Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , since the presence of the deceased on the premises was in direct contravention of an express instruction issued by the brewery to their manager , the brewery were not liable ; his permission to remain on the premises had ceased at closing time , 10.30 p.m . |
| 2 | The inhumanity seems to lie in allowing the full weight of responsibility to fall on the child . |
| 3 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 4 | The Chronicle says that in 1009 an opportunity to fall on the enemy was let slip on account of Eadric , " as it always was " . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're after an excuse to go on the prowl round those fashion-shops again — is n't that the truth of it ? ’ |
| 6 | AN HOUR to spare on a recent visit to London gave me the opportunity to visit the famous Science Museum 's well-advertised new gallery ‘ Physics and Nuclear Power ’ . |
| 7 | He slipped his arm around her and they walked through the park to sit on a secluded seat there . |
| 8 | No progress to report on the Baberton Crescent scheme but enquiries have been received from Woodhall area . |
| 9 | No progress to report on the Baberton Crescent scheme but enquiries have been received from Woodhall area . |
| 10 | A number of courses give students an opportunity to go on a short relevant placement in an organization outside the University , where they gain experience of the world of work and in applying the skills they have learnt . |
| 11 | It is not surprising that many citizens ‘ banned and cursed her ’ , nor is it wholly surprising that there were some among them prepared to give her money to go on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St James of Compostella in Spain . |
| 12 | The Young King had been pressing for permission to go on a pilgrimage to Compostella but Henry II , believing that this was just an excuse to get away from his watchful eye , had instead ordered him to help suppress the rebellion in Aquitaine . |
| 13 | One of the events which shook her most of all was the occasion upon which her mother gave her permission to go on the school trip to Paris . |
| 14 | With respect to the reason for Molla Fenari 's going on the pilgrimage , he writes that an invasion of Edirne and its environs by the combined forces of Seyh Bedreddin and Duzme Mustafa led Molla Fenari to seek permission to go on the pilgrimage , though it is not clear whether Husameddin means that simply the fact of the invasion or that Molla Fenari 's supposed complicity with Seyh Bedreddin led him to decide to " remove himself from the scene : in any case both the circumstances and the chronology of events in the period are too uncertain to allow one to evaluate the argument properly . |
| 15 | Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell . |
| 16 | According to Lord Wilson , the most recent premier to go on the record about the conventions of minute-taking , ‘ the writing of the Conclusions is the unique responsibility of the Secretary of the Cabinet … . |
| 17 | In passing the bill Bourassa successfully resisted pressure from the separatist Parti Quebecois for an immediate referendum to capitalize on the post-Meech Lake disenchantment felt by many francophone Quebeckers towards anglophone Canada . |
| 18 | It was only after the demise of the ruling reptiles that the class had the opportunity to capitalize on the evolutionary advantages which propelled them to the dominance they have enjoyed ever since . |
| 19 | What had been happening was an assumption of power on the part of the Vietminh and the demonstration that a communist party could seize the opportunity to capitalize on the power of nationalism at a moment of unparalleled opportunity . |
| 20 | where there has been surprise , as where the trial judge allows the case to proceed on a basis other than that pleaded without giving the other side an opportunity to consider the new material ; |
| 21 | At all events , Mr. Nicholls was content in the present case to proceed on the basis of the law as stated in Reg. v. Galbraith , and on that basis he submitted that the magistrate was entitled , on the evidence before him , to conclude that there was such evidence before him as would justify the committal of the applicant , the question of the reliability of Price 's evidence being a matter for the Swedish court . |
| 22 | The proclamation will have summoned the Parliament to meet on a specified day and it is up to the victors to turn up on that day at the time prescribed . |
| 23 | The commission created a subcommission of members in Paris with Friedel as chairman to work on the document . |
| 24 | In fact this put severe restrictions on the committee 's deliberations , and the chairman repeatedly had to advise counsel for both the GMC and the defence that it was not their function to comment on the relative merits or otherwise of alternative forms of medicine . |
| 25 | The economic recession of the late 1970s has meant not only that government funds have become even more scarce for such policies but also that government and public concern has shifted away from issues of inequality to concentrate on the problems of productivity and economic growth . |
| 26 | But this interpretation is challenged by the observation that a reminder treatment ( foot-shock administered in a different apparatus from that used to train the avoidance response ) will allow the avoidance response to appear on a subsequent retention test . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's always a fantastic experience to pull on a Scotland jersey and run out at Murrayfield : I get a tremendous buzz from that , ’ he says . |
| 28 | Minns brought a broad range of expertise to bear on a field extending from eastern Europe to China , while at the same time paying close attention to the antiquities and books of his own college , where he occupied the same rooms over a period of fifty-five years as undergraduate , fellow , president ( 1928–49 ) , and senior fellow . |
| 29 | Multiprofessional teams bring a range of educational backgrounds , training and expertise to bear on the management of individual cases , which ensures that care is not dominated by one single professional approach . |
| 30 | By the end of the war this culture had been defeated , and the victorious Puritans and their nonconformist allies who had gained control of the reins of central government believed they now had an opportunity to impose on the whole nation the same moral reforms that prior to 1640 they had struggled to instigate piecemeal at a local level . |