Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] on the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNITED Biscuits , the food conglomerate , yesterday moved to tighten its grip on the UK snacks market with the £24 million takeover of Derwent Valley Food Group , makers of Phileas Fogg snacks . |
| 2 | His top priority this season will be to regain his place on the Ulster senior squad , and banish last year 's unhappy memories . |
| 3 | The Gulf crisis illustrated the continuing implacable hostility between Cuba and the USA , as the former attempted to use its position on the UN Security Council to impede the US-led campaign against Iraq [ see pp. 37695 ; 37870 ] . |
| 4 | The local trade unionists were quick to give their verdict on the SDLP and the document drawn up after the meeting stated : |
| 5 | When ‘ King John ’ Houlding , a self-made brewer and prominent local Tory , tried to use his position on the Everton board to jack up the rent paid to him by The club , There was a shareholders ' revolt and Houlding eventually left the club to form Liverpool FC . |
| 6 | This perception was heightened by his decision to focus the closing stages of his campaign not in the crucial mid-west " swing states " — those states which he had to win in order to retain his hold on the White House — but in an attempt to shore up his support in hitherto safe Republican states such as Florida , a pattern of behaviour widely seen as indicative of his desire to avoid being defeated by a landslide . |
| 7 | However , the fact that Brucan chose to retain his seat on the NSF Council raised speculation that his withdrawal from the leadership was a tactical manoeuvre . |
| 8 | What , in God 's name , would Johnny reply if asked to give his opinion on the Gulf War , for instance , or the state of Charles and Diana 's marriage ? |
| 9 | Jolosa , who broke a rival player 's jaw , was told to model his play on the England striker . |
| 10 | Mrs Mandela , self-styled ‘ mother of the nation ’ , pointedly omitted to mention her position on the ANC 's National Executive Committee , the top policy-making body , to which she was appointed by a ballot among members . |
| 11 | It was also the first opportunity at national level for the electorate to deliver its verdict on the DLP , which had been formed by Roh in January 1990 through the merger of his minority ruling party with two of the three main opposition parties [ see pp. 37187-88 ] . |
| 12 | Laura was unable to have her transplant on the NHS so Fran and Les launched an appeal which raised the £350,000 needed to pay for the operation in the US . |
| 13 | Naturally , Hannah had to take her place on the Baldersdale treadmill , working to the orders of her uncle in the fields ( her father died when she was an infant ) and assisting her mother in the kitchen and wash house . |
| 14 | Jordan hoped to recover its position on the West Bank , paying subsidies for loyalty and continuing functional co-operation with Israel , as if the growth of political awareness in the area could not only be contained but diminished . |
| 15 | It was with her confidence bolstered by the outcome of this meeting that Mrs Thatcher left for the Commons to make her statement on the Paris summit meeting . |