Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ That this House regrets the Government 's failure to deal with the imminent threat of wholesale breaches of the law on Sunday trading ; expresses concern that Ministers appear to be running away from their responsibility to uphold the law as soon as one or more large commercial organisations express their intention to ignore the law ; greatly regrets the way that this situation puts pressure on responsible and law-abiding retailers to open on Sundays simply to protect their market share ; further regrets the damage that is likely to be done to small shops and family businesses as a consequence ; considers that sensible progress to modernising the law should be made on the basis of the REST proposals put forward by Keep Sunday Special ; and calls on the Government actively to pursue the regulation of Sunday trading in a way which deals fairly with employees , their families and with community and commercial interests . ] |
| 2 | The opinion poll , carried out by The Northern shows that 15.3pc of the town 's electorate are still unsure how they will vote on Thursday enough to swing the result to either Conservative or Labour . |
| 3 | Here they were presented with a new interpretation of world events from the Kremlin which saw the world as divided into ‘ two camps ’ and called on Communists everywhere to resist US ‘ imperialism ’ . |
| 4 | A further demonstration of 5,000 communist activists on April 12 called on Koirala either to lower prices and pay adequate compensation to the families of the dead , or to resign by April 27 . |
| 5 | When the Boundary Commission looks at these matters over every 10 years or so , demography and demographic conditions have to be considered , and it is less easy than it appears on paper simply to provide consistency in terms of the demographic relationship of the people living in the country and the number of Members representing them in the House . |
| 6 | While George is er doing the marks , I might call on Gerald please to give the vote of thanks . |
| 7 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin called on parliament yesterday to sack its chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov , while Mr Khasbulatov accused the president of playing games over the fate of Russia . |
| 8 | IRAN 'S supreme spiritual leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , appeared on television yesterday to urge Muslims to join anti-Israeli Qods Day ( Jerusalem Day ) rallies today . |
| 9 | Boys seem to make an effort only if they are going into a situation where they know they might meet someone they fancy , whereas lots of girls I know will put on make-up just to go to the local shop ! |
| 10 | She wanted to be out of his sight very quickly and she leaned on Marguerite willingly to get up the stairs as fast as possible . |
| 11 | If you are hoping to start a family soon and have already investigated the financial aspects , you will know that statutory maternity pay is determined by your length of service and requires you to earn on average enough to pay Class One National Insurance Contributions . |
| 12 | Fortunately there is no need to rely on occupation alone to assess social and economic status . |
| 13 | You tended not to have room to use cameras on cranes , so you had to rely on pedestals just to get them in there . |
| 14 | Friars from all over Britain converged on York yesterday to celebrate the first arrival of their order in this country . |