Example sentences of "[noun pl] on [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Partly this is because management has placed limitations on who can operate the VDUs , and partly the layout of the plant is such that there is only space for four cars between each work station . |
| 2 | Perhaps he thought powerful attacks on her might produce the result he longed for . |
| 3 | Two years previously it would have been just another biker film , and two years on it would have been dated in terms of attitudes . |
| 4 | It is impossible to check the validity of this statement , as the Government has consistently refused to provide the key information necessary to make this calculation , namely details on what would have paid out in the uprating allowance of supplementary benefit had it still been in force in April 1988 . |
| 5 | Thus any change in the structure of dendrites and the location of the synapses on them can change the neurophysiological relations of pre-and postsynaptic cells . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to pull your skirt up , Ella , and if you 've got no knickers on you will get a bonus , you saucy little minx . |
| 7 | Finally , the guidance note contains an intriguing exchange of views on what should happen for NIC purposes where an employer reaches an informal or ‘ voluntary ’ agreement with the Revenue to settle income tax on employees ' benefits in kind and expenses . |
| 8 | True , there are sharp constraints on what can evolve and what can not , given by the physical properties of the planet we inhabit and the carbon chemistry on which our molecules are based . |
| 9 | Here PC World will advise users on what will meet their requirements , and will price such an overall package . |
| 10 | The superimposition of massive conventional forces on what should have been an atomic strategy , made no sense to Churchill , who appreciated that financial pressures would reduce rather than increase the number of divisions that Britain could contribute to Western European defence . |
| 11 | And the John Lennon hit single ‘ Imagine ’ has been played simultaneously on more than a thousand radio stations worldwide ; it was one of the tributes on what would have been the ex-Beatle 's fiftieth birthday , and was played as an anthem to world peace . |
| 12 | Irene Daniels , who 's the programme 's researcher says ‘ if you have a clip that makes you and your family laugh , then it 's odds on it 'll make other people laugh too ’ . |
| 13 | There may also be purely formal grammatical restrictions on what can go first . |
| 14 | just as there are no restrictions on who should publish newspapers , there should be an equal openness in broadcasting . |