Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] on the " 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 | No progress to report on the Baberton Crescent scheme but enquiries have been received from Woodhall area . |
| 7 | No progress to report on the Baberton Crescent scheme but enquiries have been received from Woodhall area . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 … . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The commission created a subcommission of members in Paris with Friedel as chairman to work on the document . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The unwary movement caused her foot to slip on the footpath made muddy by the overnight rain . |
| 22 | Instrumentation and instrumental techniques necessary for bringing the laws of the paradigm to bear on the real world will also be included in the paradigm . |
| 23 | Well maybe he 's er got a contract to appear on the media . |
| 24 | The Buchan Meat chairman , Peter McKilligin , argued against change and urged the FASL board to concentrate on the scheme in existence . |
| 25 | These were held in belated recognition that the entirely private exercise last time had given the public not even a token opportunity to comment on the various applicants . |
| 26 | When the UKCC announced its proposals for community nursing , Professional Nurse congratulated Council on its approach , which looked set to unite community nursing and pave the way for an improved service for patients , and also for giving nurses the opportunity to comment on the proposals in true democratic fashion . |
| 27 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the revision of this important planning guidance note . |
| 28 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposed revision of MPG6 . |
| 29 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposals currently being considered by the Government for tackling the problems associated with minerals planning permissions granted in the 1950s , 60s and 70s . |
| 30 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the revision of this important planning guidance note . |