Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen Mother is believed to be strongly against divorced Anne 's decision to remarry on Saturday . |
| 2 | Consider providing the participating member with the opportunity to report on results of contact directly to the client , in order to ensure effective communication . |
| 3 | Its growth was to cause a storm of protest in the next century from archbishops less inclined to travel than Sigeric ; but we need not doubt that it arose because Sigeric and his like were delighted to have an excuse to go on pilgrimage , and the diary he has left of his movements dwells especially on the many churches in Rome worth a pilgrim 's attention . |
| 4 | But many archbishops were delighted by the excuse to go on pilgrimage to Rome ; and one of the first to benefit from the custom was Sigeric , archbishop of Canterbury ( 990 — 4 ) , who has left us a kind of diary of his visit — first of the churches in Rome which a pilgrim had especially to visit and to pray in , and then of the stages on his long journey back to Canterbury . |
| 5 | We recognize this by our willingness to go on courses , keep up with professional reading , and sometimes update our qualifications ; education authorities recognize this when they encourage us to do so by paying expenses , granting leave of absence , and sometimes secondment on full pay . |
| 6 | At an age when I was having qualms over the philosophy of M. Bergson , he was speaking in a factory yard of the necessity to go on strike . |
| 7 | Members have the opportunity to go on weekend projects , conservation working holidays and training courses run by BTCV all over the country . |
| 8 | The ship will soon be visiting Hartlepool giving Hurworth residents the opportunity to go on board and meet crew members . |
| 9 | She is staying at home this summer because she says she does n't make enough money to go on holiday . |
| 10 | Democracy , explained Mr McIverney , was all about the decisions of Parliament , and Parliament had granted his engineers permission to go on site . |
| 11 | On a lighter note , but still on the animal theme , rumbling Scottish popcore outfit EUGENIUS have rented a full-size cow from the Milk Marketing Board to go on display in the Glasgow Virgin Megastore to promote their debut album ‘ Oomalama ’ . |
| 12 | We sold ourselves short then but we believe we have the ability and the temperament to cope on Sunday . ’ |
| 13 | That is an unfair responsibility to impose on institutions that will not want to retain holdings in all 10 authorities . |
| 14 | I was a day-boy , I had permission to concentrate on music . |
| 15 | Since school reports can stand separately from this it is possible to revise present reporting systems in preparation for the whole National Curriculum to come on stream . |
| 16 | This area is seen as only one of a number of possible future points of development , for plans are being discussed for setting up a linked structure of subject panels from national down to district and location level to give all teachers the opportunity to comment on materials and raise suggestions for new approaches . |
| 17 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on CCW 's proposed hedgerow renovation scheme prior to its launch . |
| 18 | Questions relating to an offence may not be put to a person after he has been charged with that offence , or informed that he may be prosecuted for it , unless they are necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to some other person or to the public or for clearing up an ambiguity in a previous answer or statement , or where it is in the interests of justice that the person should have put to him and have an opportunity to comment on information concerning the offence which has come to light since he was charged or informed that he might be prosecuted . |
| 19 | There were other reports that judges had been refused permission to appear on television in the early 1980s . |
| 20 | Different attitudes are required , capable of rising above and not being muddled by the pressing detail of daily affairs , bringing broad experience and greater discrimination to bear on planning and development issues . |
| 21 | The company said end of year financial results — which recorded its first profitable quarter , thought to be around $1m on revenues of $45m — will give it the opportunity to concentrate on software . |
| 22 | A new German willingness to compromise on farm subsidies , however , emerged on Oct. 9 , and by Oct. 14 the GATT Director-General Arthur Dunkel was able to tell the IMF/World Bank meeting in Bangkok that there were real prospects of concluding the Uruguay Round by end-year , a deadline he had presented as crucial if the whole process were not to end in failure . |
| 23 | Fraser Morrison , the chairman of HIE , said Mrs Grant had brought astute private sector experience to bear on HIE 's development strategies . |
| 24 | If workers hold a democratic vote to go on strike for whatever reason , it ill becomes a Labour government to legislate to make it unlawful . |
| 25 | A : what have you got to do this afternoon B : oh I 'm * going to repair the child bar A : what do you mean CHILD bar B : uh it 's er metal bar goes acr — has to be fixed from one side of the car I mean from one side of the back seat to the other for the BABY seat to go on A : AH … |
| 26 | Sources at the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) in Vienna , whose demands to inspect suspected North Korean nuclear facilities prompted the withdrawal from the NPT , said it was unprecedented for a signatory to renege on membership . |
| 27 | The more that governments raise the costs of legitimate waste disposal , in an attempt to impose on polluters the true costs of their activities , the greater will be the price difference between lawful and illegal disposal — and the greater the incentive to dump waste in the most environmentally harmful way . |
| 28 | In 1963 she joined the BBC and worked on everything from Steptoe and Son to That Was The Week That Was , before reaching her real ambition to work on Playschool . |
| 29 | On the industrial side , NCS wants the remainder of the DTI programme to concentrate on demonstrator projects , with the DTI being more active in its links with manufacturers . |
| 30 | This is now a quite normal Condition to impose on suppliers , whose output quality may be rigorously tested by customers prior to the acceptance of batches of products ; undertake ( and pay for ) specified research , development and design activities needed to meet the specifications laid down by the customer . |