Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 the accountant is required to extract balances on the clients ' ledger accounts at two or more dates — now at least three months apart — and compare the total liabilities to clients with the cash book balance on the client account , and reconcile the cash book balance with the client account balance as confirmed directly to the accountant by the bank or building society ;
2 We are not prepared to accept restrictions on the employer 's right to recruit the best qualified person for the job .
3 Up to 300 more are planned over the next four years , under a plan to help parents on the bank 's payroll .
4 Mr Deputy Speaker I 'm just about to come on the South Wales police but I will answer the point directly , er I and my honourable friend the parliamentary secretary are always willing to discuss with local government , matters relating to local government finance and we have done so over the months leading up to this settlement and my honourable and right honourable friends in the Home Office are always willing to discuss matters on the police er where they are important and warrant a ministerial meeting and that again has happened recently with the Home Office min minister discussing this very issue .
5 Vice-President Salvador Laurel , speaking on Dec. 4 during a visit to Hong Kong , went so far as to cast doubts on the President 's ability to continue even if the coup was put down : " If Aquino insists on staying in power I do n't think that would assist in solving the problem .
6 Robert-Jean de Vogüé and Maurice Doyard , both members of the Commission de Châlons , convinced the German authorities that the Commission was powerless and unable to influence the trade on any matters raised , or to issue orders on the Führer 's behalf or from other agencies of the occupation forces .
7 On the other hand there are , in some people 's opinions , sinister overtones of being able to keep tabs on a person 's movements , though how that differs from the present system I am not quite sure .
8 Saunders has been commissioned to file reports on the expedition 's progress which will appear in The Observer throughout August .
9 We are indebted all the Gwili members for making it such a wonderful day , and particularly to driver Dave and fireman Roger who , apart from running three trains each way , spent the whole day admitting children of all ages to the footplate , firstly to explain the controls , and later to cook sausages on the fireman 's shovel in traditional style .
10 If , however , the defendant is a mental patient , the summons must be served on the person , if any , who is authorised under the Mental Health Act 1983 , Pt VII to conduct proceedings on the defendant 's behalf or if there is no such person , then on the person with whom he resides or in whose care he is ( Ord 10 , r 4(1) ) .
11 It can not , in my opinion , be right to place creditors on a Morton 's fork of that character .
12 The politicians were less impressed by the restoration of free elections than irritated by de Gaulle 's determination to place constraints on the assembly 's freedom of action .
13 By a one-vote majority , the group voted this week to advise members on the city 's licensing board to abandon the idea .
14 Now on the seventeenth of September Mr met Peter on the defendant 's firm er for the first time at his office , where they had er a general discussion about the business and about what needed to be done in order to secure it and er the plaintiffs at that stage told Peter that there should be er no problems over finance as he understood the bank were willing to assist and at that stage he wanted to move as quickly as possible to exchange contracts on the business erm , for two reasons .
15 It has been pointed out that the legal protection of children 's welfare is not the same as the conferment of rights on children , since it presupposes that welfare agencies , judges and even parents would have the right to take decisions on the child 's behalf .
16 Finally , the relatives of patients have no right to make decisions on the patient 's behalf .
17 As a response to popular demands for greater democracy , Habyarimana in November announced plans to abandon one-party rule and set up a review commission , whose brief was to make recommendations on the country 's future political system .
18 It represented the views of the heads of government with regard to the discussions of a 10-country " High Level Appraisal Group " , appointed to make recommendations on the organization 's future role and chaired by the Malaysian Prime Minister .
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