Example sentences of "[verb] on the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives launched the massive operation after eavesdropping on the conversation between a mystery woman and the playboy yachtsman accused of murdering his parents . |
| 2 | The other type , which may be better for smaller jobs , is mixed on the spot in a special truck , which has a mixer at the back . |
| 3 | She beat on the tree with her fists , she threw her arms as far round the tree as they would reach and then , despite the relentless rain , the saturated ground and the penetrating cold , she fell on her knees at its foot , unable to muster the will to walk on . |
| 4 | These components are interpreted in social terms after the analysis by considering the social characteristics of the speakers who have been sorted on the basis of their linguistic behaviour into the two groups ( periphery and core ) which emerge in Figure 6.1 . |
| 5 | They sleep on the floor without mattress or bedcover . |
| 6 | The echinoderm skeleton is not a truly external one , like that of the molluscs , for it is surrounded on the outside by a thin skin of living tissue . |
| 7 | Czechoslovak Prime Minister Marian Calfa declared on Feb. 5 that work would recommence on the basis of the so-called " C " scheme , which envisaged the diversion of Danube waters . |
| 8 | Perkin took Mackie to shuffle on the square of dance floor adjoining the table . |
| 9 | The surroundings include all other objects which might act on the system under investigation . |
| 10 | A trader should never act on the presumption of retrieving his circumstances when he had become flagrantly insolvent . |
| 11 | Did Marsilid act on the enzyme in the brain and protect a transmitter amine from premature destruction ? |
| 12 | But whether Idealism helped Liberalism and the ‘ New ’ Liberals to speak and act on the basis of a more dynamic and conceptually successful social theory , or whether , to quote Michael Freeden , ‘ Rather than Idealism giving birth to a new version of liberalism , it was liberalism that was able to assimilate certain aspects of Idealism to its mainstream and thus bestow new meaning upon Idealist tenets ’ , is not a problem of immediate relevance here . |
| 13 | The line of argument depends upon two principal features : ( a ) there is a need to produce an oven justification for practices which might be criticized and this justification must explain racial discrimination in terms of anything other than irrational preferences ; ( b ) the discourse implies that irrational preference would be morally bad and the good intentions of the speaker , and those whom the speaker justifies , are guaranteed if they are shown to differ from those who might act on the basis of irrational prejudices . |
| 14 | The constable need not have witnessed the conduct in question before he utters his warning ; he could act on the basis of a report that he received from a person who has been caused harassment , alarm or distress , or on the report of somebody who has witnessed it . |
| 15 | In a situation in which the Crown can only act on the advice of her ministers and where the Lords have been stripped of powers , the Commons is the pre-eminent part of Parliament . |
| 16 | It involves making judgements about how people will and should behave on the basis of gender stereotypes believed to be determined by their sex . |
| 17 | Birds of Prey has been awaited on the PC for some time now , and is the result of over 12 man years ' development — the basic scenario is simple — Side A against Side B in all out aerial warfare , with its elements of air superiority , ground attack , strategic and stealth bombing , general recce and patrol . |
| 18 | Arsenal 's tours abroad were eagerly awaited on the Continent throughout the 1930s . |
| 19 | So when he turned to her casually in the car , and suggested that they call in at his house for some tea before they parted , Folly found herself leaping on the suggestion with almost indecent haste . |
| 20 | He had read of a distinguished army career , of a decoration won on the field of battle for bravery , his invaliding out of the army , the fight against injury , and his selfless life as an East End doctor . |
| 21 | An election was fought and massively won on the issue in 1904 . |
| 22 | Tommy Pickernell duly won on the horse with ease . |
| 23 | By way of contrast , the British campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars and in the Second World War were fought , perforce , with a Maritime strategy for most of the time ; but , as the Continental school rightly points out , final victory was won on the Continent at Waterloo in 1815 and in north-west Europe in 1945 . |
| 24 | The extent of the Guinness world conquest can be imagined from a letter sent home to Ireland by an Enniskillen Dragoon recovering in Belgium after being wounded on the battlefield of Waterloo in 1815 . |
| 25 | A development of Banfield 's explanation is provided by Johan Galtung on the basis of his own research in a similar environment . |
| 26 | He can waffle on about OPEC ad infinitum , and most clients wo n't know what the hell he 's talking about , but they 'll pretend to agree with him and will buy on the strength of what he says . |
| 27 | Or when he meditates on The Price of Bras : |
| 28 | In the last chapter she meditates on the meaning of suffering . |
| 29 | Black communities become sites of struggle , defended on the one hand by black youth , and attacked on the other by the police , determined to prevent ‘ no-go ’ areas as in Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | An 11 year old girl was attacked on the campsite at Holme Pierrepont early in August but she managed to break free from the man who grabbed her and raised the alarm . |