Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] on [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | We welcome that and will do all we can to sustain and build on it in the future . |
2 | The ombudsman claims that the jurisdiction and duty to investigate conferred and imposed on him by the scheme enables and requires him to investigate and determine complaints in relation to valuations made by employees of a building society of properties to be charged to the building society to secure further advances to an existing borrower from that society . |
3 | ( a ) Meetings and their conduct Whatever may have been agreed as to the taking of decisions by unanimous or majority vote , as much a matter of good management as of good faith is the need to ensure that all relevant information is given to all the partners before a vote is taken : the requisite majority of partners should not purport to take decisions and act on them behind the backs of the minority unless such has been expressly authorised or the need for immediate action precludes the convening of a partners ' meeting ; and even then there should be no delay before all partners are acquainted with the circumstances and invited to ratify any decision taken in their name . |
4 | The boy was holding a magnifying glass over a postcard and writing on it in the tiniest hand . |
5 | Although this involves the use of rather advanced techniques compared with the running of simple transfers and dubs , many enthusiasts believe that this type of editing is essential to the making of ‘ real ’ movies , and look on it as the key creative element in their video activities . |
6 | The following proposed amendments to the Constitution are for your careful consideration so that you can comment and vote on them at the A.G.M. on Friday , 19th March 1982 . |
7 | When snow many feet deep blankets the land and the lake is covered with ice , the beavers are able to swim out from their lodge beneath the ice , retrieve the green branches and feed on them throughout the winter . |
8 | ( Grimmitt 1973 ) , which advocated the dimensional alongside the existential approach to RE , advised intermingling the experiential , mythological and ritual dimensions and focusing on them in the primary school , adding the social and ethical together for lower Secondary , and finally bringing in the doctrinal with the upper forms of Secondary schools , as this dimension is the most difficult to cope with ( pp. 50 , 92f ) . |
9 | Gav — who probably epitomised thick-skulledness , though admittedly would not be amongst one 's first fifteen when it came to offering proof of heavy traffic within the central nervous system — opened one bleary eye and focused on me with the same accuracy one has grown to expect from security forces aiming baton rounds at protesters ' legs . |
10 | Earlier , Sharon Freda McLean denied killing Linda McMullen and said that it was co-defendant Lisa Burgess who started to kick and stamp on her in the Wrexham Peace Gardens . |
11 | On second thoughts we could plasticize and sit on it on the patio . |
12 | In the human home , the tame cat retains its infant vocalizations right through into adulthood and improves on them in the process . |