Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That has to have been explained to you on the phone . |
| 2 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 3 | The easiest format for the script is one in which the shot details are written down on one side of the page , while the corresponding words of commentary are written opposite them on the other side . |
| 4 | She asserted that she had been done out of her rights to the ownership of Mrs Ferrar 's London house , which had been promised to her on the old lady 's death . |
| 5 | Such banquets are portrayed for us on the Bayeux Tapestry , or at least the early stages of them . |
| 6 | Projects of this sort certainly do not call for an elaborate cost-benefit analysis ; resources should be assigned to them on the basis of a simple ‘ back-of-an-envelope ’ analysis or an informed subjective decision . |
| 7 | She might be growing to detest the man more with every passing second , but she doubted there was a woman alive who could deny his sheer male beauty , or fail to be drawn to it on the most basic level . |
| 8 | There 's other information which will be shown to you on the on the er training school . |
| 9 | Poll Tax benefit forms will be sent to everyone on the Register towards the end of 1989 . |
| 10 | This can not be logical , and there is some support for landlords who feel justified in requiring the proceeds to be paid to them on the basis that a lease is for a limited duration but the freehold ( where applicable ) is for life . |
| 11 | Guidelines have been issued to them on the point at which they must desist from the chase because of danger to the public . |
| 12 | It 's a hundred and twenty miles — say up to three hours in that little crate — and he could make the night train down , arriving home in the early morning and , with luck , not being recognized by anybody on the trip or at the station , and not disturbing the family . ’ |
| 13 | Now , new offices were being built for it on the other side of the road , but they were not quite ready , and meantime , the new publisher from the East and his editors functioned in an atmosphere of such utter confusion that it is doubtful if an efficiency expert could even have fought his way in through the door . |
| 14 | In at least one case , an artist has requested the option to buy back his own work , only for his letter to go unanswered ; Saatchi is known to have split up one series of paintings which were sold to him on the strength of verbal assurances that they would stay together . |
| 15 | By the time he had rushed down in an elevator and emerged on the track , the other two medallists had received their medals — and the national anthem was being played without anybody on the gold medal podium . |
| 16 | If you are no longer acting for any of the appellants shown as being represented by you on the enclosed Roll , you should inform this office , in writing , at least seven days before the hearing date , enclosing a copy of your letter to the appellant informing him/her that you are no longer acting , giving him/her details of the date , time and place of the Appeal hearing and that he/she must attend to present his/her Appeal and that failure to appear may result in the Appeal being dismissed . |
| 17 | I am pleased to inform you that a place has been reserved for you on the above course . |
| 18 | Being sick can bring with it a degree of sympathy and attention that is greatly valued by more isolated individuals , and they may believe that if their health improves they will lose out on the time and attention that is given to them on the basis of their illness . |
| 19 | This clause relies upon the ticket cases discussed above , ( see particularly Parker v South Eastern Railway , ante ) If such clauses are to stand it is vital that attention be drawn to them on the face of the order , and wording for this purpose is also provided at the commencement of Precedent 2 . |
| 20 | With two exceptions , all universities receive central government funding that is allocated among them on the basis of advice by the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) rather than by the direct decision of the DES . |
| 21 | Now that list is provided with you on the day first day of your assignment . |
| 22 | In order to make certain that a place is reserved for you on the Executive Course of your choice ( Executive Course I , II , III , IV or V ) , please ensure that we receive your application form at least 4 weeks before the course is due to start . |
| 23 | Although for Aristotle physics meant the study of motion and change in nature , the main emphasis was placed by him on the states between which change takes place rather than on the actual course of the motion itself . |
| 24 | Er it was explained to me on the phone . |
| 25 | This was sold to us , please , this was sold to us on the basis that it was going to bring in the baddies and sort out the baddies , and we 'd all live happily ever after . |
| 26 | From 21 March 1988 , this future was replaced by one on the Value Line Arithmetic index , which is the arithmetic equivalent of the VLCI . |
| 27 | In its aftermath Mrs Thatcher apparently took greater care to consult the Cabinet more fully and was overruled by it on the proposed sale of British Leyland to the US-based General Motors . |
| 28 | After The Tyger 's Whelp put in at the harbour at Liamuiga , also known as Everhope , the winter after the Battle of Sloop 's Bight , the letter from the King in England to Kit was delivered to him on the verandah of the Great House at Belmont , by the captain , one Rowland Grasscocke , who was plying a regular trade between England , the West Coast of Africa and the Hesperidean chain . |
| 29 | Our favourite photo was taken of me on the marble slab . |
| 30 | That view was expressed by everyone on the Opposition Benches and a few Conservative Members , but was ignored as the Government arrogantly used the power of an artificial majority to force the poll tax through . |