Example sentences of "on [pron] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eachuin Odhar and his grandson spent much effort on dodging her , for whenever she set eyes on them she tried new tunics on them . |
| 2 | Some wore only frilly drawers and black camisoles so you could see their bare thighs on which they wore fancy garters and suspenders . |
| 3 | Or you could ask people to give their opinions of a subject on which they have strong views . |
| 4 | The minimalist interpretation is too weak since it assumes that people are never bound by authority regarding issues on which they have firm views . |
| 5 | The only occasions on which we got fleeting moments of commitment were ones where I or my British colleagues were present and involved . |
| 6 | Although we were very happy with much of this document , there were a few sections about which we had reservations , and on which we submitted detailed comments . |
| 7 | Her later research in this area involved a long study of the complex genetic interactions in Matthiola incana , on which she published twenty-two papers . |
| 8 | If I hear of one more occasion on which you make these allegations I shall feel it my duty to pass them on to Connon myself . |
| 9 | You may , perhaps , have thought that I put my point of view too emphatically to you on a matter on which you hold strong views , whereas I am not a partisan on the question of the death penalty . |
| 10 | Far below , in the street opposite the 550 building , stood the tall statue of the Garment Worker , strangely distorted from this angle , and around the plinth on which it stood ant-like figures of vagrants and layabouts sat , oblivious to the cold . |
| 11 | But the points he made were chiefly concerned with moral questions affecting the status of divorce , on which he had strong views : whereas I had been occupied more with the Baldwin government and its apparent wish to stifle certain political views , especially concerning unemployment , to which the King had given expression . |
| 12 | Another event took place at Birdland , a jazz-club in the centre of Montreal , where Leonard gave poetry readings after midnight , frequently to the accompaniment of his own guitar on which he improvised appropriate backings , though often in company with more experienced jazz musicians . |
| 13 | The ensuing clash was a symbol and a foretaste of the countless later occasions on which he challenged orthodox opinions , both religious and secular . |
| 14 | I 'm also looking forward to seeing a copy of the election manifesto on which he fights those elections and er er how it will be possible for the Conservative party to er put forward a manifesto that he is comfortable with and also a manifest that the honourable member for say Old Bexley and Sidcup is similarly comfortable with but er no doubt that 's a matter for the Conservative party . |
| 15 | In his office he had a blackboard , on which he transcribed diagrammatic models of the action , with letters of the ordinary alphabet for characters already invented and letters of the Greek alphabet for those whom he might need to invent ; he was contemplating a further six months of composition . |
| 16 | On which he makes two statements : first , that we are unmoved by it ; second , that it is a tragedy , especially to the eight-year-old son . |
| 17 | The top right-hand corner was decorated with small rose leaves interspersed with some ladies ' bedstraw , on which I arranged some geums and cow parsley centres . |
| 18 | Miss Honey found a tray and on it she put two mugs , the teapot , the half bottle of milk and a plate with the two slices of bread . |