Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [prep] [noun] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendant shipowner was under a statutory duty to provide pens for cattle on board his ship . |
| 2 | Like Whistler he was a constant irritant in the somewhat comatose English art world , painting hitherto forbidden subjects , using photographs instead of living models , manipulating sheets of newspapers covered with black paint to secure transfers of outlines on canvas , shunning good taste , extracting beauty from the squalid and emotion from the sordid . |
| 3 | Pong met Saw Maung , who was reported to have reiterated Myanma 's readiness to increase co-operation with Thailand on trade , fishing and tourism . |
| 4 | Its broad aims were to analyse large American companies in order to discover differences in return on investment ( ROI ) , to establish par values for ROI for different industries and their segments , and to attempt to explain variations in ROI across companies and their subsidiary business units by reference to strategic factors . |
| 5 | And in the London area , we have introduced an information service to provide employees with advice on childcare options . |
| 6 | One obvious approach to elucidate the function of DNA-PK-mediated phosphorylation will be to define sites of phosphorylation on transcription factors and determine whether mutation of these sites affects factor activity . |
| 7 | Scheibler is also exhibiting two major watercolours by Joe Zucker , born in Chicago in 1941 and resident in East Hampton : ‘ Backdrops ’ , meaning sketches for his works , in which Zucker , a ‘ painter without a brush ’ , uses woollen socks , gloves , or a ski-mask to apply globs of paint on wood , the calligraphic effect then overlaid with networks of cables . |
| 8 | The House of Commons Select Committee on procedure recommended in 1989 that special Standing Committees should be created with powers to hear statements from ministers on Community proposals , cross-examine them and then debate the merits of the proposals . |
| 9 | Digital Equipment Corp extended its relationship with Micro Focus Plc to cover Cobol for OSF/1 on Alpha : DEC OSF/1 V1.2 is out this month , for NT on Alpha when it arrives . |
| 10 | Price was then called to give evidence in person on behalf of the applicant , and he again repudiated his evidence before the Swedish court in so far as it implicated the applicant , on the ground that his evidence had been obtained by pressure exerted upon him by officers of the Swedish and Norwegian police . |
| 11 | I sometimes think that the principal function of professional training in education is to inoculate teachers against books on education . |
| 12 | Marconi Electronic Devices of Swindon have no real market in the U K for one of their most important products , an electronic tag used to keep tracks of people on remand or probation as an alternative to imprisonment . |
| 13 | Hilary told the teachers she had taken it upon herself to send flowers to Molly on behalf of the Teachers . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly , if Parliament empowers trustees and directors to use their artistic judgment and professional experience to acquire works of art on behalf of their galleries , it is logical to trust them to use that same judgment to dispose of works of art . |
| 15 | The Group will continue to welcome suggestions from staff on computing matters , which can be raised through any of the members or through the Users Group . |
| 16 | If we can send men to the moon , and allow men to inhabit space for months on end , the simple construction of devices to shelter holidaymakers from any inclement conditions must be relatively easy by comparison . |
| 17 | Humming occurs , together with attempts to balance glasses of water on edge of playing cards and to perform unaccompanied violin partitas . ’ |
| 18 | 233 was a case in which the plaintiffs agreed to supply goods to Brammall on credit terms provided his wife would guarantee payment . |
| 19 | Tories pledge curb on young crime Clarke aims to close gap in law on jail sentences for juveniles |
| 20 | Those minded to take reprisals against witnesses on account of the evidence that they have given can also be punished for contempt . |
| 21 | School dragged on for month after month , year after year , with Rebecca Salmon going up to collect prize after prize on Speech Day . |
| 22 | At the same time the Government was seeking to limit the opportunities for Members of Parliament to make representations to Ministers on behalf of those refused entry . |