Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is so , can you please let me have one of the two data only copies I requested on 14 February ( Ref. 020 ) ? |
| 2 | Four times I went on long visits to the St Jerome , his finest work . |
| 3 | I remember when they went to Korea and they had to have these overcoats I sewed on hundreds of buttons , about 10 minutes each coat . |
| 4 | In the first two books there are also units which focus on situational English , while in the later parts of the series a functional syllabus is combined with a structural grading . |
| 5 | The examples of ( 10 ) have interesting implications , but we shall restrict ourselves here to those aspects which bear on adjectival grammar ; we take them as confirming evidence that we are justified in following Bolinger and recognizing that certain adjectives qualify another property , qua property , and are not to be assigned , independently , to any entity present in or assumed by the structure of the sentence in which they appear . |
| 6 | Western philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries who speculated on these matters usually emphasized two criteria : |
| 7 | ‘ The military are now occupying the national radio and television networks , and forcibly replacing journalists who insist on editorial independence and objectivity , ’ he writes . |
| 8 | Even the songs they sang on such occasions had a defiance in them , always remembering of course they had a drink in them at the time . |
| 9 | That was a story Hopper liked to tell , to demonstrate how they were all good friends who were creating a new style of acting ; later , when Nicholson arrived , they had long discussions about this era and the influences it had on all of them . |
| 10 | Of the speeches he made on these occasions we have such various descriptions it is impossible to be sure what he actually said . |
| 11 | At intervals throughout the next months he worked on this material , in preparation for his show at the Lefevre Gallery in September 1951 and for other exhibitions . |
| 12 | In France , at the accession of Henry II in 1547 , each of the four secrétaires des finances was given the task of overseeing the administration of a group of French provinces and also of relations with the foreign states which bordered on these ; thus for example the secretary who supervised Burgundy and Champagne was normally also responsible for relations with the Swiss cantons and the states of west Germany . |
| 13 | Both these directors have service contracts which expire on 1st March 1992 . |
| 14 | Surely the real enemy must be those warped , fierce , cunning entities which feasted on vulnerable human beings who shone their lights unshaded . |
| 15 | Fifty or sixty parents were present , and were talking in nervous or gushing little groups which centred on one or other of the teachers . |
| 16 | Eagles by contrast are soaring birds which rise on hot-air thermals appearing to balance their ‘ barn-door ’ shapes on their ‘ finger-tips ’ — the long primaries on the end of their wings which smooth the air-flow at slow speeds . |
| 17 | All functions which draw on public resources ( and most of the work by ‘ free organizations ’ is heavily subsidized out of public funds ) require a legal basis for their legitimate operation , and this also applies when statutory responsibilities are delegated to non-statutory services . |
| 18 | The new government was to be responsible to a Provisional Council of the Russian Republic , or ‘ Pre-Parliament ’ , drawn from democratic elements which convened on 7 October and was still in session when the Provisional Government was overthrown . |
| 19 | Along with many of the other development corporations , the skills and experience in creating new communities have been dispersed — a fact that always amazes foreign visitors who look on British new towns as one of the major achievements of post-war planning anywhere in the world . |
| 20 | So much depends on which individual ingredients you chose on each particular moment . |
| 21 | Once inside the Stone Hall of Judgement , once subjected to the decision of the Twelve Stone Judges who pronounce on all Mortal creatures , I believed I should be beyond all hope of escape . ’ |
| 22 | Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain . |
| 23 | Farmers ' groups and FMC claim that the proposed restrictions are the most stringent in the country , but Virginia 's environmental groups and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries are seeking a complete ban on the pesticide , which is responsible for the deaths of more than two million birds a year , including bald eagles who feed on smaller dead birds which have been poisoned . |
| 24 | On the other hand , it has been held that gypsies who camp on public land can not argue , in defence to a claim for an eviction order by a council , that the council has failed to fulfil its statutory obligation to provide camping sites because the gypsies had no legal right to the land on which they were camping . |
| 25 | Two other grandmothers who came on regular visits , one ‘ very generous ’ and the other an eloquent ‘ martinet ’ , died too soon to leave more than a dim recollection . ’ |
| 26 | Before the 16th century , virtually the only people concerned with the past were the medieval chroniclers who relied on written records and oral traditions . |
| 27 | Dr Nancy Harrison , RSPB marine policy officer , said : ‘ Any information about the use of gill nets and the effects they have on marine life , will help us to understand the true extent and nature of the problem , and to identify any trouble spots . ’ |
| 28 | It was imagined that like lizards it went on all fours ; bones were mounted this way in museums , and at the Great Exhibition of 1851 hollow model dinosaurs were made to entertain the public . |
| 29 | What is most remarkable about the talks and lectures he gave on this trip is the extent to which America now revived in him the memories of his childhood . |
| 30 | Hours you spend on that phone , listening to people pour out their problems ! ’ |