Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [noun] [prep] " 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 | It has little influence on places along the route , but a powerful one on those at the ends of it . ’ |
| 4 | During the campaign for elections to the European Parliament ( EP ) in June 1989 [ see pp. 36737 ; 36874-75 ] they successfully capitalized on opposition to controversial proposals that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections throughout European Community ( EC ) member states . |
| 5 | He hoped eventually to concentrate on diseases of the mind so he was constantly analysing people 's actions . |
| 6 | James Howe attended the village school in Skirling but left still young and incompletely educated on account of his deafness . |
| 7 | They returned with a huge roll of green baize which was then gently placed on top of the groaning air conditioner . |
| 8 | There were various elongated portraits , all painted on canvases of an idiosyncratic size , roughly six foot by two . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Faulks Committee would have done better to concentrate on methods for speeding up libel hearings . |
| 12 | In your situation , as both employees work in the kitchen , it might be possible to monitor the situation , eg checking on stock after each shift , etc . |
| 13 | Bantamweight Karen Briggs , featherweight Sharon Rendle and light-middleweight Diane Bell all won on Saturday with performances that make them odds-on favourites for medals in Barcelona . |
| 14 | court of appeal decision : unfavourable medical reports obtained confidentially by a plaintiff for the purposes of personal injury litigation which were inadvertently disclosed on discovery to the defendant could be used by them at the trial . |
| 15 | It was a world beyond my wildest dreams ; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The young pedlar cast him a wary glance and apparently decided on practicality over valour . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | People who give up cigarettes very commonly report explicit ( and guilty ) dreams about smoking in the first few weeks , even though there is every reason to believe that sleep actually becomes less disturbed on withdrawal from nicotine . |
| 21 | The painters downstairs , skylarking on the fringe of the main action , celebrate ( though they would be surprised to hear it ) the living life which was , I said , merely imposed on Notes from Underground , but which now surrounds both crime and punishment and makes the whole novel responsive like a touched spider 's web . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Basically , however , it is our practice only to paddle on Sundays in the fishing season and not even then on certain rivers when the salmon are running . |
| 24 | She could only look on Roirbak as some kind of doctor who would be dealing with her intimately shortly . |
| 25 | But biological weapons are unlikely to be much used on troops in combat , mainly because of the difficulties of getting the aerosols on to them without seeing them drift back on to those who released them . |
| 26 | The letter with his settlement cheque says : ‘ Once again I can only apologise on behalf of my clients for events that occurred . ’ |
| 27 | ( This is a goodwill payment , not necessarily based on admission of error ) . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Kelling Hall was Maufe 's first country house , built on the daring ‘ Butterfly ’ plan , so called on account of its shape . |
| 30 | But he later changed his spots enough to insist on Leopardcover as a condition of accepting the market 's chairmanship . |