Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the progress made , it was agreed to cancel the meeting in Tombouctu but to continue discussions on Jan. 16 in Algeria . |
| 2 | Erm we expect to see improvements on chlorine , but I ca n't give you a time . |
| 3 | Russians in mood to hit Reds on break |
| 4 | In the mood of schoolboys off on an expedition to plant stinkbombs on speechday , the party set off from Westminster Pier , shadowed by two police launches . |
| 5 | The effect is similar when a District Health Authority pays a private hospital to perform operations on NHS patients . |
| 6 | The ease of use and flexibility of GIS allow the user to perform operations on map data that were previously impossible on a large scale . |
| 7 | Then it was time to compare notes on cost with his opposite number in the kitchens ; Mabel Giles . |
| 8 | While SUGA is mainly a group for social events and self-help , the local carers officer , help members to plan sessions on careers guidance for the 50 or so members . |
| 9 | THERE is no need for Mr Smith to impose taxes on capital or on financial institutions though : his policies look set to do their damage by knocking the most valuable asset owned by most voters — their homes . |
| 10 | The Government can encourage firms to train more , but for the Government to impose taxes on companies to insist that they train more does not take into account the effects , demands and needs of different industries . |
| 11 | The report calls on the EC to shift support to organic and other ecological forms of farming , to phase out support for intensive farming , to end subsidies on EC exports and to impose taxes on pesticides and synthetic fertilisers . |
| 12 | Geoffrey Howe 's plan was to increase taxes on petrol , alcohol and cigarettes ; to raise national insurance contributions ; and , worst of all , not to increase personal tax allowances , so in effect increasing personal taxation . |
| 13 | One course being considered is to issue short-term deficit-financing bonds and to increase taxes on oil and oil products , an idea that Japan 's oil industry has already begun lobbying against . |
| 14 | In particular in recent years , the Government 's response to large numbers of people fleeing from state oppression is to impose visas on nationals of that country . |
| 15 | In making recommendations , to take into account the need not to increase calls on teachers ' and pupils ' time for activities which do not directly promote learning , and to limit costs . |
| 16 | ‘ The bottom line is that companies that choose to develop domestic markets may find themselves totally blocked out by competitors that are well entrenched and ready to launch offensives on others ’ home markets ' ( Ohmae 1985 ) . |
| 17 | But there are an increasing number of documents and registers which he , and , indeed , other persons , are entitled to inspect ( in the case of a member generally without payment ) and to obtain copies on payment . |
| 18 | Cross-curricular groups take several forms , from particular task groups ( eg to provide guidelines on homework policy , to review the school 's assessment policy ) , through more long-term tasks of working parties ( eg equal opportunities : gender ) to standing committees ( eg TVEI steering group ) . |
| 19 | Just as dentists are taught to plug cavities on sight , so they are trained to remove badly worn , leaky or broken fillings . |
| 20 | They are the chief motor of history , undermining artificial creations such as states which attempt to impose solidarities on people , to claim their lives and property , for political or economic or military purposes . |
| 21 | Under liquid banks will have insufficient liquidity to meet demands on deposits the next day . |
| 22 | However , Local Authorities do not at present have delegated powers under Regulation A13 to grant relaxations on fire safety matters for buildings which exceed 7,000 m3 and any such application is forwarded to the Secretary of State for a decision . |
| 23 | LIVERPOOL poet Cath Willis will be available in Huyton Library on Thursday to write poems on request from members of the public . |
| 24 | In particular , it is not our business in this chapter to pass judgements on Nietzsche 's suppositions , arguments or conclusions . |
| 25 | His first major costing exercise suggested that domestic consumers not only failed to meet costs on peak loads but , in all except one Area Board ( where the data may have been biased ) , failed even to cover the average costs of supplying them . |
| 26 | Any demand for more and better statistics is almost bound to impose costs on industry . |
| 27 | The Spanish threat was by no means over and in 1590 , with Brittany occupied , the Spaniards had a good base to launch attacks on Cornwall . |
| 28 | It 'll allow embedded systems designers to write applications on PCs or under Unix . |
| 29 | The competition authorities should have powers to impose punishments on firms that engage in anticompetitive practices ( e.g. price fixing , and exclusionary or predatory practices ) , to require firms to enter into binding commitments to desist from conduct that is demonstrably prejudicial to competition , and to propose structural remedies where firms have established a dominant position in a market . |
| 30 | This means that attempts to relate studies on animals to those on humans are not really comparing like with like . |