Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | B. When trade started , people walked or rode on horseback or in waggons to those villages which were chosen to have weekly markets . |
| 2 | The memorandum of association of the Ashbury Railway Company stated the company 's objects to be : ‘ to make or sell or lend on hire railway carriages , wagons and all kinds of railway plant , fittings , machinery and rolling stock ; to carry on the business of mechanical engineers and general contractors , to purchase and sell as merchants timber , coal , metal and other materials , and to buy and sell such materials on commission or as agents ’ . |
| 3 | Scarcely a day passes without us reading in the newspapers or seeing on television assaults , batteries , violent acts of all kinds . |
| 4 | DEC also said it would provide R4000-based daughter cards to upgrade existing R3000 DECstations and DECsystems , but would give no indication as to whether it would proceed with MIPS beyond the R4000 , or concentrate on Alpha . |
| 5 | Those familiar with philosophical writing on causation , or touching on causation , will have noticed that our analysis so far of it has taken the terms necessary connection " , " nomic connection " , and " lawlike connection " as synonymous , but has made little reference to laws . |
| 6 | Or you may be a carer looking for help to enable you to take a break , either for regular short spells , or to go on holiday or in an emergency . |
| 7 | or sticking on top of it er loosely er amendment |
| 8 | These also involve processing within the brain but are slightly different from what is normally meant by thinking or drawing on memory and experience . |
| 9 | If you have too many pumpkin seeds they are delicious in stews or roasted on top of cheese on toast . |
| 10 | All the enterprising , healthy people have left for other planets on which the replicants are slaves and soldiers ( they are not wanted or permitted on Earth , with the doubtful exception of Rachael ) . |
| 11 | For a decorative effect , space the ridges widely on a garment , or place on ridge level with the armhole on body and sleeves to form a yoke effect . |
| 12 | Following the case of Re Beecham Group Ltd 's Application there seems to be a good chance of any restriction contained in a s.52 agreement being modified or discharged on application ; the Tribunal in that case modifying a restriction contained in a s.52 agreement to allow development , on the basis that the local authority would suffer no injury if the restriction was modified . |
| 13 | If either party has the option to require the instrument to be redeemed or cancelled and , under the terms of the instrument , it is uncertain as to whether such an option will be exercised , the term should be taken to end on the earliest date at which the instrument would be redeemed or cancelled on exercise of such an option . |
| 14 | Finally avoid wearing nylon clothes or walking on nylon carpet if at all possible . |
| 15 | Thus many farmers have young store cattle which they either sell at market or fatten on fodder crops on their own farms . |
| 16 | And he does not like to be reminded of the gaffes he made as deputy chairman — branding the young unemployed as workshy , or musing on Radio Ulster whether Ian Paisley might like to be prime minister of a united Ireland . |
| 17 | My colleagues and I , therefore , are agreed that as a general rule it is undesirable for members of the judiciary to broadcast on the wireless or to appear on television … |
| 18 | There is always in such cases the possibility that the contributions would be reduced or cease on marriage . |
| 19 | Some working-class groups are the same , able to have a knees-up in a pub , sing in a bus or appear on panel games on television in which they laugh loudly , show disappointment openly and accept the idea that luck is more important than knowledge . |
| 20 | Eagle-spotting was becoming a national pastime and experts on birds of prey suddenly found themselves being quoted in every paper or interviewed on radio and television . |
| 21 | In Britain , copyright exists as soon as a song is recorded on to tape or written on manuscript . |
| 22 | Both sexes recognisable by heavy shovel-shaped bill producing characteristic head-down attitude when at rest or swimming on water . |
| 23 | All contributions should be framed or mounted on board and deposited with Jill Morgan at the Rochdale Art Gallery from Saturday 12 October 1991 . |
| 24 | You may have read in the press or seen on T.V. the proposed Regional Health Authority ( R.H.A. ) plans for ‘ improving ’ our health service , which include the closure of several of our local hospitals including ‘ The Sorrento ’ . |
| 25 | We have always loved to talk about and look at ourselves , as anyone who has watched or seen on TV home videos of family life can tell you . |
| 26 | The term ‘ own account ’ includes ( in the words of the FTA ) ‘ the delivery and collection of goods sold , bought , used or let on hire or hire purchase or processed in the course of the operator 's trade or business whether transport costs are included in the price of the articles involved or charged separately ’ . |
| 27 | However carefully you are prepared , buying a farm can be an exciting and hectic experience , and there is always the danger of making a subjective judgement or acting on impulse ; it is here that experienced friends are invaluable . |
| 28 | However , as it is the only qualification in this area , we have endless problems in discouraging people from attributing to it all sorts of accreditations for which it was not designed and have to point out that it does not qualify people to interpret , give advice or act on behalf of others . |
| 29 | The White Paper instead proposed that prohibition would apply to chief executives , chief officers , deputies and others who regularly advise or act on behalf of their councils — a concerted attempt to reduce the impact of ‘ twin tracking ’ in local politics . |
| 30 | Prohibition will apply to chief executives , chief officers , deputies and others who regularly advise or act on behalf of their councils . |