Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] on [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Even if , in the end , we have to agree to differ on some matters , grievances should be discussed , not camouflaged . |
2 | The Environmental Health Officer and Occupational Therapist will also want to comment on these plans , to give advice on whether the planned work is suitable and acceptable . |
3 | I shall say something this morning about the negotiation on political union , in which I am most closely involved , but I do not want to concentrate on those themes today , because the world has not obligingly stood still as we prepare the approach to Maastricht . |
4 | Roads inside the course are designated as ambulance routes , and no unauthorised vehicles will be permitted to wait on these carriageways . |
5 | First , I want to comment on some features of the hereditary mechanism which may prove to be characteristic of all living things , whether on this planet or elsewhere in the universe . |
6 | Andrew Wilton 's conception of the show is designed to work on several levels , and should be ‘ genuinely accessible ’ to the non-specialist visitor in terms of the beauty and importance of the objects while offering a coherent reading to the specialist . |
7 | The Working Party has met on several occasions and a research project is under way to provide all relevant background information . |
8 | Offe has written on these issues since the early 1970s ( see Offe , 1984 ; Jessop , 1982 ; Held et al. , |
9 | President Carlos Salinas de Gortari has said on many occasions , in his campaign for a free-trade agreement , that if Mexico can not send its products to the United States , it will send its people instead . |
10 | As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has said on many occasions in the House , the Department is more than happy to receive representations from the hon. Gentleman or anyone else about specific cases of blacklisting . |
11 | Two days earlier the Home Secretary had sent a minute to the Prime Minister explaining that he proposed to answer on these lines . |
12 | The Chair is obviously referring to the fact recently in the courts , there was consideration of the closure of old persons ' homes , and you know that you are under a legal requirement to consult in respect of those otherwise any decision , to close without consultation can held to be invalid , and that has impinged on some authorities who were going down that route , so there is a duty there . |
13 | Her appearances have been singular for the genuine interest she has shown on all occasions and have been made with the avowed object of giving encouragement and , if possible raising money . |
14 | Here I want to focus on some examples from recent textbooks for O level and CSE courses . |
15 | The Minister has promised on several occasions to ensure that the matter is cleared up . |
16 | Susan Denyer , the Trust 's Historic Buildings Representative in the North-West , has drawn on these surveys to write Traditional Buildings & Life in the Lake District which will be published in May by Victor Gollancz at £18.99 . |
17 | A Brazilian therefore finds it difficult to pronounce " sp " , " st " , and " sk " at the beginning of a word ( his tendency would be to put a vowel in front of the " s " ) or at the end of a word in English , and he would therefore need to drill on these clusters in the , to him , unfamiliar positions and combinations . |
18 | The scares that the Labour party tried to run on these matters have rebounded on it . |
19 | you 'll need to practise on both arms . |
20 | A notable group of recent feminist studies has focused on these women carers , bringing home in no uncertain measure the cost they pay , financially , in time , and emotionally : ‘ the claustrophobia , to the point of being suffocated , of living with the situation and , of course , the exhausting conflict of mixed emotions … the love , anger , frustration and guilt ’ . |
21 | I went , until I sank exhausted on some steps opposite a church . |
22 | It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies . |
23 | Teacher development has to build on those constructs which exist , and can not easily be promoted in any other way . |
24 | It has been tested on the 220 , 320 , 320H , 530H , and 550 models and is designed to run on all models . |
25 | The pendulum has swung on both sides of the Atlantic , and if the sexual habits of urban America had been transformed in the 1960s by the so-called sexual revolution , then the small-town traditions of middle America found their own political voice a decade later , and with it a judicial response from the highest court in the land . |
26 | The change process has impacted on all levels of the organization . |
27 | John joined the company in 1978 and has worked on several platforms including [ Auk A. Brent A ] and [ C. Forties A.B C ] and D , the [ Hutton TLP , Murchison ] and [ Beatrice A ] and B. |
28 | Rape has happened on all sides and across the sexes , but according to Ms Hampson ‘ the overwhelming majority of the rape victims are non-Serbs ’ . |
29 | It has happened on both sides . |
30 | Suppose the origin of intelligence is so improbable that it has happened on only one planet in the universe , even though life has started on many planets . |