Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paradoxically , the more moderate of them are insisting on the maintenance of their block votes because the party is still not fully democratic . |
| 2 | These researches and others like them are based on innumerable hours of field study in remote places . |
| 3 | Her materials consist of marble dust , gypsum cement , resins and rhoplex , but the ways in which she works with them are based on a kind of body language , using gestures that are related to her subject matter . |
| 4 | So many of them are based on wordplay , puns . ’ |
| 5 | A random sample of herds might indicate that 40% of them are grazing on marginal land ; but if animals were the unit of study we might find only 20% of animals to be on marginal grazing , i.e. the 40% of herds are the smaller ones accounting for only 20% of the cattle . |
| 6 | Two of them are shown on the right with their lines of symmetry drawn . |
| 7 | Fairfax and I are sitting on the verandah at Folly Farm . |
| 8 | At the moment he and I are working on a scheme which could wreck this political organisation for good . |
| 9 | That is information I am passing on having received no illuminated address from manufacturers for helping peppermint sales to rise dramatically . |
| 10 | It all makes me even more angry at the injustice of the situation , and then I worry that I am passing on that anger when I 'm with the boys . ’ |
| 11 | To return to this country , I am advising on a draft Bill for the protection of antiquities the Society of Antiquaries , the Council for British Archaeology and the museum profession are behind it . |
| 12 | This being the case , I can not thank personally in any way other than through your column , but if this person should read this letter I would be very pleased if I am contacted on Darlington . |
| 13 | I should make it clear that I am drawing on notions of an idealised business environment when I refer to unambiguous communication being the motive power which occasions accountability . |
| 14 | He himself says in his 2nd Edition of the Perambulation of Kent , which he revised whilst living here , " At this place of the Bishop in Halling I am drawing on the last scene of my life , where God has given me Liberorum Ouadrigam , all the fruit that I ever had " . |
| 15 | After all , that 's the amount I am receiving on my War Loan Stock . |
| 16 | Now they have brought forward a plan which is that they should lend me sufficient money to rent another house in which Mr Landor is to have the first floor , comprising three rooms , a book closet , and a terrace , and I am to reside on the ground floor and care for him receiving £30 a year for my trouble . |
| 17 | I am writing on behalf of the Princes Trust Community Venture in Cornwall . |
| 18 | I am writing on behalf of organisations in Bath and Wiltshire which provide residential services to people with learning difficulties . |
| 19 | If I am writing on this side of the paper I can not at the same moment be writing on the other side . |
| 20 | I AM writing on behalf of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection to ask you to support the Walk for Laboratory Animals on Sunday , September 26 , at 31 venues . |
| 21 | I AM writing on behalf of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection ( BUAV ) to ask your readers to support the Walk For Laboratory Animals which is happening on |
| 22 | I AM writing on behalf of the ships company of HMS Active , and in particular the Petty Officers ' mess , to formally thank the city of Liverpool for the excellent hospitality that has been shown to us during our visit . |
| 23 | Although I am questioned on this in moments of crisis , I firmly believe it to be true . |
| 24 | I am speaking on behalf of West Belfast Action for the Unemployed , a group of local community activists and welfare rights workers . |
| 25 | Heyward however shifts ground : ‘ I am hooked on Jesus . |
| 26 | ‘ I am calling on my officers to give extra attention to temples and mosques in the area and people must be urged to be vigilant to protect their property , ’ he said . |
| 27 | When I am fishing on my own I only weigh them straight away if they appear to be over 9lb , and leave the weighing until I pack in if they appear to be less . |
| 28 | I am bashing on all speed with the job . |
| 29 | Nowadays , I am consulted on all matters pertaining to him , and I feel my role is to make him better known . |
| 30 | Yes I am piling on the drama a bit , but there is a serious point being made . |