally consistent in all its parts , and thus the supremely authoritative source of information not only on points of doctrine but on any other matters on which it might touch . |
| 18 | There is always a hard core of trusty stalwarts on which we can depend but most people are not by nature volunteers . |
| 19 | And although no precise mechanism for contextual retrieval has been given , the parallel with occasion setting has been noted and forms a basis on which we may build . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The present convention is long established and provides a basis on which we can stand . |
| 22 | ‘ While the remedial action we have taken in all our major territories is proving effective , the need to contain costs and to underwrite selectively will remain the basis on which we will continue to develop our business worldwide ’ . |
| 23 | Therefore , the only basis on which we could have a property tax and valuation would be on a national banding system because that would be understandable and objective . |
| 24 | That is the basis on which I shall consider the application , and I will do so carefully . |
| 25 | ‘ If I cut my profits and prices to whatever lower level you prescribe — for I assume I shall have your guidance on what that should be — will you advise me about the basis on which I should ration the consumers of my article ? |
| 26 | 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 " . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There were two bases on which he could have been convicted , either that the jury accepted that he had fetched the knife from his home , or , alternatively , that he had obtained the knife during the struggle but that they were satisfied that the essentials of self-defence were not made out . |
| 29 | If anyone was to blame , it was the anti-drugs policy of successive governments , and especially president Richard Nixon 's , but that 's another talking point on which he would hold forth at the drop of a hat . |
| 30 | That is a good point on which I can give my hon. Friend not only a specific example , but an assurance . |