Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] on [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only once was I innocent enough to voice my fears , bringing down wounding charges on my head . |
| 2 | Poulantzas appeals to Althusser 's theory to resolve the long-standing problem of how to characterise the capitalist state — and in doing so casts light on its power and its limitations . |
| 3 | Especially having people on her ship . |
| 4 | Smurfit Paribas carried out a privatisation study and made significant borrowings available ; Smurfit Printing secured the lucrative telephone directory printing contract ; Smurfit architect Brian O'Halloran secured the commission for the controversial corporate headquarters ; business associates Padraic Hasset and John Finnegan were asked to find a site for Telecom headquarters ; Finnegan gave advice on the purchase of the Ballsbridge site ( he also apparently gave advice on its sale to UPH ) and finally Dermot Desmond was commissioned to carry out another privatisation study . |
| 5 | These developments will help all those buying a home , moving house or taking a house to rent to choose dwellings that will not only save money on their fuel bills , but help to improve the environment . |
| 6 | We had deb democratically elected representatives on our health authorities , on our schools and on our planning authorities . |
| 7 | He obviously had impregnation on his mind , but by now Lydia had lost her temper and she told him to get stuffed . |
| 8 | A benefice consisting of six parishes can commonly have five patrons who all have views on their incumbent . |
| 9 | My godmother would certainly not want strangers on her property . ’ |
| 10 | On the other hand , NT will appeal to those who are already using Windows on their desktop machines . |
| 11 | Mr Major , who has not included Paris on his whirlwind European tour in the run-up to the meeting , said : ‘ I do not anticipate us failing to agree . |
| 12 | The girl Agnes left her home in secret , so that her pregnancy would not bring shame on her family . |
| 13 | A number of prominent politicians failed to win election at constituency level but nevertheless entered parliament on their party 's national lists ( where " scrap votes " , i.e. those cast for unsuccessful constituency candidates or county lists , were added together to form a national total ) . |
| 14 | The charity does not pay tax on its income . |
| 15 | Companies do not pay tax on their FII since it represents dividends paid out of profits that have already been taxed in the corporate sector ( s 208 ) . |
| 16 | Again , the medical profession will argue that an individual without medical expertise can not pass judgement on their performance . |
| 17 | There is some evidence that solicitors also provide a form of gratuitous legal advice by waiving their charges in respect of a short initial consultation which does not require action on their part or a further interview . |
| 18 | One-way streets expose larger numbers of people to higher levels of noise and pollution from more dangerous traffic ; there is thus decreased emphasis on their use in new schemes and conversion of existing one-way streets to two-way operation . |
| 19 | On the last day of 1796 Coleridge , Sara and the baby finally left Bristol on their journey west , a wagon following after them loaded high with ‘ boxes of Books , and Chests of Drawers , & Kitchen-Furniture , & Chairs , and our Bed and Bed-Linen , & c & c ’ . |
| 20 | We shall if you request , negotiate in the capacity of professional advisers on your behalf within pre-agreed negotiating parameters or instructions but it is our policy not to take decisions on your behalf . |
| 21 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 22 | A voluntary system has been ruled unworkable by the industry because individual farmers would not accept limits on their production if other farmers , or countries , were benefiting by breaking the arrangement . |
| 23 | Although the Committee recommended that the BBC should not accept advertising on its television channels on the grounds that it would not be a satisfactory long-term solution to the impending restructuring of broadcasting , it made a number of significant proposals which would have the effect of recreating broadcasting as a market of consumers and producers . |
| 24 | But Abraham still has God on his side , and the Pharaoh lets him go , and Sarah with him . |
| 25 | It is easy to foresee a DG very quickly falling flat on his face or stirring up more problems than he started with . |
| 26 | The N-Sure team can achieve wheat yield improvements worth £10/15 per acre to the farmer — without ever setting foot on his farm . |
| 27 | The doctors had told him he must take several months off from the exhausting business of running a supremely successful nightclub , for the sake of his health , and looking at him now she could see all too clearly the deeply etched lines on his face , the distinct greyness of his skin . |
| 28 | Be better we had more Scouts and a couple more Vet Sergeants on our side , is all . ’ |
| 29 | He still has Jesus on his hands the position is the same for every non-christian , for every unconverted person you still have Jesus on your hand you ca n't get rid of him that easily . |
| 30 | Since other Governments , such as the American Government , still have Syria on their terrorist list , is the Minister certain that no evidence exists of any link between any terrorist organisation and the Syrian Government ? |