Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] on [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For our part , we were not prepared to compromise on standards of safety and quality . |
| 2 | Anselm was prepared to insist on enforcement without qualification ; but quite apart from Bishop Roger 's case , it was most unlikely that he would have , or could have , the co-operation of the bishops in this . |
| 3 | An innovator in financial areas , Citibank for example , is not likely to embark on innovations in health care . |
| 4 | First , it may be necessary because it is impossible or inappropriate to rely on specimens of breath for one of the reasons specified in section 7(3) . |
| 5 | Hick comes good to stand on brink of century |
| 6 | It is in you my brethren , that I behold Narayan , for Narayan signifies ‘ God in man' ’ , and I am happy to go on pilgrimage from village to village in order to win every day the vision of God in the faces of my brothers . ’ |
| 7 | With spring warming the northern hemisphere and OPEC unable to agree on cuts in production at the cartel 's meeting in Vienna , oil prices tumbled to their lowest level this year . |
| 8 | Its dental adaptations to hard savannah fruits and seeds probably preceded the development of bipedalism , which may itself have been originally connected with foraging , reaching upward to browse on bushes for example . |
| 9 | The council received letters from traders complaining of infringements of the Sunday trading legislation by other shops and intimating that the complainants would themselves feel obliged to open on Sundays in order to preserve their trade unless the Act was generally observed . |
| 10 | The chemical was liable to explode on contact with water . |
| 11 | The defendants supplied a chemical to the plaintiffs but failed to warn that it was liable to explode on contact with water . |
| 12 | There are more than 14 million people in the UK , young and old , who are entitled to call on SSAFA for help . |