Example sentences of "[unc] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] on " in BNC.
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1 | The local groups will be able to send delegates to the association 's central committee to pass on details of complaints , campaigns and victories . |
2 | The federal project in Europe would in some respects have enlarged Westminster 's competence , because of the capacity it accorded Europe 's national governments to take on the world 's financial markets and thus broaden the taxing , spending and borrowing options that have been , up until now , in the shadow of highly conservative directors of international capital flows . |
3 | On the evening of 20 November the Prime Minister 's swift decision to fight on plunged the Conservatives into almost total disarray . |
4 | The 24-year-old sweeper will lose three days ’ wages for deserting his father 's electrical business to take on the infinitely more difficult job of shoring up the leakiest defence in international soccer . |
5 | Churchill was prime minister , and though he found it politic in the face of American and Labour pressure to allow negotiations about India 's constitutional future to go on , at the same time he ensured that all such negotiations came to nought . |