Example sentences of "[subord] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , notwithstanding the very high authority of Lord Coke , I think it is not the fact that to accept prompt payment of a part only of a liquidated demand can never be more beneficial than to insist on payment of the whole . |
| 2 | For this most unspontaneous of artists , it is better to have a bad reason for something — a tenuous or cabbalistic reason — than to depend on chance , subjectivity and the moment . |
| 3 | Similarly , prospective employees know better than to rely on landscaping or other signals put out by employers and attempt , instead , to find out the inside story from their contacts . |
| 4 | Ceolwulf left England himself in 796 in the company of the bishop of London ( ASC A , s.a. 794 ) but whether to go on pilgrimage or into exile is not known and he died the same year ( ASC D , s.a. 796 ) . |
| 5 | In sum , it should be possible to draw up a list of factors relevant to a decision whether to embark on re-investigation . |
| 6 | There is also the question of whether to buy on credit or to pay cash . |
| 7 | He said the head of rescue services in each resort chose whether to call on help from Chambery . |
| 8 | We have had no choice but to take on board a sexuality which is defined in terms of its difference from the male , and therefore mystified ; which has been derived from biology and based around reproduction . |
| 9 | Zou 's report called for greater control of investment in fixed assets , which had reportedly risen by 21 per cent in the first half of the year compared with the same period of 1990 , so as to concentrate on priority projects including water conservation , agriculture , energy , transport , key raw materials , health and education . |