Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The helots are directly responsible for Spartan military supremacy in Greece : a great revolt ( the Second Messenian War ) in the seventh century caused Sparta to impose on her citizens a strict military discipline , the agoge . |
| 2 | There began to appear on his stall the occasional letter , its edges artfully worn , its folds artfully aged . |
| 3 | The women who assemble stationery or shoes have to inflict on their families the permanent , sickly , and probably unhealthy smell of glue and solvents . |
| 4 | Nor is it easy to see on what basis a stricter protection for the wife should have been demanded by the facts in Shears and Sons Ltd. v. Jones than was demanded by the facts in Howes v. Bishop [ 1909 ] 2 K.B . |
| 5 | Such a view begins to turn on its head the old assumption that individualism is the sine qua non of progressive education . |
| 6 | Rehabilitated by the partnership with Sien , refreshed by the gleams of baby life , confirmed by Theo 's continuing supply of materials and basic finance , and by his unflagging moral support , he was ready to move in closer , as if to feel on his skin the buried heat of creation and experience its terrific energies . |