Example sentences of "[pron] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their need for food is easily met and the food we grow for ourselves on agricultural land is little more than a readily-available bonus . |
| 2 | The solid ground rocked and heaved beneath us , but we were soon gorging ourselves on rich noodles and spicy chilled crabs and lobster — forbidden fruit while amongst our Islamic Bugis . |
| 3 | Integrated Programmes — we pride ourselves on developing programmes which integrate management development with the achievement of business objectives as well as achieving an integrated design within the programme itself . |
| 4 | If everyone can manage this we will all be able to go on quietly shaving our heads , lighting our candles , starving ourselves on particular days of the year — and no-one will mind or probably even notice . |
| 5 | I 've put yours on separate sheet , have you seen it ? |
| 6 | He 's not a pensioner , his on Social Security and also he got another his got two his getting ever so I do n't know . |
| 7 | Mr Creme believes Christ has already come again — came a few years ago actually — and is now residing in the Asian community in London , waiting for a more receptive attitude from the press before He shows Himself on worldwide television , when ‘ He wo n't actually speak , but His thoughts , His ideas , His call to humanity , will take place silently , telepathically . ’ |
| 8 | Wittek suggests that Bayezid I was aware of the criticisms of himself on religious grounds and that he sought investiture as Sultan of Rum , a title he already possessed in fact , from the Abbasid caliph in Cairo because he felt the need for a religious sanction for his regime . |
| 9 | he models himself on Dirty Den |
| 10 | There may be areas of the garden which are specially suitable for the patient to work in : he needs to be able to reach the soil with his hands or tools without risking scratching himself on thorny plants or hitting his head or eyes on jutting or overhanging branches . |
| 11 | David Holford , the West Indies team manager , said : ‘ It seems that the strain of at last proving himself on English wickets last year has had an adverse effect on his form . ’ |
| 12 | While they scavenged rotten vegetables from the rubbish tip , he gorged himself on imported delicacies . |
| 13 | Th the decision you were putting to us though Trevor , was whether we put somebody on extra duty payment ? |
| 14 | think back to a few years back when I was in training about a job and you might still think it now , but I could n't give , put ideas over to somebody on one-to-one training . |
| 15 | if you exclude somebody on objective criteria |
| 16 | Across Britain , Tory associations have enough to pay off the Central Office deficit and still spend plenty on local campaigning . |
| 17 | He opts for a single fragment of European culture and , by way of compensation , he must at once reaffirm that ideal of personal and cultural wholeness which on various grounds he now sees immediately symbolized in Schopenhauer — and not least because Schopenhauer , for all his scorn of the contemporary world , unquestionably belongs to it . |
| 18 | The garden is full of scented plants which on warm days infuse the still air . |
| 19 | An additional disbursement under the CCFF , which on present assumptions would be SDR32,600,000 ( about $47,000,000 ) , would be made available later , provided relevant conditions were met . |
| 20 | plays cricket and top-class hockey ( more of which on other pages ) . |
| 21 | The only flexibility in a local authority 's ability to raise finance will be the poll tax , which on current reckoning is intended to make up only 20 per cent of a local authority 's revenue base . |
| 22 | The University has reviewed with faculty boards and other admitting bodies the number of additional graduate students which on academic grounds they would wish to take ( within the limits of their predicted resources ) over the next five to ten years . |
| 23 | Accordingly , particularly in claims which on full liability have very limited value , it is sound economic sense to try and achieve settlement at least two weeks before the Proof and preferably more than that . |
| 24 | Differences of opinion exist among scholars ; sometimes the appearance gives very little to go on — details may have been rubbed off or we may only have a small fragment of a large object to examine ; two or more origins may be possible contenders and it may be impossible to decide which on stylistic grounds alone . |
| 25 | Indeed , they conclude that ‘ it is television that gives millions of people their basic idea of reality ’ , and this may be particularly true for older people , who on average watch 33 hours of television a week , 11 hours more than the national average . |
| 26 | Even if your interest only takes you on regular tours of the local antique or junk shops , it will give you some stimulation . |
| 27 | High-speed lifts land you on manicured pistes after well-disciplined and good-tempered queueing : ‘ After you . |
| 28 | ‘ One day I 'll cook properly for you on Golden Girl . ’ |
| 29 | Buy a puzzle book and take it with you on long journeys in the car , or on public transport , or to use in your lunch hour at work . |
| 30 | ( 1 ) Identify your clients , their type , their location , the types of work you do for them , the amounts they spend with you on personal injury matters : look for trends or patterns that will help your future thinking . |