Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So in fact there 's still an endowment policy on you to cover that mortgage ? |
2 | We entirely repudiated a personal liability on us to obey general rules . |
3 | Erm , when an application is received for building approval by a District Council , they consult the Fire Authority but there 's no specific obligation on us to give detailed advice . |
4 | It is encouraging that these countries wish to follow our example but it also places a heavy obligation on us to offer this assistance . |
5 | It will be seen that where Lautro is advised to serve or is considering the service of an intervention notice on a member , the rules do not place any obligation on it to give that member any advance warning of the intended action , nor to give him any opportunity to make representations before the intervention notice is served . |
6 | There will be no pressure on them to publish these results , however . |
7 | The numbers of units of publishable information are likely to continue to increase , however , due to the increased numbers of scientists , and the pressure on them to produce measurable output . |
8 | If we like them enough to invest , we will either cut our spending ( bad for the high street and the recovery ) or switch savings from other institutions ( notably the building societies ) putting pressure on them to match those terms . |
9 | For example , I mean , if a tutor , say , has been sexually harassing a young woman , and she puts in a complain of any kind or something like that , and then he puts pressure on her to withdraw that complaint and she does , I mean does the college at that stage stay well okay if she 's not going to complain then we wo n't do anything , thereby letting the harassment go ahead , or does the college say even though she does n't want to complain we 're nevertheless going to go ahead . |
10 | Had he produced a no-hoper , the pressure on her to quit this summer would have started growing on Tuesday evening . |
11 | One day they handed us some chipped potatoes , and there was enough oil on them to boil another portion . |