Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | IRELAND 'S comprehensive 17–3 demolition of England at Lansdowne Road yesterday will boost their representation on the Lions party to New Zealand later in the year . |
| 32 | In September 1915 , the UDC refused to accept their affiliation on the grounds that the UDC had less to gain from any activity the Fellowship might undertake on its behalf than it had to lose from being associated with the doctrine of non-resistance . |
| 33 | ‘ At that time , ’ recalls Vivien , who was the first British player to try her hand on the American Tour , ‘ the LPGA needed all the publicity and good will it could get . |
| 34 | He still defends their use on the grounds that ‘ For selfish reasons a prison administrator needs to know as much as he can about each prisoner , especially incoming prisoners . ’ |
| 35 | Eleanor Thorne jerked her head on the pillow and opened her eyes , awakening in time to hear the echo of her own voice . |
| 36 | Wincing at the stiffness in her fingers , she loosened her grip on the steering-wheel and was amazed at how much more responsive the boat felt . |
| 37 | After two months she loosened her grasp on the subject like a drowning man giving himself up to the sea . |
| 38 | She pushed into the dust , banging her head on the wooden underside . |
| 39 | She jumps up , banging her head on the partition . |
| 40 | Carol was bounced backwards into her seat and then sideways on the floor of the van , banging her head on the side in the process . |
| 41 | Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor . |
| 42 | Marsh accepted his fate honourably , as everyone expected , and the Australians got on with the job of keeping their boot on the Indian throat . |
| 43 | Both the DoI and the 600 Group were keeping their information on the effects of robots on employment to themselves . |
| 44 | ‘ All right , dear ? ’ asked her mother , keeping her gaze on the television screen . |
| 45 | She promised her support on the condition that Mays and Berthon were sidelined and Rudd was given his chance . |
| 46 | The process of gestation has its parallel on the psychological level . |
| 47 | In order to deal with the problem of means , the government says , we provide housing benefits and the subsidy , this is the government speaking , the subsidy goes into the demand , it goes into benefit there 'll be no subsidy left if the government has its way on the supply side . |
| 48 | Her thesis has its gaze on the exact detail of the exchange of cattle , goats , blankets , gourds and snuff , and it tries to establish by the comparative method that these customs are part of universal human practice . |
| 49 | The tightness and speed of the narrative , too , has its effect on the direct , concrete prose style which , too often in the earlier books , had become prosy and had lost shape in informative interpolations . |
| 50 | Each of these has its effect on the difficulty of reading and interpreting the data , but not always in a highly predictable way . |
| 51 | However , the company has its eye on the estimated 200 000 American children with ‘ normal variant short stature ’ , who produce growth hormone but apparently lack sufficient receptors to put it to work . |
| 52 | IXI has its eye on the very same area , but is still working on the details . |
| 53 | Never has their attack on the Labour Party been so comprehensive . |
| 54 | Always make sure that the person on the tail is briefed to hold it up until someone has their weight on the nose . |
| 55 | there is only one exception : if a wife owns the property or has her name on the rent book or has the property because of her job , her husband is regarded as the head of household , provided that he is resident ( our italics ) . |
| 56 | Professor Costall has her finger on the purse-strings and is always mindful that new courses should generate income and be financially viable . |
| 57 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ we 'll just have to get to the house and start proving that this particular astrologer has her finger on the button , wo n't we ? ’ |
| 58 | It is to the credit of such workers that they rarely feel animosity towards a member of the Royal Family who puts on a designer frock , gets into a chauffeur-driven car , spends a couple of hours meeting the afflicted and , as a result , has her picture on the front page of most national newspapers with the word caring prefacing every mention of her name . |
| 59 | She has her hand on the door , and I have my gun pointing at her chest . |
| 60 | This second volume of drawings vindicates their reliance on the individuals to whom they have entrusted the expansion of this area of their collections . |