Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say that on behalf of the party he beat as opposed to the one that he put into third place — the Conservative party , which was marginalised in that by-election . |
| 2 | I say that on behalf of the permanent year-round staff at Festival House ( 3.5 people for the Festival and 2.0 for QFT ) but also on behalf of the professional staffs of the Grand Opera House , the Lyric , the Arts , the Ulster Orchestra , the Ulster Hall , the Ulster Museum , Stranmillis College , the Old Museum — in fact , all who help make the Festival the great event it is . |
| 3 | It was that smell that on summer mornings most clearly brought back to her the lanes of her Shropshire childhood . |
| 4 | I fear that on health , as on other issues , that is all too true . |
| 5 | Some investigations conclude that on balance the existence of a large firm is actually in the public interest . |
| 6 | Its latest figures show that on £1.2bn of business it only made £18m profit . |
| 7 | there and perhaps coming on to the Residents ' Association point that made in their proof , that our forecasts actually show that on balance , er er there would be an increase in flow in fact on the on that route as it approaches the A sixty one . |
| 8 | Statistics show that on average 924 prescriptions are dispensed each month . |
| 9 | I hope that on reflection he will agree that that is good . |
| 10 | They have both been occasional golfers , which they still enjoy when on holiday in Spain or Portugal . |
| 11 | I know that on Sunday I was on , on the watch , this weekend , and there was so much ice on the river , our anchor boat which is all made of wood , that 's moored up alongside the dredger and when I went along and got , that was about twelve o'clock in the mid-day . |
| 12 | Police know that on Saturday — two days before the murders — Julie cashed £340 in travellers cheques and carried the 1,500 South African rand in her wallet . |
| 13 | You also know that on page nine of our interest statement we have created a non-distributable special reserve against which we are writing off our good-will reserve . |
| 14 | Er because they know that on average unless things change a lot , that they they 're following this curve this growth this growth curve . |
| 15 | Thirty five people who were killed that day and remember that on Yorkshire television it 's been established that there were and this is something you got ta over , people like you had got the ear of the Special Branch and murky people in the establishment of the |
| 16 | I want your word that you 'll treat anything you see or hear while on board this boat as absolutely confidential . ’ |
| 17 | Suppose that on December l , X agreed to buy from Y for £100 one ton of corn to be delivered on January 1 . |
| 18 | Checking logbooks I note that on March 20 , 1952 F/L Easter was airborne in Washington WF512 from Coningsby at 1330hrs en route for a practise radar bombing trip to Germany . |
| 19 | Erm , I note that on paper R earlier , we er , approved the recommendation to ask Resources Management sub-committee to approve the release of three thousand of registration service carry forward monies , and we 're now being asked to approve our budget next year , which er , also reduces twenty thousand for registration service . |
| 20 | A convention exists when people follow certain rules or maxims for reasons that essentially include their expectation that others will follow the same rules or maxims , and they will follow rules for that reason when they believe that on balance having some settled rule is more important than having any particular rule . |
| 21 | Erm , I take the view that we ought to try and make the existing arrangements work and we are fast approaching a very key point er in that process erm I understand that on Thursday , er securities and investments board , the board will consider the er P I A , proposed P I A prospectus and that er within a week or so we shall all be able to read it and to look at it erm and the key point , which really is arises out of what we 're discussing tonight , the key point is what regulatory framework should the P I A place on intermediaries and on er life assurance companies , pension funds , financial advisors generally er in order to ensure that the public interest is protected and that if there are potential frauds erm such as the Levitt case er that we talked about earlier and I think the honourable member in sort of by implication in terms of er community service , er punishments that he referred to , er had also that in mind , er just what should we do to ensure that if there is malpractice and fraud , it 's picked up very , very quickly . |
| 22 | Can do yes but they reckon that on average each generation of people is bigger bodily built than er parents . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , while Reece and Cool feel that on balance they are not , Anthony , Dearden and Bedford ( 1984 , p. 362 ) continue to insist that their experience tells them that they are , and Hayes and Garvin ( 1982 ) obviously agree . |
| 24 | I feel that on behalf of all my colleagues who umpire at all levels of the fame I have to reply to Tim Byran 's letter ( WCM May ) . |
| 25 | Before residents arrive and on arrival , it 's important that a care assistant , who may be their key worker , is on hand to help them feel at home . |
| 26 | I can not express to you the charm that hangs about a mountain like Ben Each as the mists swathe its rocky sides ; they rise , they fall , they whirl , they soar as on wings of light , they cast shadows , they give grand mystery , and anon reveal some hidden dell , some great bare precipice , or perhaps display a glowing patch of verdure . |
| 27 | Here , here , I second that on H on page thirty one very important one , the county council welcomes the recognition by the joint working party of the importance of meaningful support services to the elected members and the recomme recommendation that the Secretary of State should review and clarify the powers of local authorities to meet costs of services provided to members to enable them to carry out their duties as councillors Now the erm members appointments , appointments of member services sub have been discussing this issue and I would like to point out to members that we are not claiming the amount allowable for the paying members allowances we erm we 're way below the limit that 's allowable by the government Now before anyone say well what have you done about it ? |
| 28 | He was often quiet when he had nothing to say , sometimes taciturn and on occasions could be brusque . |
| 29 | ‘ Then you think that on Capri I shall be obtaining good vegetables ? ’ the detective inquired . |
| 30 | We think that on balance we have er the majority of the support of the public at large within Greater York , that this is the strategic er approach that is necessary for Greater York , it 's necessary to protect the greenbelt and it 's necessary to protect communities and villages er in and around erm Greater York . |