Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told himself that he was the last man who could reasonably be expected to advise or reassure on the problems of pregnancy and he sensed that Rickards 's unhappiness at his wife 's absence went deeper than missing her company . |
| 2 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 3 | The CEGB 's case is likely to stand or fall on the economics of the project . |
| 4 | For the government , acceptance of central planning did not stand or fall on the issue of nationalisation . |
| 5 | While difficulties in calculating harm may impede the application of the ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle , the regulation of insider dealing should not stand or fall on the fact that proof of harm is difficult to acquire . |
| 6 | It seems that the case for elaboration , and thus for the Withington-Barton Farm-Woodchester order of development , must stand or fall on the implications of the stylistic inter-relationships of the pavements themselves . |
| 7 | She did n't want to talk or exclaim on the beauty of the view , and as though Matthew was also aware of their silent communication , he laid his hand gently on her shoulder . |
| 8 | terminals in restaurants , switchboard , porters desks , housekeeping office to post charges direct to the guest 's account or in the case of the housekeeper to enquire or update on the room status ; |
| 9 | the done thing for driving horses to canter or gallop on the road , they never ever should . |
| 10 | Masonry may crack or crumble on the wall of the taller building where the roof of the shorter one abuts . |
| 11 | The Highways Department will sink or swim on the basis of everyone pulling together . ’ |
| 12 | In his deliberations whether to sell or keep on the mill as a holiday home he had seen it as a refuge from London , eccentric and remote , providing a temporary escape from the demands of his job and the pressures of success . |
| 13 | There would have been little room to work or store on the gallery , but it could have been a convenient place to display finished work for the approval of the merchants riding round the countryside in search of stock , as the main road passes nearby and upon which the main flow of riders would have travelled . |
| 14 | Innocent moved within the framework of the old doctrine that only a general council could declare or pronounce on the faith ( Isidore of Seville ) , establish doctrine and condemn heresies . |
| 15 | Later on , as we relaxed back at the refuge , our peace was shattered by the guardian informing us we were forbidden to eat , cook , or sleep on the terrace . |
| 16 | If you could imagine yourself being without the radio , T. V. , or telephone then you just might come close to imagining how difficult it must have been to spread or hand on the message of Christianity . |
| 17 | For a start his mother had always taught him that it was a sin to work or play on the Sabbath . |
| 18 | As for his suggestion that I should comment or write on the series , I did not follow this up . |
| 19 | Do not scold or dispute on the way to , or during time-out . |
| 20 | The Eurodisney share price , 707p in sterling terms , is determined by its price in Paris and the relative exchange rates , and the issue will succeed or fail on the willingness of ordinary French people to invest in this project . |
| 21 | This statement is difficult to refute or accept on the base of current research evidence . |
| 22 | Rain is hard on your hands during ferreting , nets become unmanageable and less effective and it is n't possible either to kneel or lie on the ground in any comfort . |
| 23 | Rather than focus on the spot where he wants the ball to land , the fairway bunker and the trees are uppermost in his mind . |
| 24 | put more infrastructure in so that then the farmers can send their children to school rather than work on the land . |
| 25 | Both king and commons had an interest in compromise rather than conflict on the question of taxation in the 1340s and 1350s . |
| 26 | Rather than dwell on the past , he wants to talk about his grandson . |
| 27 | They are considering now short-term leases rather than sell on the market as it is at the present , and they are including the clinic in the buildings for which they are looking for alternative uses . |
| 28 | O. M. Honoré pointed out that even if an ( informal ) arbitration concluded in my favour , if I later become convinced that my original claim was mistaken I should acknowledge the claim of the other litigant rather than rely on the arbitrator 's decision . |
| 29 | Because the definition of ‘ informal carer ’ can be so vague , we decided to focus on each person 's principal carer ( if there was one ) , defined on the objective criterion that he or she spent a minimum of seven hours per week ( on average one hour per day ) doing things with or on behalf of the dementia sufferer , rather than rely on the more subjective criterion of who appears to be most responsible for the sufferer . |
| 30 | It is also better if you use an extension microphone rather than rely on the inbuilt one to pick up your words of wisdom . |