Example sentences of "[noun] on [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wagered a necklace of great value so I proffered the ring on who would win her favours first . ’ |
| 2 | And David Vine on who 'll win the Rothmans Snooker Grand Prix . |
| 3 | Quoting Machiavelli 's prediction on what could happen to anyone committed to bringing in change , Sir Ron warns that ‘ whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack , they do it like partisans , while the others defend lukewarmly , in such wise that the innovator is endangered along with them ’ . |
| 4 | telly on it 'll pick the telly up . |
| 5 | Strangely , few barns had been converted into craft or light industry centres , the rent on which would provide a permanent income for the farmer . |
| 6 | If there was a light on I could find my way out easy , but it 's too dark and confusing . |
| 7 | A new mood of optimism prevails at Grace Road , where fundraising has been successfully completed for an indoor cricket school , building work on which will start in September . |
| 8 | Partly this is because management has placed limitations on who can operate the VDUs , and partly the layout of the plant is such that there is only space for four cars between each work station . |
| 9 | There 's no point in dwelling on what might have been . |
| 10 | She might live to rue this impetuous decision , but at least she 'd never look back with regret on what might have been if only she 'd had the courage to dare . |
| 11 | I 've put , put this heater on which might give us a little bit of , a little bit of warmth |
| 12 | You can hear that one on Planet Cannonball and it had the most incredible effect ; the voltage on it would sag so much when you cranked it up that it sounded like a volume swell pedal . |
| 13 | As the tyre rolled , each point on it would enter the contact zone . |
| 14 | From this point on he would aim his life in a new direction . |
| 15 | From this point on he might have been in Oz for all he knew . |
| 16 | Perhaps he thought powerful attacks on her might produce the result he longed for . |
| 17 | says if if there were a tape record on you would say , Now what are we having for tea ? |
| 18 | Two years previously it would have been just another biker film , and two years on it would have been dated in terms of attitudes . |
| 19 | It was with Rohde that Nietzsche had intended to spend the forthcoming year in Paris on what might have amounted to a non-classical refresher course . |
| 20 | In these circumstances the court is likely to require professional evidence on what will constitute a reasonable standard of parental care . |
| 21 | It is impossible to check the validity of this statement , as the Government has consistently refused to provide the key information necessary to make this calculation , namely details on what would have paid out in the uprating allowance of supplementary benefit had it still been in force in April 1988 . |
| 22 | A new theory on what can cause childhood leukaemia was covered by several newspapers including the Times which said the Health Department was considering changing its advice ‘ in the light of evidence that injections of vitamin K , given to half the babies born in Britain , may increase the risk of leukaemia ’ . |
| 23 | A questionnaire on smoking in the Library is under preparation by a working group of the Health and Safety Committee — and they will shortly be seeking the views of staff on what could turn out to be a contentious issue . |
| 24 | In the same period , Arthur Young , subsidized by the big landlords to promote agricultural improvement , put his finger on what must have been a general attitude , when he described cattle-stealers in the Lincolnshire fens : ‘ So wild a country nurses up a race of people as wild as the fen , and thus the morals and eternal welfare of numbers are hazarded and ruined for want of an inclosure . ’ |
| 25 | Thus any change in the structure of dendrites and the location of the synapses on them can change the neurophysiological relations of pre-and postsynaptic cells . |
| 26 | ‘ To get back to Sir Conrad , sir , and taking as a working hypothesis that he was murdered by an insider , I would welcome your advice on what might have been the motive . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm going to pull your skirt up , Ella , and if you 've got no knickers on you will get a bonus , you saucy little minx . |
| 28 | So you see that being a MIDI device has massive advantages : first , sound changes which might otherwise require the drastic resetting of several controls can be carried out instantly , by calling up a patch containing the new settings ; and second , when using another MIDI device , such as a multi-effects processor , the two can be linked via the MIDI sockets and a patch change on one can trigger a patch change on the other . |
| 29 | But alack , it does no bleat and bleat as if the little heart on it would burst . |
| 30 | Certainly , I have known some undergraduates who would rise brilliantly to such a challenge ; but they are an exception , and one can not base a course on what would suit the exceptional student , much as one would like to . |