Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] on [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge Allen told Clarke : ‘ Nothing this court can do can remedy the harm caused by your decision to drive on that day . ’ |
| 2 | My hon. Friend brings a great deal of expertise to bear on this issue . |
| 3 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on this draft PPG Note . |
| 4 | Try to avoid making instant decisions ; instead , go home and draw the proposed piece to scale on some card . |
| 5 | No sooner do you suggest a trad/rap crossover record be released than Brendan Shine comes out with the biggest load of crap to fall on this earth since Bros recorded their limited edition live L.P. ‘ Live From Mars ’ . |
| 6 | I plead with our commissioners and their counterparts in the Roman Catholic side to concentrate on this issue and not to dally for this I believe is the golden key to that greater , completer , richer and more effective church that is surely coming under God . |
| 7 | The Environment White Paper — ‘ This Common Inheritance ’ announced the Government 's intention to consult on this amendment along with various others proposed to the 1979 Act . |
| 8 | From the imperative to refrain on this occasion the child may advance , as he observes the situation recur in his own or others ' experience , to his first general principle : |
| 9 | It took from the Edinburgh summit in December nineteen ninety two , when the current Prime Minister first announced the government 's intention to legislate on this issue , until the thirtieth of June nineteen ninety three before the European parliamentary elections bill had its first reading . |
| 10 | They certainly pay close attention to one another 's progress , frequently glancing from side to side to check on each other 's position . |
| 11 | If anyone has any light to throw on this mystery both the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the BM and the Mayor of Capri would like to hear from them . |
| 12 | When I opened my mouth to speak on this topic it was as though my lips were sewn together with great stitches in the flesh , and my tongue would not move in my mouth . |
| 13 | Typically sparked off by what might have been seen as an unfair arrest or an arbitrary use of police power , resistance to arrest on this scale was such an entirely , common feature of working-class life before the Great War that it constitutes the most articulate demolition of the myths of deep-rooted popular respect for law and authority in England . |
| 14 | Each unit is still divided into five Focuses so that everyone in the classroom knows what kind of work to expect on each page . |
| 15 | There 's a lot of work to do on that case — can I have Susy Harvey to assist ? ’ |
| 16 | It 's quite a lot of work to do on this cataloguing . |
| 17 | As he turned and looked into her eyes he knew instinctively there was no need to worry on that score . |
| 18 | On Sept. 14-15 India called on the group to focus on those investment measures whose adverse trade effects were direct and significant ; Japan proposed the prohibition of such measures which had trade restrictive and distortive effects and which were either inconsistent with or relevant to GATT provisions . |
| 19 | Dieting without exercise also forces the body to manage on less oxygen , and it reduces its oxygen intake even further when it has to take energy , not from food , but from the body itself . |
| 20 | Alright , so his friends call him ‘ Borrie ’ and he believes he has a God-given right to opine on any subject and be published , or to criticise any work and be broadcast . |
| 21 | The case of Goff v Gauthier ( 1991 ) 62 P & CR 388 has shown that it must be fair and reasonable for the vendor to rely on this exclusion ( see page 62 ) ; ( e ) to state that the vendor will not be liable to the extent that any claim arises out of or is increased by the acts or omissions of the purchaser after completion ; ( f ) to provide that the purchaser must give credit for the amount by which assets are found to have been understated , or liabilities have been over-provided for in the accounts ; ( g ) to ensure that the purchaser pays to the vendor all amounts subsequently recovered from third parties relating to claims that have been paid by the vendor . |
| 22 | I have no announcement to make on that matter at this stage , but I shall bear in mind the representation that my hon. Friend has made . |
| 23 | Before we have had the opportunity to vote on that policy , the autumn statement has informed us that the Government will not promote training or fill the training gap that has developed in recent years . |
| 24 | I thought , I must get it cut — and then I remembered that I had no money to waste on that sort of thing any more ; it would just have to grow , or I 'd have to cut it myself . |
| 25 | But it was not the only rainforest tree to fall on that day . |
| 26 | Well , I , I think I will ask the director of education to comment on that paragraph , because to a large degree , the , the district auditor 's report that he refers to there , in his section , matters previously raised , his report entitled rationalizing primary school education was published in December nineteen ninety- one , and it is being addressed through a , a working party of the education committee which involves representatives from the church as well as of the political groups . |
| 27 | Darwin acquired the important stamp of scientific approval for his collection by designating a reputed naturalist to work on each category for publication . |
| 28 | The legislature has never had occasion to speak on this matter , and the issue has never come to court . |
| 29 | To her astonishment , though , when the Dobermann had just held her in a gentle restraining grip , and no more than that , she could see that there were already small signs of bruising beginning to show on either side of her ankle . |
| 30 | We should like the inspector to comment on that point . |