Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb -s] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I w what I will say to my honourable , my right honourable friend is that er when I recently visited the United States I did find that the , on which our training and enterprise councils have been based , have provided a very valuable experience for us in learning the lessons that he had indicated of ensuring that the private sector is fully involved in decisions over training and I believe that the figure I gave to my honourable friend early today , combined with over two billion that my department spends on training , forms a very effective public private sector partnership . |
| 2 | He tells me that sometimes my desire verges on cannibalism , and that he can not give me what I want . |
| 3 | THE Labour leader , John Smith , accused the Government of cynically and ruthlessly betraying its election pledges on taxation . |
| 4 | What is required is the education and assistance of users if their research depends on access to a multiplicity of databases and catalogues , to understand the construction of electronic catalogues , their associated approaches to subject indexing and cataloguing . |
| 5 | The Getty Kouros plus debate over its authenticity goes on show |
| 6 | point out , ‘ although [ Gilligan 's ] ultimate goal is the integration of female and male voices , her emphasis falls on difference ’ ( 1985 : 154 ) . |
| 7 | This is important because , from such approval , benefits stem to employees in tax relief on their contributions and their lump sums on retirement or death . |
| 8 | these records , taken virtually direct on a cost-covering subscription basis from the Lord Chancellor 's office , are kept in one place , allowing immediate reference by telephone or Telex , CD 's record cards include any information which CD has on debt collection , but , like UAPT 's central register , are basically ‘ black ’ information on payment problems . |
| 9 | The proscription is , of course , a legal convention which we would normally take for granted , but is , in this context , inconsistent with the SI anti-copyright policy and , in the light of the Lautréamont axiom : ‘ Plagiarism is necessary — progress implies it , ’ which Francis cites on page 19 , is an unintended irony . |
| 10 | Through one of its journals , Science and Public Affairs , the Society has an excellent vehicle for the conduct of dispassionate debate , not just on science funding , but also on the other ways in which science impinges on society . |
| 11 | As long as the note holders had confidence that the issuing goldsmiths could redeem their gold pledges on demand , few notes were ever presented for redemption . |
| 12 | Pain and its Conquest concentrates on perception cognition and emotion , and the ways of manipulating these by verbal and intellectual means rather than concentrating on the more traditional methods of control by cutting , by blocking or the more recent manipulating of existing control systems by chemical or electrical stimulation . |
| 13 | If the demand for pedigree dogs and the size of the dog population in general falls as a result , this is the price that all whose livelihood depends on pet dogs will have to pay . |
| 14 | The magic starts with a further Grundfos whose inlet rests on top of the gravel bed . |
| 15 | Ordinary film is sensitive to pressure as well as light so DREADCO chemists are devising a film whose light-sensitivity depends on pressure . |
| 16 | Professional people in research , business , government and public service , whose work depends on information , are drowning in memos , reports , surveys , lists and other communications , many of which are trivial and unsolicited … . |
| 17 | The attack on Iraq will be justified with a resolution whose legitimacy rests on Article 51 of the charter . |
| 18 | It is linked to a discussion of whether the form of communism practised in the Soviet Union , Eastern Europe and China has given rise to a new class whose domination rests on control of the means of administration . |
| 19 | While few doubt that the Vauxhall move is aimed at upstaging Ford , whose Mondeo goes on sale next month with a driver side bag as standard , the Vauxhalls will be fitted with the full size , US-specification airbag designed to save the driver in a frontal impact without relying on a seatbelt . |
| 20 | Glorious stuff , of course , but one for those whose devotion verges on fanaticism , and are really ready for four studio takes of Ready Teddy and six versions of Good Golly Miss Molly . |
| 21 | Pete Waterman 's refusal to suppress his opinions has on occasion exposed him to ridicule as in the sampling storm but on the whole he appears confident and competent , clear about what he wants . |
| 22 | His breathing has on occasion to be assisted by the administration of oxygen . |
| 23 | It deserves to succeed — whether or not it will depends on fax senders being persuaded to produce better quality faxes . |
| 24 | Will the Prime Minister come out of his ivory tower across the road , put his photo calls on hold and face up to his responsibility for the past 13 years of Government mismanagement , which has culminated in the worst economic crisis since the 1930s ? |
| 25 | There 's something in his soul o'er which his melancholy sits on brood , and I do doubt the hatch and the disclose will be some danger ; which for to prevent I have in quick determination thus set it down : he shall with speed to England … |
| 26 | Like the Swiss-German project Leigh 's space receives its money from European backers , around nineteen and mostly Italian , whom Leigh advises on art purchases . |
| 27 | And your Mum stands on top of an ice-cream stan , van saying ten P a lick ! |
| 28 | Win a GEM 2000S tank and REGAL cabinet BRACKISH WATER TANKS … and the fish for them ALL YOUR FISHKEEPING NEEDS ON SALE INSIDE UP AND COMING CATS New catfish and how to keep them TANK DECOR A buyers ' guide FREE ! |
| 29 | The process should also give you some idea of what your company spends on printing , or at least producing , documents — it will probably be around 8–10% of your turnover , assuming that your company is n't actually in the publishing business in the first place . |