Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satisfaction and horror jostle for position on his face . |
| 2 | I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it . |
| 3 | EC finance ministers have agreed that an intermediary in a triangular supply of goods can opt to have its customer in the country of destination account for VAT on the intermediary 's behalf ( p 102 ) . |
| 4 | EC finance ministers have now agreed that an intermediary can opt to have its customer in the country of destination account for VAT on the intermediary 's behalf . |
| 5 | The princess decided she wanted to see Paris by night … from the well-known spots where lovers sit for hours on end . |
| 6 | Exceptional costs also provide for losses on a paper mill contract in Jacksonville , Florida . |
| 7 | What is most striking about such groupings is that they provide for careers on the football terraces . |
| 8 | Have the fruit or yogurt for dessert on a second day each week . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you approve ? ’ a voice behind him said , and he turned to see Taheb , dressed in a pleated robe of light wool , slit for coolness on one side to the top of her brown thigh , and edged in dark blue threaded with gold . |
| 10 | Yet they enjoy none of the advantages of debentureholders ; they receive a return on their money only if profits are earned ( and not necessarily even then ) , they rank after creditors on a winding-up and they have less effective remedies against the company . |
| 11 | ‘ Where goods are sold in market overt , according to the usage of the market , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of any defect or want of title on the part of the seller . ’ |
| 12 | ( A gallery of 20/30 spectators and photographers appear like magic on the new road bridge whenever canoes are spotted ) . |
| 13 | THE Essex boys celebrate with champagne on the balcony after clinching the championship at Chelmsford yesterday |
| 14 | Place quenelles of meringue on individual plates and decorate with custard on one side , fruit coulis on the other . |
| 15 | Some have gliders which slot into grooves on the back of the track . |
| 16 | SINGLE INLINE MEMORY MODULES ( SIMMS ) : RAM chips which plug into sockets on the motherboard . |
| 17 | I say with caution on slip and punch lace , since doubling the width of slip can give very long messy floats with some patterns , while with punch lace it can give too many stitches , side by side , knitted only with the fine yarn . |
| 18 | They then interact with microwaves on their way up and again on the way down after gravity has turned them round . |
| 19 | The MF 's inaugural convention and rally in Colombo on Feb. 19 was attended by some 10,000 people , including a number of opposition MPs . |
| 20 | The four first grow in quantities on the steep banks of the rivers in Jamaica , and are generally supposed to drop into the water , and to be carried into the sea ; from thence , by tides and currents , and the predominency of the East wind , to he forced through the gulf of Florida , into the North-American ocean , in the same manner as the Saragosso , a plant growing on the rocks of the seas of Jamaica . |
| 21 | The four first grow in quantities on the steep banks of the rivers in Jamaica , and are generally supposed to drop into the water , and to be carried into the sea ; from thence , by tides and currents , and the predominency of the East wind , to he forced through the gulf of Florida , into the North-American ocean , in the same manner as the Saragosso , a plant growing on the rocks of the seas of Jamaica . |
| 22 | Fly from London on a Saturday two week holiday to give a real taste of the countryside pleasures of Tuscany and Umbria . |
| 23 | A FULL house is expected at Thornley WMC when the Ever Ready Brass Band appear in concert on Tuesday March 24 . |
| 24 | Senior officers have an exclusive say for thirty-six hours and thereafter an influential say before magistrates on how long a suspect should be kept in custody . |
| 25 | In January 1990 Roh said that the opposition might have a limited say in discussions on reunification , but invitations delivered to Panmunjom on Jan. 15 were nevertheless turned down . |
| 26 | We fly to Copenhagen on Monday on the 11.45 SAS flight from Glasgow , then catch the late afternoon flight to Bornholm to arrive in good time for dinner at Svaneke , our base for six days . |
| 27 | In greater or less degree according to their temperaments , their training , their intelligence , they are swayed by prejudice , rely on intuition instead of reasoning , leap to conclusions on inadequate evidence and fail to recognise the cogency of material which might cast doubt on the validity of the conclusions they reach . |
| 28 | I want to gorge on life with you , I want to take your strength from you and give you my care . |
| 29 | In his half-yearly report to Congress on Feb. 21 Greenspan reported guarded optimism about avoiding recession , but he reaffirmed that while concern for inflation persisted interest rates would remain high . |
| 30 | The 1 in 117 climb to Woodhead tunnel , past the empty Torside reservoir , is tackled by Class 76 locomotives Nos 76031 and 76033 with a train of MGR empties from Fiddles Ferry to Wath on 7 September 1980 . |