Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Australia , Canada and the United States during the 1970s inquiries into the political police and internal-security agencies demonstrated clearly that reliance on interviews with chief constables and general assertions of good faith by all concerned would be inadequate . |
| 2 | It should finally be noted that it has also emerged that reliance on markets as a disciplinary device , and in particular on the market for control , is itself far from costless . |
| 3 | So it is easy option to borrow and spend that money on services . |
| 4 | There 's that windmill on legs look . |
| 5 | Such , at least , is the suggestion of that play on words . |
| 6 | Erm I think they , I think they do that during the day and then in the evening it 's on for anybody else who wants to see that take-off on cheeses . |
| 7 | He preferred to keep acquaintances as such , rarely divulged his feelings and placed little reliance on others . |
| 8 | It stands to reason , therefore , that outlay on buildings and equipment should be kept to the minimum required for the efficient production of healthy crops and livestock . |
| 9 | It appears that the Gulf War has had little effect on exports to this area , although it should be added that much of the conflict post dated the period covered by the survey . |
| 10 | The severe depression of 1878 — 83 , which was longer and deeper in the coffee-growing Central Province than elsewhere , had little effect on cattle stealing ( Table 3.6 and Figure 3.1 ) . |
| 11 | In claiming that terminal examinations have little effect on patterns of teaching and learning , Hammersley and Scarth 's research does , however , focus on only one tightly defined area of classroom learning ( overall patterns of public whole-class talk ) . |
| 12 | ‘ The sales increase evident from the New Year has had little effect on margins and the key to the future is purchaser confidence . ’ |
| 13 | Adding this to the second suggestion , it follows that the change of context produced by introducing reinforcers in the conditioning stage will have little effect on subjects given pre-exposure to the context but will limit the degree to which latent inhibition is shown by subjects not given pre-exposure . |
| 14 | When we looked at the additional explanatory power brought to these models by information about the worker 's family responsibilities we found that parenthood had little effect on men 's labour force participation or pay . |
| 15 | This strategy is particularly interesting in that it implies an awareness of a lack in the Oxfordshire scheme , which provides neither guidance on strategies for looking at the curriculum nor criteria for judging its appropriateness and adequacy , but merely requires teachers to do it . |
| 16 | Should the Programmer be prevented for any reason from completing and delivering the Program by the agreed date , then as an alternative ( in the case of the Programmer 's breach ) to terminating this Agreement the Publisher , after giving the Programmer reasonable notice , may commission the completion of the Program by another programmer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties ; the payment due to the Programmer under Clause 2 shall be altered accordingly ; and the Programmer will immediately deliver to the Publisher such materials as he has prepared , and refund any advance of payment which he has received . |
| 17 | Should the Programmer be prevented for any reason from completing and delivering the Program by the agreed date , then as an alternative ( in the case of the Programmer 's breach ) to terminating this Agreement the Publisher , after giving the Programmer reasonable notice , may commission the completion of the Program by another programmer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties ; the payment due to the Programmer under Clause 2 shall be altered accordingly ; and the Programmer will immediately deliver to the Publisher such materials as he has prepared , and refund any advance of payment which he has received . |
| 18 | This teaching on relationships in Paul 's letter to the Romans comes as the climax of a detailed treatise expounding Paul 's gospel , the peace which God makes between man and himself . |
| 19 | It is better to control them during this ‘ in-ground ’ period , the best control being achieved by watering down a solution of a chemical , one of a group with the long name ‘ chlorinated hydrocarbons ’ , and used primarily in this case on lawns as a wormkiller . |
| 20 | The seymouriamorphs appeared in the Upper Carboniferous and developed rapidly and spectacularly into groups of more advanced reptiles , some feeding on plants . |
| 21 | 3.2 Should the Company be prevented for any reason whatsoever from completing the Work in the time agreed in Schedule I then the Publisher after giving the Company reasonable notice may commission the completion of the Work by another writer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties and the terms in Schedule II shall be altered accordingly or the Publisher may withdraw from the Agreement . |
| 22 | As a matter of fact er as the years went by we got this benevolent fund and we used to give all the old w as a mat we got a pension fund I know it do n't sound much now , but at that time like during and just after the War we paid twelve and sixpence a week pension to all everybody who 'd retired from the union after they 'd done time , and we also gave them extra grants and took them on er you know outings until a time I said , Well we 're spending all this money on outings , we could buy a bungalow at the seaside and let them all go you know pensioners go in their turn free . |
| 23 | on armaments and erm , I , would n't it be prudent to insure that erm they stop spending all this money on armaments before any aid is given to them ? |
| 24 | ‘ Obviously if the FHSAs are paying out all this money on fundholders there is less of a limited pot for other doctors and their patients , ’ he said . |
| 25 | With Abraham 's and Sarah 's laughter the storyteller is indulging in another play on words . |
| 26 | But he must go on to explain the sorts of variations which have this effect on individuals ( or other subjects ) if he is to rely on counterfactual claims about the actions of subjects . |
| 27 | Supply teachers are more effective and happier when they are given some guidance on routines and expectations . |
| 28 | In doing so we shall concentrate in this chapter on lines of research that address the general issue of whether psychosis and creativity are in fact connected . |
| 29 | ( See a note at the end of this chapter on editions of these texts . ) |
| 30 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I think it 's time we did another piece on allergies . ’ |