Example sentences of "[noun pl] on [pron] he [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 There were two bases on which he could have been convicted , either that the jury accepted that he had fetched the knife from his home , or , alternatively , that he had obtained the knife during the struggle but that they were satisfied that the essentials of self-defence were not made out .
2 Scrutton L.J. , at p. 67 , said that the payment was demanded by the Shipping Controller colore officii , as one of the only terms on which he would grant a licence for the transfer , and he quoted Abbott C.J. and Littledale J. in Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 .
3 Thus , the purpose of a rent review clause is not to revalue the original bargain between the parties , but to give the landlord the income which he would have got , on the terms on which he would have let , if he had had the property in hand on the rent review date .
4 Notably absent from his remarks were any clear or explicit indications of the terms on which he would agree to return or any clear or explicit criticism of the insurrection in Algiers .
5 There are generally two possible valid interests on which he may rely ; special trade connections and business secrets .
6 Sidonius , like the Late Antique authors on whom he modelled himself , had written such letters to ensure the existence of a pool of friends on whom he could count in times of need .
7 He knew that he still had certain assets on which he could raise cash .
8 The king never turned up and the laird was left with paths on which he could hold a formula one race .
9 The Parish Council have asked me to find out if he is entitled to do this and , if there are any planning or highway restraints on what he may do .
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