Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since preview audiences rated it both best and worst thing in the film — presumably depending on level of squeamishness — it obviously made an impression . |
| 2 | All it was first of all was a little graze on top of the skin . |
| 3 | James Howe attended the village school in Skirling but left still young and incompletely educated on account of his deafness . |
| 4 | They returned with a huge roll of green baize which was then gently placed on top of the groaning air conditioner . |
| 5 | With luck , their homes would not be burgled and any disputes that might subsequently arise over their property would be swiftly resolved on production of those impressive-looking deeds , some of them so old that they bore the colophon of the Sublime Porte . |
| 6 | I should perhaps apologize on behalf of the hotel for the temperature in the room this morning er I stayed here last night and woke up to find that not only was there no heat in the radiators , but there was no heat in the hot water . |
| 7 | Additional awards are not common as they are only made on top of the basic and compensatory awards in cases where the employer has failed to comply with earlier orders either to reinstate or re-engage an employee . |
| 8 | We 've heard the voice of the Party professionals , we 've heard the voice of the Labour leadership , now let's all speak on behalf of the ordinary trade unionists and say with all the force that is necessary on behalf of those millions , men and women , young and old , we support the Party , we pay for the Party , we have a right to democracy in the Party because never forget it is our Party too , I move . |
| 9 | So I would venture to suggest that if I 'm interviewing you as the Environmental Health Officer for a particular council on a council matter , then I would expect you to only speak on behalf of the council — unless I asked you whether your professional body was happy with your council 's policy . |
| 10 | He was president of St Bartholomew 's Hospital from 1572 to his death , comptroller-general of all the hospitals from 1581 , and MP for the City from 1572 to 1583 , naturally serving on House of Commons committees concerning London , trade , and industry . |
| 11 | The letter with his settlement cheque says : ‘ Once again I can only apologise on behalf of my clients for events that occurred . ’ |
| 12 | ( This is a goodwill payment , not necessarily based on admission of error ) . |
| 13 | While I am about it , I had better apologise on behalf of a contributor , who was castigated by post for not looking up the meaning of a phrase that was , to him , mysterious . |
| 14 | Kelling Hall was Maufe 's first country house , built on the daring ‘ Butterfly ’ plan , so called on account of its shape . |
| 15 | In September 1295 custody of alien priories had been seized by the king and they were only restored on payment of fines . |
| 16 | The Eladeldi supervise everything , and anyway the jobs worth having all go on word of mouth . |
| 17 | This may only cease on withdrawal of the drug . |
| 18 | Income support is , of course , only paid on test of need , but in assessing a person 's means certain forms of income such as disability pensions and a reasonable level of capital are to some extent disregarded . |
| 19 | These ‘ options ’ only work on behalf of the manager . |
| 20 | Carter had already excavated on behalf of Lord Amherst in the 1890s , but it was during his period with Lord Carnarvan that he made his most spectacular and significant finds , digging at Thebes and in the Valley of the Kings . |
| 21 | Do not pile up plates or saucepans higgledy - piggledy on a high shelf , where they can so easily fall on top of you when you reach up for something . |
| 22 | that 's , that 's the other thing when there 's only two of you involved and you , we were opening for that first sort of eighteen months five , six days a week just keeping on top of a day to day business does n't allow you to sit back |
| 23 | The points in two point four to two point nine are nevertheless important and we would er I would strongly recommend that you endorse the erm making of those points to Aida If they then do n't take those points on board , you would have the opportunity when the plan is , is finally put on deposit of making a formal objection to the plan on the basis that we disagree with that particular wording , but I have here th th th the strong expectation that Aida will take on board those small points anyway and it is just a matter therefore o of making minor changes , but unfortunately the conformity issue is , is a , is a rather different one whether we are er in er er er as an authority in agreement with what Aida is saying in their plan . |
| 24 | There is a vague realisation that extinction is forever , and that the species we are losing may have great potential benefits for mankind , but the conservation response , even now , is largely based on preservation of a few charismatic species . |
| 25 | That it was all undignified , that it was really rather unpleasant , that it was somehow dehumanizing for Harold — these considerations went by the board as he finally rolled on top of her , grunting fiercely in a tone no one at Magdalen would have recognized . |
| 26 | erm fucking indoor murder ball , the seat , cushion and stuff like that , its fucking well out of order piss up games oh that 's right I think we played in , I think we played , you know that British bull dog thing ? , we managed to clear all the fucking the nappy chair this and the chairs out the way , we were playing this British bull dog sort of thing and the only thing , the only , the only difference was when you got caught , got , everybody was fucking giving you a few thumps in the arm , for good measure like , and we played about four of this and every time this cocky little son of a bitch did n't get caught , he was always the last person , so we fucking said , we said , me and this other guy 's that are in our troop and that er , we said right we 'll get him , so when , when everybody sort of go for it right just after the one person in the middle , said fucking just get this guy and fucking pin him down and do something to him right , we did n't , I think we said we 'd just get him , yeah that 's a good idea , so he 's gone right go and his mate he 's fucking took off two steps and there 's eight of us fucking dived on top of him , what the fucking , he 's struggling , get off you cunt so we pinned him down and at first we was just going to de-bag him in front of the women , we 've taken his boots off and his trousers and that and shave his bollocks , yeah the whole fucking yeah , it was like an audience , all that they sort of gathered up the chairs and the tables fuck have his bollocks shaved . |
| 27 | The principles and advances thus established on behalf of individual litigants and at their prompting redounded to the benefit of the king , not least when his own servants were suing other clergy and patrons for possession of benefices to which the king had presented them ; in particular the livings affected by the new pluralism laws would be likely subjects of such writs . |
| 28 | Right , you , you think proba , this does n't sort of seem right to me , and this is sort of developing your common sense approach to maths , which always goes on top of the actual maths , you 've done the maths , yeah , you have a little look and it wo n't , does that make sense ? |
| 29 | The duchy resources were still used on behalf of the royal retinue and it is striking that most of the best offices and farms went to the king 's household . |
| 30 | The duchy resources were still used on behalf of the royal retinue and it is striking that most of the best offices and farms went to the king 's household . |