Example sentences of "on the [noun pl] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is clear , however , is that the ideal of public service broadcasting has combined with the imposed statutory obligations on the broadcasters to produce a system of broadcasting which has proved itself over many decades . |
| 2 | Ripa di Meana complains that this fails to place ‘ a legal duty on the Commissioners to observe the requirements of the directive . ’ |
| 3 | One principal target of this non-political group is to capitalise on their public profiles to raise consumer consciousness , while putting pressure on the powers-that-be to reveal the extent to which pesticides are used — preferably through comprehensive labelling of all foods . |
| 4 | And Tom Hanks bravely piled on the pounds to play the part of Jimmy Dugan , a tobacco-spitting drunk and played-out former star brought in to manage the girls . |
| 5 | All I would claim is that given the existence of this phenomenon of extensive , very long-term memory of the campaigns of successful brands , the onus is on the mathematicians to disprove the existence of any long-term effect : the fact that they can not find such an effect , with the somewhat rudimentary apparatus at their disposal , is not enough . |
| 6 | Woosnam , using a new , deep-faced putter for the first time , regained his confidence on the greens to shoot a five-under-par 67 just one shot behind leader , South African Ernie Els . |
| 7 | The array did not fall completely into disuse , and the crown still relied on the sheriffs to call the posse comitatus to deal with local disturbances . |
| 8 | Whitlock shouted at the two policemen on the motorcycles to get the photographers back a few feet to give Mobuto a chance to get out of the limousine . |
| 9 | You then have you would then have to go unbind on the chips to separate the chips again . |
| 10 | They sat in silence , their pulses thumping , breathing on the windows to encourage the steaming-up process , desperately anxious to get out . |
| 11 | ( At one conference delegates were told to talk at the floor because Special Branch had hi-tech microphones trained on the windows to catch the sound-waves . ) |
| 12 | Police sealed off a road leading to the coast and mounted patrols on the cliffs to stop the looting . |
| 13 | Harvey laughed and said , ‘ Elevator shoes , contact lenses to change the eye colour , dirtied fingernails and a trace of colouring on the lips to make the face seem pale . |
| 14 | Colour a little more royal icing brown , put in a piping bag and pipe a little on the tips to give the brush ends . |
| 15 | Another very common action is pushing down on the legs to propel the body upwards . |
| 16 | On the Soviet Union , the European Council calls on the republics to respect the rights of minorities , to implement international agreements on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation , to control and secure their nuclear weapons , and to honour their obligations in respect of the Soviet Union 's external debt . |
| 17 | With three wickets already to his credit , Pringle made a late run on the rails to snatch the £500 man-of-the-match award — made by the sponsors , Tetley Bitter — from Darren Bicknell , the England A century-maker . |
| 18 | When you are told to move the lace carriage more than once ( by a succession of straight arrows ) , you are shaping the stitches on the needles to firm the pattern , in the same way that you slip stitches to and fro on knitting needles before ‘ purling ’ back . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope you ate up , ’ she said , sitting her on the stairs to change the child 's shoes . |
| 20 | The defenders decided to place several artillery places on the river-banks to overlook the road down which the enemy would have to attack in order to get across the liver to lay siege to their objective . |
| 21 | US officials have repeatedly made it clear there will be no further US pressure on Israel to make more concessions on the deportee issue and that the onus is on the Palestinians to put the crisis behind them and return to the table . |
| 22 | They have made efforts to run the ball a bit more and not just rely on the forwards to force the opposition into defensive errors and batton on penalty kicks or pushover tries . |
| 23 | On Aug. 7 he called on the militias to swear an oath of allegiance to the Supreme Soviet . |
| 24 | If there were a obligation on the police to operate a policy of protecting those first into the forum , freedom of speech would be the better preserved . |
| 25 | Once upon a time book-buying parents could rely on the classics to keep the kids quiet . |
| 26 | In the circumstances , the article was moderate in tone and presented both sides of the case ; it would not have impaired judicial authority or added much to the growing moral pressure on the manufacturers to settle the claim . |