Example sentences of "[vb base] on [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state would continue to own land , but peasants could work their plots as their own businesses , employ labour , and pass on farms to their heirs , and members of co-operatives could set up private businesses . |
| 2 | Birds can often be diseased on arrival and pass on infections to humans such as psittacosis , tuberculosis and hepatitis . |
| 3 | We either hold or pass on letters for clients . |
| 4 | Please ask in all local classes if members could offer anyone a bed for the Friday night , and pass on details to , . |
| 5 | These pass on tips about jobs or lodgings , or can give a firm base of support once a migrant has crossed the border . |
| 6 | Gordon Beck , spokesman for the Anthony Nolan Research Centre , said : ‘ The relationship between donor and patient is confidential but after 12 months we allow correspondence and we pass on messages from both sides . |
| 7 | For this means that ‘ the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from … their legislators , whenever they shall be so foolish , or so wicked , as to lay and carry on designs against the[ir] liberties and properties ’ . |
| 8 | The legal staff of Customs and Excise , for example , carry on prosecutions for smuggling in magistrates ' courts , and brief counsel for the higher courts . |
| 9 | Second , most lawyers take on cases on the basis that they will not ask for an upfront fee , but a percentage of the amount of damages won instead — often as much as 40% . |
| 10 | It is most often used in whole group work , but it is also very productive in forum theatre , particularly if the role you take on functions as an obstacle which the class ( or representatives of the class ) have to find their way round by argument , persuasion and compromise . |
| 11 | PARTICK THISTLE take on Hibs at Firhill tonight in the throes of a long , destructive run which has seen them win only one of their last 12 league matches and slip towards relegation , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 12 | Coventry , flying high , take on Spurs in a live TV game tomorrow night at Highfield Road . |
| 13 | As well as the $200 million consideration , Peabody will pay an adjustment — estimated at $34 million — for final net assets and take on borrowings of about $65 million . |
| 14 | In a recent article in the Irish Times , referring to the ‘ job creation ’ units set up by the Catholic Church , the paper hailed the clergy with the headline , ‘ Priests take on Provos for the People 's hearts ’ . |
| 15 | This most recent work presents the viewer with images of young girls ( some of Honey 's own daughter , Daisy ) who willingly take on images from the media as their own role models . |
| 16 | Sylvester Stallone has just filmed Cliffhanger , described as ‘ Die Hard on a mountain top ’ , and before then audiences will see Wesley Snipes take on hijackers in Passenger 57 . |