Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [to-vb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Having recently received the April publication of Hospitality , I should like to place on record the vast improvement on previous issues that has been accomplished . |
| 2 | If so , I must advise him — and Conservative Members before they intervene — that that is not a commitment that I should like to make on behalf of any future Labour Administration because it would be an unreal commitment . |
| 3 | On his newest album , Double Good Everything ( Capitol ) he measures out the steps a soul man must take to remain on top of the game . |
| 4 | remember that it is up to you what you include on your schedule The more accurately you can assess your expenditure for the next year , the easier it should prove to keep on top of your finances . |
| 5 | If people are going to live in large towns at all they must learn to live on top of one another . |
| 6 | He said we should learn to live on curry powder , mixed with water ! |
| 7 | To build up his pot , because he might have a bad month , or he might want to go on holiday . |
| 8 | Peter Robinson , a Democratic Unionist MP , said people were sceptical of ‘ the idea of rogue cops going around to take out IRA terrorists — it 's the sort of stuff you might expect to see on television with Clint Eastwood ’ . |
| 9 | Lastly you might choose to rely on advice to farmers and fertiliser manufacturers . |
| 10 | Oh heck well you 'll have to go on bus . |
| 11 | sit the exams , on about twenty fifth of June we 'll be going on holiday , for a week , then shall go and see , well hope I should say , then I 'll probably go and see U Two , hopefully , then I 'll get to go on holiday on me own for two weeks |
| 12 | Likewise , said Dr Forwell , a study of life expectancy tables showed that men in Edinburgh after retirement could expect to live on average four years longer than their counterparts in the city of Glasgow . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd like to put on record how co-operative Copenhagen have been throughout this affair , ’ said the Linfield chairman . |
| 14 | If you 'd like to go on Bargain Basement , the feature we have round about three thirty , if you 've got something for sale , five pounds or under , call us on . |
| 15 | What follows , while by no means comprehensive , is NME 's guide to the world blown wide open by the greatest war movies , a world we 'd like to see on TV as we wait for the next one . |
| 16 | I 'd like to present on behalf of Colonel centre , a plaque from all of us at the Three-Ninetieth at D M Museum . |
| 17 | I 'd like to present on behalf of congress to you a banner bright by John and also a tankard suitably inscribed . |
| 18 | " We 'd have to go on shore to telephone , " said Woodie doubtfully , when his turn came . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'd have to stand on tiptoe , ’ Felicity said with a rare flash of humour . |
| 20 | ‘ But after Liverpool I 'd love to step on stage in London 's West End yeah , now that WILL be the day for me . ’ |
| 21 | Chronic illnesses such as epilepsy can cause adult sufferers to become dependent upon family members , which can lead to confusion about individual family roles : children may have to take on adult responsibilities , denying their right to be a child , and this can result in major adjustment and behavioural problems as they grow older . |
| 22 | So homeless organisations may have to rely on charity to provide the extra night shelter . |
| 23 | If the injured trio — or even one of them for that matter — miss the game , Rangers may have to rely on goalkeeper Andy Goram more than ever . |
| 24 | The Institute of Environmental Health Officers ( EHO ) and the Child Poverty Action Group ( CPAG ) believe people on low incomes may try to economise on water , endangering their health . |
| 25 | It also gives examples of typical queries which users may wish to perform on LIFESPAN information and some sample outputs from these queries . |
| 26 | And of course we used to have to go on tram cars to the school and Road . |
| 27 | And it was a good thing Yeo Davis existed ; McLeish himself had often been quietly riled by the intellectual scorn which Francesca and her colleagues would bring to bear on criticism of some of their more sweeping policies . |
| 28 | They 're just what you would expect to encounter on safari — except that the backdrop for these elephants is not the wilderness of Africa 's vast plains but the flower-bedecked veranda of a neat house . |
| 29 | I would like to put on record a summary of the meetings and correspondence between myself ( on behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ ) and officers of British Waterways . |
| 30 | I would like to say on behalf of us all how glad we are to welcome the Eberhardts , and how privileged we feel ourselves to be offered this recital . |