Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The officer on duty on the night he died Tony Strong said it was not normal practice to peer on prisoners through the cell doors because this was considered an invasion of privacy . |
| 2 | Brandt mission to Iraq to secure release of hostages [ see p. 37871 ] ; appeal for aid to the Soviet Union , particularly foodstuffs ; January 1991 : Soviet-German shipping pact signed ( Jan. 7 ) , giving each other 's ships equal status with their own ships in ports , and creating an adjudicatory institution to decide on disputes ; resolution approved by Bundestag ( on Jan. 14 ) condemning actions of Soviet troops in Lithuania ; March : Genscher visit to Soviet Union [ see p. 38110 ] ; EC Commission announcement of provision of DM6,200 million over three years for reconstruction projects in eastern Germany ; May : Franco-German summit [ see p. 38198 ] ; Kohl visit to USA [ see p. 38199-200 ] ; June : good-neighbourliness treaty with Poland signed [ see p. 38306 ] ; July : Kohl visit to Soviet Union and question of Soviet troop withdrawals from Germany [ see p. 38354 ] . |
| 3 | Responses to Regional Policy : CIT Sections are actively encouraged to set up their own working parties to comment on policy issues of regional importance . |
| 4 | This is now a quite normal Condition to impose on suppliers , whose output quality may be rigorously tested by customers prior to the acceptance of batches of products ; undertake ( and pay for ) specified research , development and design activities needed to meet the specifications laid down by the customer . |
| 5 | A new German willingness to compromise on farm subsidies , however , emerged on Oct. 9 , and by Oct. 14 the GATT Director-General Arthur Dunkel was able to tell the IMF/World Bank meeting in Bangkok that there were real prospects of concluding the Uruguay Round by end-year , a deadline he had presented as crucial if the whole process were not to end in failure . |
| 6 | Reptile in charge of Magic Roundabout clearly loathes children after twenty years of roundabout rides , encourages smallest most ill-coordinated kids to perch on top of vast heaving wood and plaster horse in hope that when ride begins movement will hurl child into machinery for ever . |
| 7 | It was also thought that the presence of a WEA officer such as the tutor-organiser at branch AGMs and committee meetings was liable to bring improper influence to bear on behalf of the District Secretary . |
| 8 | In the ‘ co-habitation ’ period , with power uneasily shared by a socialist President and a conservative Prime Minister ( March 1986-May 1988 ) , the continuity of space policy was celebrated as an example of French determination to build on achievements of preceding governments . |
| 9 | Earlier this month , the Department of Environment set a date for the public inquiry to commence on October 26 at a venue to be fixed in Liverpool . |
| 10 | Earlier this month , the Environment Department set a date for the public inquiry to start on October 26 at a venue to be fixed in Liverpool . |
| 11 | save out of your weekly earnings to go on holiday ? |
| 12 | But lying there in the dunes he had n't known what he knew now , that he had another and very different appointment to keep on Sunday , September the twenty-fifth . |
| 13 | There was a spirited start to work on WCUK 's second ever pub contract in the Midlands for brewer Hardys and Hansons . |
| 14 | Warning that his reforms would cause business failures and unemployment , he announced plans for a scheme to put unemployed people to work on government construction projects for a minimum wage . |
| 15 | And I used my old pass to go on stage anyhow so |
| 16 | It has signed up Fremont , California Unix transaction processing systems integrator and consultancy Independence Technologies Inc to convert Top End to run on Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcservers , IBM Corp RS/6000s , Hewlett-Packard Co HP 9000s and Pyramid Technology Corp 's MIServers , and to distribute the resulting implementations , starting this quarter . |
| 17 | We are ready to relinquish the British crown to concentrate on Europe and a world title chance . ’ |
| 18 | Foreign Office to sit on research council |
| 19 | Thus the account of the scourging opens out into a series of extravagant similes to meditate on Christ 's wounded body . |
| 20 | But it does n't mean , it 's not , reality says that 's not possible , because central government will not give us additional money to spend on education . |
| 21 | They will have a fixed budget to spend on construction , either in total or in particular financial years . |
| 22 | Would it not be possible to give them an annual grant to spend on projects they approve ? |
| 23 | If workers hold a democratic vote to go on strike for whatever reason , it ill becomes a Labour government to legislate to make it unlawful . |
| 24 | In 1963 she joined the BBC and worked on everything from Steptoe and Son to That Was The Week That Was , before reaching her real ambition to work on Playschool . |
| 25 | To judge from Timothy Day 's useful Discography of Tudor church music ( London , 1989 ) , they mark the first serious attempt to capture on record a representative sample of Byrd 's music . |
| 26 | A survey of the Japanese computer market in Nikkei group magazine Nikkei Computer estimates the Japanese domestic computer market at $92,000m : a growth rate of 6% is expected over the new financial year that started on April 1 ; by sector the market grew last fiscal by 18% for Unix systems , compared with 8% for the data services market , 5% for mainframe computers and 3% for small business computers , while personal computers saw negative growth ; Unix machines are expected to grow by 20% this year and personal computers to put on 7% ; mainframes are again expected to be affected by the depressed economic conditions but will still manage 2% growth . |
| 27 | He was so unsuccessful that he came close to packing it in until he allowed his gloomy demeanour to shine on stage . |
| 28 | Just as it was extremely difficult to get the liberal establishment to take on board issues to do with social class in the 1970s so too was it rare to hear feminism and the politics of gender discussed with any degree of seriousness or attention at any of their gatherings . |
| 29 | The garden is a perfect place to entertain on summer evenings , but you should take basic steps to ensure safety . |
| 30 | Secondly , what are your views on ‘ power plus ’ systems which allow engines designed to run on leaded fuel to function on lead free ? |