Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Express , by contrast , detects unsheathed Conservative blades : ‘ Tory knives were out for the BBC … the Prime Minister is said to have told friends : ‘ my views on the BBC 's coverage are not printable . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Any idea where I could lay my hands on an idiot 's guide to disputes ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | The Commissioners still believed that the Act applied and referred the statutory declaration , a certificate and counter-statement setting out their views on the taxpayer 's statutory declaration , to a tribunal which would decide whether there was a prima facie case for proceeding . |
| 4 | As well as asking readers for their opinions on the newspaper 's existing style and content , the survey also sought views on how it could be improved . |
| 5 | Kevin Timms , 38 , and Graham Cooke , 35 , who each earned £27,500-a-year , took overseas holidays and refurbished their homes on the company 's expense , it was claimed . |
| 6 | I look forward to her performances on the Government 's front bench ’ ) then attacked the Labour Party , sacked the Party 's advertising agency , and called for still greater efforts from the Party 's rank and file . |
| 7 | The wild piping creature that haunts the woods is hoisted up by its heels on the butcher 's hook and it 's just dead goatmeat ready for dissection . |
| 8 | Blessed are those that listen intently , yes even with their eyes on the president 's face , for they can be conned into volunteering . |
| 9 | Her eyes on the stranger 's face , Flavia said , ‘ Nothing original , I 'm afraid . |
| 10 | Closed her eyes on the world 's evidence |
| 11 | Having been groped by the Croatian National Guard , the friends parted company , the press to their pens on the platform 's left hand , Joshua to sit among the delegates of his local Party . |
| 12 | LANCASHIRE were facing an uphill battle as underdogs Leicestershire set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work at Grace Road . |
| 13 | The home side set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work . |
| 14 | While the psychological and biological theories focus their explanations on the person 's depressive predisposition , important recent work has been conducted on prevailing environmental factors which bring the psychological factors into play and cause the depression to become manifest . |
| 15 | Most descriptive studies in Britain base their classifications on the Registrar-General 's ranking of occupations from I to V , according to their supposed prestige , with a major division between middle-class or white-collar workers ( I , II , and III non-manual ) and working-class or manual workers ( III manual , IV and V ) . |
| 16 | Rather than ramming the trainers with the guns , the dolphins either " swam away or put their snouts on the trainers ' shoulders — very affectionately ! " |
| 17 | After they were removed , Mr and Mrs M resumed their efforts on the family 's behalf . |
| 18 | Erm we have always out any er leaflet erm clearly so that people to put their names on the register erm that is a statutory responsibility erm the expenditure in excess of what we had er done in the past is actually going to be a very very small amount of one officer 's time in redesigning the leaflet erm otherwise the expenditure will remain as it , as it always has for all intents and purposes and I think that answers your question if clearly you have problems about getting people on the electoral register that means there 's something about your own electoral . |
| 19 | Whilst in many cases firms with more than 20 partners will for reasons of publicity wish to set out their names on the firm 's documentation , there is no compulsion for them so to do ( and beyond a certain number it obviously becomes impracticable ) . |
| 20 | He gives the example of Johnny Saxon who , three years after winning the world welterweight title , was charged with burglary and eventually institutionalized at New Jersey State Mental Hospital : ‘ Boxing does not leave all its scars on a fighter 's face ’ ( 1973 , p.325 ) . |
| 21 | According to Anil Gadre , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp 's vice president of systems product marketing , the new licensing strategy — see front page — should , for example , enable the Sparc compatible community to get its hands on the company 's next-generation Viking , or SuperSparc technology — being co-developed with Texas Instruments Inc — much more quickly than the best part of a year that elapsed between the launch of the Sparcstation 2 ( UX No 308 ) , and the day Sun gave the green light for the LSI Logic Inc made 40MHz Sparc chip sets to be sold on to Sun wannabe 's ( UX No 356 ) . |
| 22 | LINFIELD fans anxious to get their hands on the club 's new-look kit will have to wait . |
| 23 | Rather than set formal tests , some researchers prefer to base their inferences on the child 's performance on less formal tasks ; the Goodenough draw-a-man test , for example , scores how sophisticated children 's pictures are . |
| 24 | Sefton is pinning its hopes on the town 's regeneration through funds from City Challenge . |
| 25 | ‘ Believe me , William , sin and crime leave their marks on the soul 's face . |
| 26 | He did not budge as Mr Gubb raised the cane above his shoulder and fixed his eyes on the boy 's fingers with the concentration of a golfer addressing his ball . |
| 27 | He had his eyes on the man 's face the whole time . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ There 's no danger , ’ he translated , his eyes on the soothsayer 's hands , ‘ but the boar that we want is as fast as the wind and as sharp as an eagle . ’ |
| 29 | Some images , like the bronze statuette thought to have come from Rethymnon , show a bull-leaper landing upright on his feet on the bull 's back . |
| 30 | The racial card has been used to effect in previous New York elections , but in Mr Giuliani 's case he is being criticised as an opportunist for his attacks on the city 's first black Democratic nominee . |