Example sentences of "[noun] on a person [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are avoided if they are likely to be at all stressful ; phone-calls go unreturned ; even social events that would normally be pleasurable and fun may feel like yet more demands on a person 's time . |
| 2 | Most are still able to keep themselves hidden until they have taken an irreversible hold on a person 's body . |
| 3 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 4 | On the other hand there are , in some people 's opinions , sinister overtones of being able to keep tabs on a person 's movements , though how that differs from the present system I am not quite sure . |
| 5 | There are only five exceptions : accusations of a crime punishable by imprisonment , suggestions that the plaintiff carries a contagious disease ; adverse reflections on a person 's ability to carry out an office , business or profession ; slanders on the reputation or credit of tradespeople ; and words imputing unchastity or adultery to a woman or girl . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ Serious allegations of this sort , if they are proven , have a bearing on a person 's career and are always thoroughly investigated . |
| 7 | Loss is also central to Bowlby 's theory , but the losses which are the basis of vulnerability are real and not imagined and centre on a person 's failure to make or maintain a stable and secure relationship with his parents early in childhood . |
| 8 | Before the mid-twenties it is difficult to obtain reliable information on a person 's priorities because the period of adolescence is all about sorting out parental peer group and personal goals . |
| 9 | ‘ If information on a person 's political allegiance gained from ballot papers fell into the hands of unscrupulous individuals such as paramilitaries , then that person 's life could be at risk . ’ |
| 10 | There was a need to reach out and put a hand on a person 's shoulder , take her/his arm , hold a hand , thus increasing the repertoire of non-verbal communication with older people . |