Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suharto , however , opposed the formation of a new trade bloc , expressing strong reservations about the Malaysian proposal , and other ASEAN member countries also apparently preferred to focus on support for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Council ( APEC ) , formed in November 1989 [ see p. 37044 ] . |
| 2 | But he made it clear when he arrived in Perth the next day that he disagreed with Marsh 's sacking , an interesting observation given that the players ' code of behaviour specifically states that they are not permitted to comment on selection decisions . |
| 3 | They have shown by their tasteless and tactless menace tonight that they are still not prepared to take on board the problems of people who can not pay their poll tax because they do not have sufficient funds . |
| 4 | He said yeah but we 're not authorised to put on money on anybody 's card Ann . |
| 5 | Nicky and Enya pride themselves on their rows ; ‘ I was basically just left to concentrate on music , ’ says Enya . |
| 6 | Arts groups have only just begun to take on board the fact that they have to be much more proactive if they are to tap the creativity of people who may be confined to their homes or only get out to day centres with help . |
| 7 | Structural work had to be restricted to ‘ the minimum compatible with the provision of a reasonable standard of protection for the ambulant patients and the staff not required to remain on duty ’ . |
| 8 | On 13th August , it declared that Palmerston was not qualified to comment on architecture : ‘ Art tastes and musical tastes do not come by nature — they are the result of study and education and practice . ’ |
| 9 | Apart from the ‘ George And James ’ and ‘ Stars And Hank Forever ’ album , Goldmine claims that the project got no further than the ‘ It 's A Man 's Man 's Man 's World ’ video and 45 , adding : ‘ It 's not quite clear whether or not The Residents ever got to work on Volume Three — which would have featured the compositions of Bob Dylan and Sun Ra — but leftovers from the earlier volumes occasionally crop up as rare treats , such as ‘ I 'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ’ on the ‘ Potatoes ’ folk song composition . ’ |
| 10 | In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk . |
| 11 | ‘ Over the years we have always striven to improve on trolley safety , ’ said spokeswoman Wendy Godfrey . |
| 12 | However , many animals have also come to rely on light , particularly those with keen vision . |
| 13 | we now , we 've , we 've also got to progress on site layout and things have n't we ? |
| 14 | Even living statesmen are now encouraged to record on tape their comments on events which they have observed for the benefit of archives of sound-recording . |
| 15 | With the Regatta being held in Auckland , a city where , during the 1986/87 America 's Cup , the young Dickson was widely believed to walk on water , the latter story was bound to make the biggest impact . |
| 16 | I ca n't remember when I have n't had to work on Christmas Day became the animals have never got round to recognizing it as a holiday ; but with the passage of the years the vague resentment I used to feel has been replaced by philosophical acceptance . |
| 17 | You were n't allowed to smoke on school premises but he 'd always light up while we were rehearsing . |
| 18 | The team looked strong on paper but were unfortunately asked to play on grass and the result was a narrow victory for Borders . |
| 19 | Initially conceived to capitalise on Time Out being off the streets , it was clearly a mistake to sit back and allow Time Out to return first . |
| 20 | But in the absence of an effective liaison between drainage men and archaeologists , there is a danger that such remarkable finds as the Bronze Age settlement built on a timber ‘ island ’ recently rescued at Flag Fen near Peterborough could be broken up by diggers or else left to crumble on exposure to the atmosphere . |