Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a circular yesterday , the company said it had not been possible to arrange a refinancing on conventional terms . |
| 2 | The Government had been due to confirm the route on Wednesday but postponed the details until next week . |
| 3 | This autumn the United Nations is due to pass the Convention on the Rights of the Child . |
| 4 | It is , however , perfectly possible to write a commercial on Monday , shoot it on Tuesday , do the post-production on Wednesday and have it on air on Thursday : for large retail clients , at sale time , this is not that uncommon ! |
| 5 | We pay the employer as little as possible to take the trainee in the first place and then charge him as much as possible to train the trainee on his behalf . |
| 6 | However , if the cost of the intervention was small enough , it might actually be justifiable to mount a programme on a population level . |
| 7 | Well I make a proposal that we also give them notice that at the end of this year , we will not be prepared to continue the lease on the current licence . |
| 8 | In fact , there was only a small nucleus of non-party men who were prepared to support the Court on all occasions — men such as the Secretary of War , William Blathwayt , or Treasury Secretary , William Lowndes , who were essentially civil servants . |
| 9 | They were afraid to hit a man on the skull . |
| 10 | ‘ I would be prepared to write a leader on this project , but I would find it difficult to take the opposing point of view to that given in those two leaders . |
| 11 | For a long time , she was afraid to pass the portrait on the stairs of the one he called the Hanging Judge . |
| 12 | On the basis of the provision that ‘ whoever should be heir ’ should act as instructed , Scaevola is prepared to construe a trust on the coheir to make over his quarter in the gardens to Seia . |
| 13 | This arcane dispute contributes to the electorally damaging impression that the Prime Minister is willing to hammer the country on the anvil of her dogmatism . |
| 14 | After the meeting the FRUD announced that it was quite prepared to open a dialogue on the basis of an immediate bilateral ceasefire and reforms announced by Gouled Aptidon . |
| 15 | As you know it , this is the last I 'm sure everyone 's aware it 's the last item on your agenda when I was looking at the agenda this item was before the fox hunting motion I thought well it 'd be nice to have a debate before the fox hunting motion because we would have er a full house of people who I 'm sure would be very interested to hear the discussion on V A T. As matter of fact I 'm sure they would w w would welcome the opportunity to have a de , a discussion , but it seems they have gone and I got , I got it wrong Chairman when you by taking the the the fox hunting motion it should really have , have held on till this time in the evening . |
| 16 | There were an increasing number of scientists , engineers , doctors , economists and statisticians who were prepared to challenge the industry on its own terms . |
| 17 | In the event that no person acceptable to Council is willing to assume the headship on any occasion , either the Coulson or the Dr Lee 's Professor will be required to assume it . |
| 18 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's taken a lot of my notorious skills at wheeling and dealing , but the bank are prepared to finance the deal on the strength of the new patent for the computerised cutting and sewing system , ’ Guy was saying , his voice flat and clipped . |
| 20 | It is easier to put the system on a network and ‘ custom installation ’ allows users to select United Kingdom settings , installing the ‘ £ ’ sign and asks whether to install other accessories such as help files . |
| 21 | The Prime Minister insists that even if the other 11 go ahead he is prepared to reject an agreement on Europe at Maastricht . |
| 22 | I was interested to read an article on local government financing in the Financial Times of Monday 28 October by the Controller of the Audit Commission , Howard Davies . |
| 23 | Yes , I , I think really that 's why it 's a lot easier to read the time on an analogue display than it is on a digital display . |
| 24 | Dr Colophon , consultant psychologist to the Press Council , examines why so many consultant psychologists seem impelled to spill the dirt on people like Prince Charles , Mrs Thatcher and Ian Botham . |
| 25 | The GUARDIAN last Saturday had an interesting bit of copy about clubs in the Premier football division being prepared to consider a ban on transfers of players between the clubs for virtually the whole of the soccer season . |
| 26 | Since such a system seemed well founded in Britain it chose to ignore British fascism , unlike the Communist Party , which was prepared to fight the BUF on the streets at Olympia and Cable Street . |
| 27 | As you have no solicitor acting for you , you must be prepared to address the Court on your own behalf . |
| 28 | As your Solicitor is no longer acting for you , you must be prepared to address the Court on your own behalf . |
| 29 | In the Alexander Howden case , for example , Swiss authorities showed themselves surprisingly willing to lift the veil on bank accounts in Geneva or Zurich . |
| 30 | If the Minister is not prepared to shoulder the burden on behalf of the British taxpayer , is the time not right for him to work with the European Community in establishing a Europewide diversification initiative ? |