Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere , on less poppy and more overtly naive-political tracks like ‘ Rubb In The Cream ’ and ‘ Let Our Roots Breathe ’ , the order of the day is a kind of diet dub , which only gets overbearingly Brockwell Park on the rather trad ‘ Sunshine ’ . |
| 2 | It involves change on the individual and the social setting level , whether an organization , local community , or national policy . |
| 3 | When I became Chairman on the retiral of Lord Macfarlane in June 1992 , I welcomed the prospect of such a challenging and rewarding task . |
| 4 | Companies responsible for its prospects have gone out of business seven times , discovering that while they could make money on the big promotions , the building and park were too expensive to run on a tickover basis ( nowadays the park alone costs £650,000 a year to maintain ) , and in an earlier era of six-day working weeks , the public had not much leisure time to spend there anyway . |
| 5 | A Swedish newspaper gave 10,000 kronor ( £830 ) to five stock exchange experts and a chimpanzee with a brief to go away and make money on the market , AP reported . |
| 6 | Well that 's where , I mean , you can make money on the food sometimes ca n't you ? |
| 7 | The Open University was also the subject of debate between Alix Bowen and Teddy Lazenby of the Department of Education and Science : Alix 's face was expressing a most delicate mixture of disbelief , disapprobation and polite attention as Teddy , somewhat indiscreetly presuming on their long , if long-interrupted , acquaintance , revealed what were clearly his own opinions on the inadvisability of wasting money on the education of housewives and taxi drivers . |
| 8 | The Nez Perce made camp on the Clearwater , which Howard dared not cross , then struck their lodges the following morning and headed for Weippe Prairie and the Lolo trail east . |
| 9 | The track gradually dropped to the rippling waters of the Hongu Khola , where we made camp on the banks of the river amidst azaleas and fragrang scrub juniper between the enclosing mountains . |
| 10 | The Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race , colour or nationality . |
| 11 | JUDGE ZORRO ON THE CARPET FOR KISSING USHER |
| 12 | During this time , one senior auction house official noted that ‘ Each house has promised the heirs so much : advances , separate hard-bound catalogue , etc , that no matter which auction house gets it , it is bound to lose money on the sale ’ . |
| 13 | The taxpayer appealed against his 1982/3 capital gains tax assessment on the grounds that the allowable expenditure of £214,602 was less than the amount of the £246,699 capital distribution , and he could therefore elect under s 72(4) to reduce the amount distributed by the entire allowable expenditure on his C Ltd shares ; and that the capital distribution , at 15.58% of the total consideration , was ‘ small , as compared with the value of the shares in respect of which it was distributed ’ ( s 72(2) ) . |
| 14 | Rotating skin on the shoulder blade |
| 15 | The crucial repercussions of the company existing in its own right are that it can hold property , raise money on the security of its property , sue and be sued in its own name , and continue to exist and do business despite changes in membership or its directors . |
| 16 | This discourages mounting adhesive from oozing on to the lower surface of the preparation , where it would affect attachment on the lapping machine 's vacuum chucks . |
| 17 | Powers were given to the directors to borrow money on the security of the rates levied on the five parishes and on the property itself . |
| 18 | Fortunately rather than staying in the main house , she was able to stay with her sister Jane and husband Robert who , as he was a member of the royal Household , enjoyed a grace and favour cottage on the estate . |
| 19 | Partnerships need guidance and support to help those involved to continually reflect on previous learning and to plan change on the basis of this reflection . |
| 20 | ‘ Everyone made money on the immigrant worker — from the big-time capitalist to the slum landlord — from exploiting his colour , his customs , his culture . |
| 21 | His line would be something like this : " You made money on the Rolls Royce , sir . |
| 22 | Her gauntlets gripped the cable and her boots sought purchase on the metal upright . |
| 23 | The second factor associated , in particular , with the applications from the former Eastern Bloc countries is that of the EEC 's trade and tariff policies , which make existence on the doorstep of a protectionist bloc increasingly painful . |
| 24 | Meggie , my sister two years younger than me , was helping Mum on the verandah . |
| 25 | Specifically , the Cairns group members have told trade officials meeting in Geneva that they will obstruct progress on the Uruguay round of tariff-reductions under the CATT unless Europe and America start to talk sense on agriculture . |
| 26 | Special considerations : the sentencer passed sentence on the basis that all three offenders were equally implicated , and imposed the same sentence on each of them , except in respect of the order for deprivation . |
| 27 | would you be willing to scan in the famous ( Fantasy Football League ) page(s) from the telegraph ? several scans ( files ) may be necessary but most of us got tape on the desk … |
| 28 | After the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 , it was his Foreign Secretary , Viscount Castlereagh , who was the butt of Shelley 's philippic : ‘ I met Murder on the way , He had a mask like Castlereagh . ’ |
| 29 | In fact , so contemptible did I find his dismissal of my judgement as to what constitutes talent on the football field , that I flatly refused the £200,000 fee they were willing to pay for Colin Webley and let the useless git go on a free transfer ! |
| 30 | In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner . |