Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good examples are angelfish species which browse on sponges in the wild and butterflyfish which feed on coral polyps . |
| 2 | Residents fled on foot through the wooded hills . |
| 3 | For extraction of platelet activating factor and platelet activating factor precursors , gastric juice samples were immediately mixed on ice with 100% ethanol ( 1 vol:4 vol ) and kept at -20°C until platelet activating factor assay . |
| 4 | ‘ Families sleep on floors at relatives and friends . |
| 5 | A number of States made the declaration , commonly called ‘ the Article 23 reservation ’ that they would not act on requests for the pre-trial discovery of documents . |
| 6 | GOVERNMENT must act on quotas for suckler cows and breeding ewes which threaten the future of the landlord tenant system , the Scottish Landowners ' Federation claimed yesterday . |
| 7 | 4.1.1 The Lead Organization has represented and acted on behalf of the Parties in making an application to IEATP for a Government Grant and shall represent and act on behalf of the parties in the acceptance of such Grant on terms acceptable to all of the Parties hereto including the completion of the project to the satisfaction of IEATP . |
| 8 | One State may act on behalf of another , either on a one-off basis , or more regularly , as in the arrangement between a protected and protecting State . |
| 9 | Just as a State may act on behalf of another State or other legal entity , so too an organisation might be seen as acting as agent for its member States . |
| 10 | A true representative is surely someone who is authorized to speak and act on behalf of those ( s ) he represents , and who has been so authorized by them . |
| 11 | There will be a , a Conservative Party appointed agent who will act on behalf of all those candidates and simply fill in the election expenses The accounts are submitted to the returning officer . |
| 12 | Shortly afterwards I was telephoned by Morgan Phillips , the general secretary of the Labour Party , to say that Randolph had issued a writ for breach of copyright and was applying for an injunction that very afternoon , and would I act on behalf of the Labour Party ? |
| 13 | There were on each circuit panels of barristers prepared to advise and act on behalf of any barrister threatened with a wasted costs order . |
| 14 | Who gets to define , measure and act on quality in the NHS is , according to Pollitt ( 1992 ) , divided up along " tribal " lines reflecting professional demarcation boundaries and struggles for control among competing groups . |
| 15 | The social services team contracted to take and act on referrals within specified times ( the office would be manned between 9 am and 5 pm and referrals would be taken by a duty officer ; urgent referrals would be dealt with within two hours , non-urgent cases would be contacted within five working days ) . |
| 16 | On Aug. 24 the NEC announced that fresh elections would take place in three rounds between Sept. 12 and Sept. 26 , when voting would only be permitted on production of membership cards which would be issued to party members in the interim . |
| 17 | The Tony Castro-designed Juno IV was comfortably ahead of the other boats of her size and won on handicap by over a minute . |
| 18 | So we 're trying to encourage the equipment suppliers now to look again at what they have won on business for Eurofighter and perhaps allocate the work between themselves a lot more efficiently so that instead of each one of the four members building a given percentage of the five items , they say right we 'll take this one , all of it and we 'll build all of it , you take that one , all of it and build that one and so on an and in that way we might be able to er er improve considerably on the costs of production . |
| 19 | That was won on appeal after withdrawal of the highway reasons , and the fact that the local authority had n't backed up their refusal with more of the reasons which we put forward , for instance |
| 20 | Bantamweight Karen Briggs , featherweight Sharon Rendle and light-middleweight Diane Bell all won on Saturday with performances that make them odds-on favourites for medals in Barcelona . |
| 21 | The sale of council houses , as Malpass and Murie argue , ‘ reduces the housing opportunities of those who must rent — of those who can not buy on grounds of means , age and eligibility for borrowing — and who rely on becoming council tenants and on transfers and exchanges to satisfy their housing need . ’ |
| 22 | It 's my pleasure and honour on behalf of the Eastern Centre to welcome you to this third Cambridge symposium . |
| 23 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 24 | Fly on wings of love in the air and to the skies , be exempt like the sun from all riding beasts … |
| 25 | We 've reached a break in the programme : she seems to be overreacting to an advert for the hot dogs and popcorn on sale in the foyer . |
| 26 | With oil consumption contracting to one-third of energy requirements by the end of the century the main weight of meeting increased demand will fall on imports of gas and coal and the increase of indigenous energy production through nuclear power . |
| 27 | Do not pile up plates or saucepans higgledy - piggledy on a high shelf , where they can so easily fall on top of you when you reach up for something . |
| 28 | For a moment Lambert want rigid with horror as it looked as if the fire would fall on top of them ; but they drifted clear . |
| 29 | Bosses at Toys R Us , which has been opening on Sundays for more than a year , say the extra day is a definite boost to sales . |
| 30 | Your article also reported that a record number of stores are opening on Sundays in the lead-up to Christmas . |