Example sentences of "on [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately in some cases there will either be only two connectors or there wo n't be sufficient space on the cable to accommodate the drives in their bays .
2 The recovery action now being recommended for any stall is to move forwards on the stick to unstall the wings by reducing the angle of attack .
3 It is curious that those two hon. Gentlemen were snatched away from their work on the Bill to enter the Whips Office .
4 Andrew Smith will attend a meeting of backbench MPs tonight , led by Hertfordshire MP , Richard Page , calling on the government to underwrite the funds .
5 The Earl of Longford said the ‘ statement issued by a number of organisations involved in the issue — Age Concern , MENCAP , MIND , the National Schizophrenia Fellowship and others — calls on the government to match the principles of community care with actions that will guarantee effective care .
6 Amnesty International has called on the government to investigate the deaths and persistent claims that top army officials are involved in poaching and smuggling .
7 Trace the axes , but only mark sufficient points on the scale to enable the magnitudes to be assessed .
8 Sister Catherine , of Our Lady of Passion monastery , Northants , on the order to slaughter the nuns ' salmonella-infected chickens I have never regarded the term ‘ do-gooder ’ as a criticism .
9 I wanted the pupils to understand the idea of a square metre and so we began practically as a class with blank metre sticks on the floor to represent the fences .
10 ‘ Reverting to the decision at first instance in the Leighton case , the report of the argument shows that the provisions of section 82(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1925 were drawn to the attention of Luxmoore J. We feel no doubt that he would have appreciated that , even in the absence of a successful plea of forgery or non est factum , the section would in terms have conferred a discretion on the court to rectify the charges register , even as against the innocent chargees .
11 She called on the council to cancel the closures .
12 It also became clear why he 'd wanted to make love to her ; to make her believe he cared , because if she cared for him who better to persuade the colonel to tell his friends on the council to let the plans go through ?
13 And two Darlington guest house owners called on the council to narrow the boundaries for inclusion to eight miles instead of 20 .
14 And two Darlington guest house owners called on the council to narrow the boundaries for inclusion to eight miles instead of 20 .
15 For the next four years the society put pressure on the brewery to save the cottages and improve the frontages .
16 Yeah , okay , I 've just been to Asda so kids are on the way to put the bits of shopping in the van , alright , cos I got 'em some cereal and some bread and I 'll bring up the toaster , they can take the toaster with 'em for a while and oh there is , is there ?
17 And dad could knock me off on the way to get the papers .
18 There were repeated attempts to negotiate a more satisfactory agreement , but these foundered in 1924 , 1926 and 1929 on the inability to match the aspirations of Egypt for full independence with Britain 's perception of the requirements needed to protect her interests .
19 ‘ It has an effect on perception , it has an effect on mood and on the ability to move the muscles , memory , to name just a few .
20 By this I refer to the acknowledged limitations on the ability to infer the contents of consciousness from any number of behavioural or physiological observations .
21 ADSW president Jimmy Dick called on the minister to abandon the proposals .
22 Catholics and protestants became more and more segregated by school , as the Roman catholic bishops sought to bind in their flocks from outside influences , on the one hand to protect them from proselytism , and on the other to use the schools as a vehicle for the maintenance and development of faith .
23 In that case there is no obligation on the seller to deliver the goods and none on the buyer to pay .
24 In practice the onus is on the plaintiff to obtain the police report and it should be borne in mind that the police destroy such reports as a matter of course after a relatively short period .
25 Smirking slightly , Zephyr accepted half a dozen biscuits and a bowl of milky tea , then rolled on the carpet to remove the crumbs from her whiskers .
26 However , the ICA felt that the value of the second visit would be lost if there were no concomitant requirement on the accountant to report the results of the visit to the Law Society .
27 But you do n't have to be on the move to appreciate the advantages promised by the current designs on the market .
28 The new HP Laserjet 4 fulfills all the specifications , and is the only laser printer on the market to meet the specifications at a reasonable price .
29 I 'm beginning to feel that the greatest threat to canoeists are other canoeists which is extremely sad and reflects the pressure on the BCU to resolve the problems associated with river access before we all end up squabbling .
30 When the trench was completed Willie sat on the grass to watch the others fix the Anderson shelter inside it .
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