Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tells us how foolhardy we both are and offers me information on something called a ‘ towback ’ which her superiors have told her about . |
| 2 | If it stimulates you to dissent , it is precisely because it is so closely pondered in its own terms and it never , throughout its four hours , loosens its grip on you . |
| 3 | Sri Lankan newspaper stands its ground on human rights |
| 4 | He still defends their use on the grounds that ‘ For selfish reasons a prison administrator needs to know as much as he can about each prisoner , especially incoming prisoners . ’ |
| 5 | The process of gestation has its parallel on the psychological level . |
| 6 | In order to deal with the problem of means , the government says , we provide housing benefits and the subsidy , this is the government speaking , the subsidy goes into the demand , it goes into benefit there 'll be no subsidy left if the government has its way on the supply side . |
| 7 | Her thesis has its gaze on the exact detail of the exchange of cattle , goats , blankets , gourds and snuff , and it tries to establish by the comparative method that these customs are part of universal human practice . |
| 8 | This was never the case and in the current working world it is even less so because of developing technology which has its impact on almost all jobs and also on the social context of work . |
| 9 | Current mood also has its effect on communicating . |
| 10 | The tightness and speed of the narrative , too , has its effect on the direct , concrete prose style which , too often in the earlier books , had become prosy and had lost shape in informative interpolations . |
| 11 | Each of these has its effect on the difficulty of reading and interpreting the data , but not always in a highly predictable way . |
| 12 | The tremendous emphasis on the romantic conception of marriage and of the wedding day as signifying life 's romantic climax , which has figured for many years in British society and which has been fostered by mass media and advertising , also has its effect on expectations . |
| 13 | One country has its eye on another . |
| 14 | However , the company has its eye on the estimated 200 000 American children with ‘ normal variant short stature ’ , who produce growth hormone but apparently lack sufficient receptors to put it to work . |
| 15 | Currently concentrating on Sparc-based hardware , Lucid has an agreement with NCR Corp that will see its compiler technology and Energize converted for the Intel 80486 under Unix System V.4 and Santa Cruz Unix : compilers have already been implemented for the IBM Corp Rios chip , and Lucid has its eye on Hewlett-Packard Co 's Precision Architecture RISC . |
| 16 | Currently concentrating on Sparc-based hardware , Lucid has an agreement with NCR Corp that will see its compiler technology and Energize ported onto the Intel 486 under Unix SVR4 and SCO Unix : compilers have already been ported to the IBM RIOS chip , and Lucid has its eye on Hewlett-Packard 's PA-RISC . |
| 17 | IXI has its eye on the very same area , but is still working on the details . |
| 18 | Either way , said Colin , the areas that LASMO has its eye on all have the potential to bring further success and prosperity to the company . |
| 19 | Never has their attack on the Labour Party been so comprehensive . |
| 20 | Find someone who has their birthday on February 29 and work out how many ‘ real ’ birthdays they have had . |
| 21 | Always make sure that the person on the tail is briefed to hold it up until someone has their weight on the nose . |
| 22 | there is only one exception : if a wife owns the property or has her name on the rent book or has the property because of her job , her husband is regarded as the head of household , provided that he is resident ( our italics ) . |
| 23 | every Brownie has to find the egg which has her name on it . |
| 24 | Professor Costall has her finger on the purse-strings and is always mindful that new courses should generate income and be financially viable . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ we 'll just have to get to the house and start proving that this particular astrologer has her finger on the button , wo n't we ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ From what I understand from Henry , he 'd have a job to do that ; the old girl has her finger on every penny . ’ |
| 27 | It is to the credit of such workers that they rarely feel animosity towards a member of the Royal Family who puts on a designer frock , gets into a chauffeur-driven car , spends a couple of hours meeting the afflicted and , as a result , has her picture on the front page of most national newspapers with the word caring prefacing every mention of her name . |
| 28 | And she has her picture on all the adverts ? |
| 29 | She has her hand on the door , and I have my gun pointing at her chest . |
| 30 | This second volume of drawings vindicates their reliance on the individuals to whom they have entrusted the expansion of this area of their collections . |