Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order for an exchange to become a recognised investment exchange , it must demonstrate to the SIB that , inter alia : ( a ) it has financial resources sufficient for the proper performance of its functions ; ( b ) that it has rules and practices which ensure that business conducted by means of its facilities is conducted in an orderly manner , affording proper protection to investors ; ( c ) it limits dealings on the exchange to investments in which there is a proper market ; ( d ) where relevant , issuers of investments dealt in on the exchange are required to comply with such obligations as will , so far as possible , afford to persons dealing in the investments proper information for determining their current value ; ( e ) it has its own arrangements for ensuring performance of transactions effected on the exchange or ensures their performance by means of services provided under clearing arrangements made by it with a recognised clearing house ; ( f ) it has ( or secures the provision on its behalf of ) satisfactory arrangements for recording the transaction effected on the exchange ; ( g ) it has adequate arrangements and resources for the effective monitoring and enforcement of compliance with its rules and any clearing arrangements made by it ; ( h ) it has effective arrangements for the investigation of complaints in respect of business transacted by means of its facilities ; and ( i ) it is able and willing to promote and maintain high standards of integrity and fair dealing in the carrying on of investment business and to co-operate by the sharing of information and otherwise with regulators . |
| 2 | Goodenough 's group confirmed that the emotional content of dreams could be affected by pre-sleep stimulation ( in this case , a film entitled subcision — explicitly showing a series of operations carried out on the penis as part of a tribal aboriginal initiation rite ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Fifty to win is a lot of money to lay out on an untried filly . ’ |
| 4 | There was a hissing sound of milk boiling over on the stove behind her and she managed to twist herself sideways and grab the saucepan . |
| 5 | The lights of Rialto slid by on the right . |
| 6 | As Glisseuse emerged from the Swale channel at the Queenborough end , she was picked up by Vigilant and followed to the upper reaches of the Medway while Venturous made all speed round the outside of Sheppey to catch up on the operation which was now well under control . |
| 7 | However , a firm may treat a client or counterparty as a market counterparty by virtue of its status as a member of a listed category only if : ( 1 ) The investment is of the right kind ; this will mean seeking information in advance from overseas persons as to the kinds of investment they regularly deal in and , if necessary , from exchange members as to the kinds of investment dealt in on the exchange ; ( 2 ) Normally , the firm notifies the client or counterparty in writing in advance that it will be treated as a market counterparty ( so that a notification is essential , except as referred to below ) and he has not told the firm that he does not want to be treated as a market counterparty in relation to the investments concerned . |
| 8 | There was a gang of kids playing up on the embankment , just as Preston and William had , junior hangers-on , rookie spear carriers in the terrible Derek Sumter gang which had once ruled the neighbourhood , so far as was tolerated by the greater power of the nans . |
| 9 | That 's a lot of light coming in on the back I think . |
| 10 | In 1850 he decided to mine the seam of ironstone cropping out on the Cleveland Hills east of Middlesbrough , soon erecting nine blast-furnaces for its treatment and establishing the commercial viability of Cleveland iron . |
| 11 | The current crop of presenters lined up on the steps of the same church outside Broadcasting House where the original team — Terry Wogan , Bob Holness , Jimmy Young and all — had posed exactly a quarter of a century before . |
| 12 | Alternatively , dispense 10 double drops of fixative on a wax plate ( dental wax , or a sheet of parafilm stuck down on a glass surface ) , and float each grid on the surface of a drop ( 1 grid per drop — use each drop once only ) . |
| 13 | Thanks to the volume of work carried out on the Enron project , UK turnover last year was ahead of budget , with net profit being more or less on budget . |
| 14 | In reality it 's just verglas with fist sized lumps of ice dotted around on the wall . |
| 15 | Peripheral groups may be made up of employees or of workers bought in on a sub-contract basis . |
| 16 | Juliette lowered the iron on to a pair of trousers laid out on the ironing-board , producing a hissing cloud of steam through which she stared solemnly at Melissa . |
| 17 | Henceforth the old spectacle of brokers milling around on the Stock Exchange floor was replaced by silent , almost invisible , computerized networks for dealers , reflecting the new internationalism of the stock market . |
| 18 | A large photograph of Helen looked down on the mourners . |
| 19 | I was sitting on the sofa , quietly crying ; I think I was wishing that Auschwitz looked better than it did , just now , with its windless heat and plagues of flies homing in on the marshes . |
| 20 | Often , when I was cycling through the camp after coming off duty , I would spy Thursby in the distance beavering along , head down against the gale , full of eagerness to get back on the job and spot any mistakes we had made during his absence . |
| 21 | I , personally , have the number of days pasted up on the inside of my locker . |
| 22 | There was low cloud , white drifts of mist close down on the ice . |
| 23 | Every fifteen days , when the spring tides are at their peak , vast numbers of grunion ride in on the crests of waves and deliberately strand themselves on the shore . |
| 24 | I no longer had to push away the picture of Saad laid out on the floor , or banish from my imagination the sound of his huge voice , louder than the roaring of the wind , dumb for ever . |
| 25 | ‘ I was thinking that whenever I 've been into a student 's flat there was a different atmosphere … a lot of things pinned up on the walls , for instance posters mostly … ’ |
| 26 | I mean what what sort of things happen down on the ground ground level ? |
| 27 | Loss of control taking off on a windy day |
| 28 | They were principally used on board ship to measure its speed by counting the number of knots paid out on a line tied to a log floating astern , while the sand-glass measured a given time that was usually half a minute . |
| 29 | Wisps of applause floated up on the breeze . |
| 30 | Different sort of people turn out on the hunting field these days , too . |