Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pron] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reconstruction of Rawls ' argument for the doctrine of neutral political concern attempts to found it on the notion of autonomy through the notion of moral self-determination . |
| 2 | She did n't care about anything ; she just wanted Meredith to see her on the back of the Prince 's white charger . |
| 3 | John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis . |
| 4 | And yet even with formal organisations there will be some discretion and there will be opportunities to impose oneself on the organisation . |
| 5 | Too busy joy-riding in their nice shiny patrol cars to hoof it on the beat . ’ |
| 6 | You 'd like that , would n't you , Leith ? ’ he had the unmitigated nerve to put her on the spot . |
| 7 | It 's very much the last attempt — not er , not for , from the point of view of negotiating or er , but , but simply a matter of fact , er we need erm we need to move , we need to have additional sources of , sources of income , that er the type of facility that we 're looking to build will give the club to put it on a firm financial footing , and at the same time to give the local people of the City and er the , the surrounding County er tremendous new facilities . |
| 8 | After the Istanbul Biennale last autumn , it is the turn of the Greek art dealers to make a bid to put themselves on the international map . |
| 9 | The use of special juries of merchants by Lord Mansfield to guide him on the law is well known — not that he always followed their suggestions . |
| 10 | As it moves , the scorpion relies on information from air passing over its hairs to keep it on a straight course . |
| 11 | These are the leather straps you put round the bird 's legs to hold it on the glove that you have to wear when you handle birds of prey . |
| 12 | But then one often comes across other entries to amuse one on the way , such as the record of an enumerator 's problems in compiling part of the 1871 census for Sheffield shown in Table 2 . |
| 13 | ‘ It — hmm — never was my intention to take you on the couch in my drawing-room , ’ he commented gruffly , purposely putting some daylight between them . |
| 14 | If not , can the Leader of the House at least persuade the silent Department of Trade and Industry to say something on the subject ? |
| 15 | A new breed of men had emerged from the vague grey ranks of the judiciary to stamp themselves on the nation 's consciousness : the glamorous investigating magistrates and Public Prosecutors who were to be seen on the news every evening leading the fight against political violence and organized crime . |
| 16 | All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin . |
| 17 | Their worthlessness is discovered only when the duped client attempts to sell them on the legitimate market . |
| 18 | Fortunately , in this series of articles we will use more conventional maps to set us on the treasure trail , because it is my belief that correctly interpreted , the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles already contain most of the information necessary to track down some of the treasures that time has so cunningly concealed ! |
| 19 | Many turners appreciate pleasing curves but like me , do n't possess the ‘ eye ’ or the skill to create them on a lathe . |
| 20 | I can get a boy from the village to help me on the farm . |
| 21 | Visual images flashed on and off at fractions of a second to imprint themselves on the subconscious mind . |
| 22 | However section 19 permits the constable to seize anything on the premises if he has reasonable grounds for believing either that it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an offence or that it is evidence in relation to an offence which he is investigating or any other offence . |
| 23 | The owner of an eighteen foot fibre glass shark has won a six year battle to keep it on the roof of his terraced home . |
| 24 | Despite some misgivings , he persuaded Tom Gray to accompany him on a wander to a nearby burial ground , Lying on top of a heap of bones , ‘ almost asking to be taken , was a femur . |
| 25 | October saw the ‘ classroom ’ move along the road ( or the M4 ) to Swindon for John Lye and Richard Long of Nationwide Anglia to educate us on the mysteries of behavioural scoring on current accounts . |
| 26 | ‘ It would have been a fascinating exercise to auction it on the free market and see how much it got , though ’ , said Maître Binoche . |
| 27 | It was reported on Feb. 14 that China had appointed the 40 members of the Chinese People 's Political Consultative Committee to advise it on the affairs of the territory , leading to concern that the Chinese government might use the group , composed of business executives , conservative politicians and pro-Chinese sympathizers , to strengthen its control over Hong Kong in the run-up to 1997 . |
| 28 | A graded step approach to teaching the child to eat everything on the plate is carried out by presenting the child with very small helpings initially . |
| 29 | You connect them and they have arrangement with funeral directors to get them on the cheap . |
| 30 | EXPLORER Gerald Kingsland , 62 — who inspired the film Castaway — has had scores of replies to an ad for a girl to join him on an island . |