Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reconstruction of Rawls ' argument for the doctrine of neutral political concern attempts to found it on the notion of autonomy through the notion of moral self-determination . |
| 2 | And yet even with formal organisations there will be some discretion and there will be opportunities to impose oneself on the organisation . |
| 3 | Too busy joy-riding in their nice shiny patrol cars to hoof it on the beat . ’ |
| 4 | These are the leather straps you put round the bird 's legs to hold it on the glove that you have to wear when you handle birds of prey . |
| 5 | But then one often comes across other entries to amuse one on the way , such as the record of an enumerator 's problems in compiling part of the 1871 census for Sheffield shown in Table 2 . |
| 6 | Fortunately , in this series of articles we will use more conventional maps to set us on the treasure trail , because it is my belief that correctly interpreted , the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles already contain most of the information necessary to track down some of the treasures that time has so cunningly concealed ! |
| 7 | This shows that when Churchill first asked his officials to brief him on the subject , R. G. Hawtrey replied that public works would indeed increase employment , provided they were linked to an expansion of credit . |
| 8 | Given this continuing policy vacuum on the one hand and the implacable opposition of the judiciary to any attempts to fill it on the other , it is not altogether surprising that few attempts have been made to fashion an overall criminal justice strategy that would bring together sentencing and penal policy . |
| 9 | : ’ Speaking in London almost a year after becoming Chairman of British Coal , Mr. Clarke said — What we are seeing is a sort of energy arms race , with attempts to justify it on the grounds of guaranteeing security , diversity and competition — but in reality , guaranteeing nothing but higher electricity prices , a rapid abandonment of other fuel reserves , and reliance on as yet unproven overseas resources . ' |
| 10 | ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’ |
| 11 | But so long as Mary of Guise 's position was upheld by her daughter , no amount of rhetoric could conceal the fact that in attacking the regent they were attacking the queen , and religious sincerity did not get them off the hook of treason ; thus , for example , when they seized the coining-irons of the mint in Edinburgh in July , it was an intelligent enough political and military act , but their efforts to justify it on the grounds that they were serving their country by stopping the regent 's debasement of the coinage rang all too hollow . |
| 12 | To , to make contingency plans to hold it on a day when we do n't need the cooperation of the employers in terms of time off |
| 13 | We both decided that we needed more detector users to help us on the day , so John contacted members of the Shropshire Antiquities Group , who were more than willing to lend a helping hand . |
| 14 | The IBEC , established in 1990 , brought together Western advisers and officials from the Baltic states to advise them on the transformation to a market economy . |
| 15 | He sought mandamus directed not to the visitor but to the provost and fellows to reinstate him on the grounds that the provost and fellows had breached the rules of natural justice . |
| 16 | They come in three sizes complete with tweezers to put them on the fish . |
| 17 | When making maps you might start simply by asking the children to draw something on a sheet of paper that they want represented on the map — a house , a shop , the well , the woods … |
| 18 | ‘ If it worries you so much , Surgeon Chang , you might send two of your best men to accompany me on the journey home . |
| 19 | They used to have a clipped get the clips to hang them on the wagon , another bloke took clip off . |
| 20 | Instead he designed lamps on the spot and took them straight down into the mines to test them on the jets of methane . |
| 21 | And she believed the whales would remain at Laspi Bay at least for the summer , and had not heard of the widely criticised plans to take them on a travelling display . |
| 22 | Architects will provide partial services to advise you on the condition of a property you are interested in . |
| 23 | He had started the Venturers ' Society in 1945 , when he was asked by some boys to take them on a visit down a coal mine , and on Mr. Horn 's retirement in 1959 had taken over the Railway Society too . |