Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy admitted five charges of joyriding and absconding while on bail . |
| 2 | I am not suggesting that on occasions it is not totally appropriate to go and help someone — children particularly appreciate a parent 's involvement in a variety of projects . |
| 3 | They smeared grease or paint to prevent the MLs ' bridge windows glinting and on Campbeltown the commandos mounted their two 3-inch ( 76mm ) mortars forward of the gun and the last rehearsal was held . |
| 4 | The ‘ 10-year on ’ programme will cover work on occupational and social mobility , on geographic change and migration , on family and household formation and housing change , on ageing and on immigrants . |
| 5 | The crystal set could be pulled into a ventilator by pulleys to avoid the sergeant knowing he was listening when on duty in the station . |
| 6 | The cool distilled surface spread by , reflecting and on occasion giving access to the stores of its depth . |
| 7 | With the exception of the Cup Final , the independent channels have concentrated on racing and on wrestling for Saturday afternoon entertainment and do not show golf or cricket . |
| 8 | Can you confidently speak in a range of different situations , such as on the telephone , while dictating or on video film , and move easily from one to another ? |
| 9 | There is a meeting of the Police Committee on Monday and there is an item on their budget for the provision of the camera and of the back up support for processing the offenders as part of their budget proposals and they will be considering that on Monday . |
| 10 | News of impending bread rationing created panic buying and on Thursday 23 February , International Women 's Day , female textile workers went on strike and demonstrated , closely followed by metal workers concentrated in the most militant and solidly proletarian quarter of Petrograd , the Vyborg district . |
| 11 | Teachers need to be aware of the different contextual constraints on speaking and on writing and build these perceptions into their teaching strategies . |
| 12 | In Kosovo , which like Vojvodina was officially administered as an autonomous province within Serbia , and where elections to a 130-member " constituent Republican Assembly " on May 24 [ see p. 38919 ] had been declared illegal by the Serbian authorities , the assembly was prevented from proceeding because on June 23 Serbian authorities surrounded the building and arrested several deputies . |
| 13 | Rory grimaced , remembering with more than a touch of bitterness Candy 's original theory that Adam had tried to spoil her pleasure in singing because on stage she was public property , and he wanted her for himself . |
| 14 | ‘ The day before we arrived in Gibraltar we received a signal from Admiral Sir James Somerville of Force ‘ H ’ who was in command of the operation , saying that on arrival in harbour we were to berth stern to stern to ‘ Ark Royal ’ so that some of our Hurricanes could be transferred to her and rolled off ‘ Furious ’ direct onto ‘ Ark Royal ’ . |
| 15 | Will the Bill deal with the problem of people reoffending while on bail ? |
| 16 | I shall publish — shortly after Christmas , I suspect — the results of our survey of research on reoffending while on bail , and I shall introduce proposals . |
| 17 | It has occurred in each month from October to June , but is most usually found between December and May , either wintering or on spring passage . |
| 18 | For a sustained output from IC2 however , capacitor C5 is enabled to charge up to a level exceeding that on pin 2 of the op.amp and the output switches high , so turning transistor TR5 on and operating the relay which closes RLA1 contacts . |
| 19 | Some , contrary to the spirit of the Act of 1834 , supplemented wages and gave outdoor relief to the unemployed , recognizing that on occasion jobs were not to be found ; others offered only the workhouse . |
| 20 | She was frequently appalled at her own ability to lie convincingly , thought that perhaps she got it from Papa , one of the world 's great tricksters — not knowing that on occasion her apparently innocent mama had the gift as well . |
| 21 | In some cases these features were associated with an atmosphere that was unwelcoming and on occasions " oppressive and unstimulating " . |
| 22 | Sectors like computers are as sensitive to product cycles as to economic cycles , and investment in the medium term is likely to concentrate more on adapting than on building production capacity . |
| 23 | On Tuesday nights Sidney Passmore must have sat where he was sitting and on Fridays , the undertaker . |
| 24 | In Home Office Research and Planning Unit Paper 65 , Offending while on Bail : a survey of recent studies , by Patricia M. Morgan ( Home Office , 1992 ) , the figures which gave rise to the recent claims are subjected to careful analysis . |
| 25 | I shall be making a statement in the next few days about offending while on bail . |
| 26 | Trying that on Sergeant Waters was one thing . |
| 27 | The certificate in International Freight Movement Documentation ( CIFMD ) is an award produced in conjunction with Freight Train intended for those working or on work placements in the Freight Industry . |