Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is very demoralising since you have to pass behind many boards on startboard before getting clear . |
| 2 | This form of modern-day slavery also exists in the Dominican Republic where thousands of Haitians are bought or rounded up by the military to work in appalling conditions on sugar-cane plantations . |
| 3 | The main threat to London 's share of global futures and options business is likely to come from existing exchanges on mainland Europe . |
| 4 | ‘ Having regard to the terms of the contract , the conduct of the parties and the circumstances of the case , I have no doubt that the property was not intended to pass in this case on contract but only in exchange for a valid building society cheque , but even if it may be regarded as intended to pass in exchange for a false , but believed genuine , building society cheque it will not in my view avail the insurers . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I WANT TO TALK ABOUT black comedy on TV — I wo n't be long . ’ |
| 6 | Over seven hundred girls were able to choose from 34 activities on offer , ranging from abseiling and go-karting to spinning and cookery and about one hundred aged between 13 and 20 attended the Medau classes . |
| 7 | Indeed so ‘ brilliant ’ was Mr Wyatt that his erstwhile inamorata once persuaded him to engage in carnal activity on board an aeroplane . |
| 8 | To listen to many authorities on nutrition , you might think that eating is an exact science . |
| 9 | The European Commission is to introduce legislation to force member countries to comply with minimum rules on safety , ship maintenance and training set by the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Reckon I 'll leave the embassy girls to you then , senator , ’ the Maggot had to shout over the sound of the engines , ‘ and me and Nick will just have to play with each other on account of forgetting to bring our ties . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Our message to the Treasury is that they have to look at public spending on research and development in aeronautics as an investment , not just an expenditure ’ , says an official of the Society of British Aerospace Companies . |
| 12 | Undoubtedly some will be unable to cope with this emphasis on self-management because they lack either the intelligence or perhaps , more importantly , the motivation to do so . |
| 13 | However , even though Frederick and Elizabeth were subsequently expelled from both Bohemia and the Palatinate , James resisted the clamour for war from his later parliaments and resolutely refused to agree to military intervention on behalf of his family and faith . |
| 14 | Even if a wife were expressly to agree to sexual intercourse on demand , such a promise would not in English law be contractually binding upon her . |
| 15 | The real attraction of the pension was its insurance value and the option it gave to retire completely or to turn to full-time farming on retirement . |
| 16 | In both the normal and obese groups , the urinary immunoreactive signal was found to coelute with synthetic APGPR on gel chromatography . |
| 17 | Even more remarkable was the manner in which the resignation of Leon Brittan , after the Prime Minister 's revelation in the Commons that he had authorized the leak of a confidential letter from Sir Patrick Mayhew , the Solicitor-General to Heseltine , stimulated Mrs Thatcher and her Home Secretary , Douglas Hurd , to deliver in public disquisitions on Cabinet management . |
| 18 | And he then tries to show in detail how this caused him , first of all , to disbelieve in free will on account of a commitment to universal determinism , then in immortality , and finally in God . |
| 19 | There you will see thousands of cars speeding by , each with the driver alone , his head thrown back as he yells the words aloud , her fist slapping the wheel in time to the beat , thousands of silent screams haring up the M1 to get to that meeting on schedule . |
| 20 | We regularly go over the speed limit just to get to these places on time , and we ca n't afford to take the risk . |
| 21 | Tom wants someone on hand but I do n't want to ask for extra men on Boxing Day in case of trouble which might well not happen . |
| 22 | The Treaty brings about the formal transformation of what has hitherto been an Economic Community into a Union which is mandated to act in many areas on behalf of its own citizens , and to claim their allegiance . |