Example sentences of "[vb pp] on the [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That solicitor attended on the magistrates ' court at 4.20 that afternoon . |
| 2 | Their original term was to be twenty-one years , though extension was usual , and few restrictions were imposed on the trusts ' powers of raising capital on the security of the tolls , on their use of it , or on the appointment of toll gatherers , nor on the freedom to contract out the tolls at auction . |
| 3 | Strains are imposed on the self-builders ' families and main jobs , and as a result these schemes are not suitable for all persons and rarely for the elderly . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the Palace had been forced to move to Herne Hill by the time the match against Bob 's old club , Croydon Common , was staged , and it is not known what arrangements were made on the players ' behalf . |
| 5 | Guests ' bills are written up daily from the duplicate vouchers which are debited to the visitors ' tabular ledger and it follows that the balances shown on the guests ' bills must correspond with the balances in the visitors ' tabular ledger . |
| 6 | Salmon 's case is based on the Occupiers ' Liability Act , in that it was key to the decision that the defendant was the occupier . |
| 7 | Tom Harvey prepares a cost and sales report weekly : This simply shows total sales ( based on the waiters ' checks , which have been checked against cash receipts and any credit bills ) and cost of food sold ( based on an analysed kitchen day book which records opening stocks , purchases and closing stocks ) . |
| 8 | DFDS TRANSPORT 's primary product is door/door transport , based on the customers ' need with regard to flexibility , stability , transit-time , frequency and a competitive cost level . |
| 9 | John Jevons , Clwyd 's social services director , says in a report to councillors today that a plan would be thrashed out to best meet the needs of individuals based on the residents ' reaction . |
| 10 | Locke could have learnt from his Carolina experience that the old English approach to property , based on the tenants ' allegiance to the landlord , was no longer fully accepted and certainly was not suitable for export to a new territory . |
| 11 | The validity of the Goldman-Fristoe test is based on the authors ' selection of the specific items and the fact that the ‘ Sounds in Words ’ subtest samples all but one of the consonants found in English . |
| 12 | It was always going to be a tough encounter , with the likelihood of further displays of petulance based on the tourists ' suspicion of the umpires . |
| 13 | As the words of Aubrey Jones cited above suggest , bargaining is based on the unions ' threat to disrupt the state enterprise 's activities . |
| 14 | Throughout the 1340s and 1350s the king played on the commons ' fear of a French invasion of England : the threat that the French might ‘ destroy the English tongue and occupy the realm of England ’ was used more than once to persuade the commons to grant money for the war , and the discovery at the sack of Caen of a French plan for the invasion of England in 1339 was a gift to royal propaganda . |
| 15 | In the museum display of these materials ( such as the treasures of Tutankhamun 's tomb ) , stress may be laid on the objects ' discovery by British archaeologists , thereby helping to legitimize the implicit pseudo-evolutionary claims of historical advance as civilization ( Gidri 1974 ) . |
| 16 | C&L was not alone in thinking that the OFR should be audited , and a number of firms , as well as the Scottish Institute , felt that , at the very least , the Auditing Practices Board should be consulted on the proposals ' development . |
| 17 | Don Roberto had worked with the Colonel and had acted as cut-out between him and the CIA on the operations which Trent had undertaken on the Americans ' behalf . |
| 18 | But since , so jump upon this bloody question , you from the Polack wars , and you from England , are here arrived , give order that these bodies high on a stage be placed to the view ; and let me speak to the yet unknowing world how these things came about : so shall you hear of carnal , bloody and unnatural acts , of accidental judgments , casual slaughters , of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause , and , in this upshot , purposes mistook fallen on the inventors ' heads : all this can I truly deliver . |
| 19 | This point is subject to any statutory restriction which is placed on the parties ' freedom to agree . |
| 20 | Johnny Martin , the ideal tourist , had gone on the Cavaliers ' tour of India and South Africa in 1962–63 . |
| 21 | For the NFER project there were three pairs of parallel tests , two pairs were 25-item mental tests , one with and one without the numbers in the questions printed on the pupils ' answer sheets . |
| 22 | After a tough debate within the Miners ' Federation in 1911 — the miners were not united on the baths ' efficacy — some of the miners ' leaders collaborated with women activists in the labour movement and during the First World War brought out a pamphlet , published by the Women 's Labour League , promoting pithead baths , including testimony from Robert Smillie and the well-known feminist Kathryn Bruce-Glazier . |
| 23 | Their families will have remarked on the babies ' likeness to them . |
| 24 | Cars should not be banned , but instead should be admitted on the residents ' terms — that is , slowly and without superior rights . |
| 25 | One of the most striking features of this election is the extent to which — intellectually — it is being fought on the Tories ' terms . |
| 26 | These visits should be at not less than three-monthly intervals , ensuring that the correct particulars are maintained on the agents ' files . |
| 27 | The acquisition search service provided by MAS is based on the list of companies for sale which are held on the Accountants ' Business Network database jointly shared by the major accounting firms . |