Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless there is little doubt that in the cases of Frederick and Joseph at least a feeling that an enlightened ruler ought to be above merely personal and family considerations , that it was his duty to sacrifice them ruthlessly on the altar of the State , was a factor in their behaviour to their own blood relations . |
| 2 | but the second way in which section fourteen arises is this slightly more oblique way , erm , it 's , it 's not really the question of competition law it 's more a question of administrative law or constitutional law , erm whether it arises on the question er , your Lordship will have to decide , but , if , if it does then we believe that our case is extremely strong , because what one is saying here is , is section fourteen a block to an article eighty five action , erm does it make it either virtually impossible or something lesser excessively difficult , er and we say er that that 's one aspect and two can we show it 's discriminatory , well we say first of all it is discriminatory because even on analysis of the bad faith argument they are putting in a claimant with an article eighty five case to an extraordinary length in order to make good his case , he first of all has to super declaration presumably that he is entitled to damages , but he ca n't get damages all he 's entitled to is the declaration if then do n't satisfy that claim by paying up and their not going to be ordered by the court to pay up because that 's a claim for damages and you ca n't have that then you have to sue them again on the basis of breach of bad faith , er no other provision in English law would go to that effect and that of course even , even that assumes whether rightly or wrongly and we say possibly wrongly that er , er the failure to comply with the judgment of the declaration would be bad faith within the meaning of the act , but even assuming it 's right it puts a plaintiff suing for breach of article eighty five in the worst position possible |
| 3 | So , as villagers sadly began to dig up bluebell and primrose roots from the soon-to-be-flooded little woods of their pleasant countryside and to plant them elsewhere on safer ground , the Anglian Water Board asked Dame Sylvia Crowe , the landscape architect , to take on the challenge of turning the proposed 3,000-acre inland sea , with its 27-mile perimeter , into an ‘ environmental asset ’ . |
| 4 | What they believe in is that everybody out there is out to grab as much as they can for their own private interest and they 're prepared to meet them halfway on that . |
| 5 | Water lay in the ruts and in some places marshy muddy patches had developed where water-grasses grew and the track had spread to pass them now on this side , now on that . |
| 6 | Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises . |
| 7 | Jezrael lashed a hand out to punch him hard on the jaw . |
| 8 | ‘ And it would be unfair at this stage to concentrate it exclusively on the airline . ’ |
| 9 | It was a world he had relinquished with small regret and he had not expected to find it again on Larksoken headland . |
| 10 | Mary had begun to visit her regularly on Friday mornings — with Mr Fenton 's express approval and the Christian support of her mother — when she was about fourteen — at about the time her father had begun to use her in the Fish and Budworth had turned up to sketch his mischief . |
| 11 | IN MAKING float glass , molten glass is floated on molten metal , so as to smooth it perfectly on both sides . |
| 12 | I wo , I would like to go back to the days of my youth when we at Hogmanay there was usually frost and and and ice , and er we used to celebrate it partly on skates and it was great fun when you skated perhaps a mile and a half out of the town , and er er had a lovely ice festival and then we skated back and we had |
| 13 | It would be quite something to see Flakey Dove and the Price family in here tomorrow … quite something to see you here on Thursday for the Gold Cup … here ’ s your chance … we 've two tickets to be won in our special competition … |
| 14 | His fundamental mistake was not only to buy all his planes , but to buy them only on borrowed money . |
| 15 | He tried to wipe them away on the sleeve of the plaid shirt , but it was no good . |
| 16 | More usually , first time climbers in the alps are aware of the technique 's importance , but have little idea of how to apply it effectively on different types of terrain . |
| 17 | The manipulations performed may include arithmetic operations on some of these character strings , but we will probably wish to do them directly on the decimal digits , rather than convert to and from binary for each arithmetic operation . |
| 18 | It 's a powerful , emotional song and looks set to put them firmly on the chart map indeed , it entered The Northern ‘ s North-East chart at No 1 this week . |
| 19 | The main thing is I hate to leave you here on your own . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Shall you , my dear , I 'm sure I do n't like to leave you all on your own , not at first — ’ |
| 21 | THANK you , too — for giving me an opportunity to put you right on a simple matter of fact . |
| 22 | He wanted to do you too on account of what one of your girlfriends did to him . ’ |
| 23 | His 69 Test wickets cost 38.72 each , and against England he took 28 wickets at 43 — expensive , but good enough to put him high on the list of all-rounders . |
| 24 | Lawrie , who is unemployed , planned to put her home on the market to pay back her former bosses and pay off her own debts , the court was told . |
| 25 | He handed over to poor Sir Alec Douglas-Home a party legacy of dwindling popularity , and although that amiable and resolute character fought with vigour and gallantry to maintain his position , the tide had sufficiently turned to abandon him gently on the beach , leaving Harold Wilson afloat in waters so shallow that the most gentle paddle hit the sand . |
| 26 | Usually it will be only for a few seconds , but it is the ability to do it instantly on demand that is so important . |
| 27 | ‘ D' you know , Jessica , it 's impossible to do it badly on the coast of Ireland . |
| 28 | And they 'll all be back to do it again on Thursday . |
| 29 | In the days when I used to drink alcohol I 'd have said it was possible to do it only on the basis of several glasses of sherry . |
| 30 | By all means practise side-slipping at height , but do n't assume that because you can do it at height you will be able to do it accurately on an approach . |