Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two policemen are killed during a break-in at the Presidio ( a San Francisco military base ) and a former military policeman ( Mark Harman ) is assigned to work on the case with his former commanding officer ( Sean Connery ) who he hates . |
| 2 | the service requested is intended to confer on the tribunal making the request jurisdiction over a person who by the law of the State of execution can not be subjected to such jurisdiction . |
| 3 | In addition , it is intended to focus on the significance of his speech repertoire to the individual user , and of the significance to the particular community of the language that expresses and reflects its identity . |
| 4 | This process of abstraction is intended to focus on those elements which are the most important in explaining what happens in the real world . |
| 5 | Based in Paris and working under Professor I. Rasool , it is intended to concentrate on managerial and policy aspects of the task in the first 2 years ( 1990–92 ) but then to expand considerably thereafter . |
| 6 | Lizzie Stroud for whom Miss Lockwood made provision in the form of an annuity , is to continue to live on the top floor for as long as she chooses . |
| 7 | In a fairly well ordered society , such as ours , one is justified to act on the assumption that , on the whole , our official organs , be they the police or any other governmental body , do their job properly . |
| 8 | Essentially this arises because relief for ACT is limited to ACT on dividends paid out of profits that have borne UK corporation tax , which generally means profits made in the UK . |
| 9 | In South Uist , a valley called Allt Volagir is considered to lie on a north — south trending fault , which may represent an off-set of the Outer Hebrides Thrust . |
| 10 | There is the hypothesis that these input systems do not themselves fully specify the information we derive from them , that there is subconscious guesswork involved in acts of seeing , hearing and language processing : the mind is constrained to operate on a least effort principle , imposing the first interpretation it can , commensurate with providing adequate information ( SPERBER and WILSON 1986 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ An unconditional order in writing , addressed by one person* to another , signed by the person giving it , requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to , or to the order of , a specified person , or to order ’ . |
| 12 | But workers rejected that offer and the matter has now been referred to the national executive of the Amalgamated Engineering Union , which is expected to rule on the dispute in the next few days . |
| 13 | The main axe is expected to fall on the firm 's back office operations and among administrative staff in an effort to contain expenses . |
| 14 | Proceeds from the issue , which is expected to close on the 16th June 1993 , will be used to refinance existing bank debt . |
| 15 | The mother then hires a jongleur , Jouglet , to teach her son the facts of life ; i.e. what he is expected to do on his wedding night and thereafter . |
| 16 | The game , to be unveiled at the London Toy Fair in January , is expected to go on sale in May . |
| 17 | Every Strathclyde pupil is expected to go on a school trip involving an overnight stay at some point during their schooling , though their parents would have to give their consent to this . |
| 18 | The team is expected to leave on Sunday . |
| 19 | After nine years as Opposition leader , Mr Kinnock , 50 , is expected to announce on Monday that he will not put his name forward for re-election at the party 's annual conference . |
| 20 | The new US administration is expected to focus on key areas of enforcement of emission regulations and in the UK the 1990 Environmental Protection Act is being implemented industry by industry . |
| 21 | France recognises its poor performance in population assistance and is said to be developing a new programme , which , however , is expected to focus on public education and demographic research and training rather than family planning assistance . |
| 22 | These now comprise 10pc of the total index but are under a cloud because of fears about US President 's wife Hillary Clinton , who is expected to stamp on their profits hard when her review of the US health scene comes out later this year . |
| 23 | Mansell has so dominated pre-season testing in his Ford-powered Lola that he is expected to win on Sunday by the large margin familiar during his dominance of Grand Prix racing in the Williams Renault last season . |
| 24 | Division Group Plc , the Bristol virtual reality systems developer , had its offering of 15.4m shares placed at 40 pence a share , valuing the company at £13.5m ; trading is expected to start on Monday . |
| 25 | Work is expected to start on the pub next week . |
| 26 | Dealing in the part-paid shares is expected to begin on July 19 . |
| 27 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Amsterdam-based networking and electrical engineering group Getronics NV says it sees no evidence of market growth , and assuming no major acquisitions occur , its business will grow hardly any faster than in 1992 , when net profit rose 14% ; its investment is expected to remain at the same level as in 1992 , and cash flow is expected to develop on a comparable basis . |
| 28 | The Budget , which is likely to be a cautious ‘ holding statement ’ until a second December package , is expected to centre on a £2 billion rise in indirect taxes and sharp increases in excise duties on smoking , petrol and car tax . |
| 29 | ‘ It is forbidden to fight on the Killing Ground , ’ he said , and paused while he considered the sense of this . |
| 30 | Andrew Wilton 's conception of the show is designed to work on several levels , and should be ‘ genuinely accessible ’ to the non-specialist visitor in terms of the beauty and importance of the objects while offering a coherent reading to the specialist . |