Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact only a few of Scotland 's great views are included but many well known ones elsewhere are covered such as Cat Bells and Snowdon , plus a few less familiar ones such as Mow Cop on the edge of the Cheshire Hills and Bennachie in Aberdeenshire . |
| 2 | The responsibility for checking quality on the shop-floor is usually that of the Inspection department , whose main task is to ensure adherence to the organization 's quality standards . |
| 3 | Shortly after beginning work on the Requiem , Mozart received another , equally unexpected commission . |
| 4 | TWO men were injured when a lorry crashed into a field after losing control on the A494 Ruthin to Mold road near Llanferres yesterday morning . |
| 5 | They came in illegally low after bombing practice on the range just down the firth , blasting over the island so suddenly that I jumped while in the delicate manoeuvre of teasing a wasp into a jar from the old tree stump near the ruined sheep-pen at the north end of the island . |
| 6 | Graham Calvert has three useful performers left in the competition , Chessmen , which has clocked 27.77 secs off 7 metres , Ruffside Hall ( 27.76 ) and scratch dog Dozy Court , which won in 27.64 last Thursday and finished third on Monday night after hitting trouble on the third bend . |
| 7 | The third set of arguments points to the bad effects of using law on the family . |
| 8 | The impact of using microPROLOG on the children 's thinking and problem solving in other domains is also being examined . |
| 9 | The Act enabled workmen to recover compensation without the necessity of proving fault on the part of the employer . |
| 10 | WHAT WE ‘ post ’ feminists need are more men like Tony who are prepared to stand up in their men 's self-help groups — instead of wasting space on the semen-stained women 's page — and acknowledge together that they are basically ‘ sacks of scum ’ . |
| 11 | The Open University was also the subject of debate between Alix Bowen and Teddy Lazenby of the Department of Education and Science : Alix 's face was expressing a most delicate mixture of disbelief , disapprobation and polite attention as Teddy , somewhat indiscreetly presuming on their long , if long-interrupted , acquaintance , revealed what were clearly his own opinions on the inadvisability of wasting money on the education of housewives and taxi drivers . |
| 12 | Mr Woodley said the ballot had already achieved its objection of bringing pressure on the receivers and the Government to sanction immediate payments of at least the minimum state redundancy payoff to the 1,600 workers who have already lost their jobs . |
| 13 | Much of this lack of coordination is inevitable , given the problems of acquiring information on the effects of policy measures and the impossibility , in a pluralist democracy , of taking highly centralized decisions over the whole range of state responsibilities . |
| 14 | The infusion of Labour 's socialist ambitions with nationalist sentiment was one consequence of gaining power on the back of the war economy . |
| 15 | Towards the end of the Attorney General 's speech , George Robertson , Labour 's foreign affairs spokesman , pressed for a motion which would have had the effect of delaying progress on the bill to be put to the vote . |
| 16 | Instead of keeping watch on the street , he was giving directions to a young woman tourist . |
| 17 | The flow chart is not supposed to be rigid or to be adhered to at all costs ; more a source of guidance and reference and a way of keeping check on the different activities that go on simultaneously as you move towards that special day . |
| 18 | The means of promoting consensus on the curriculum proved to be The National Curriculum 5–16 : a consultation document ( hereafter TNC ) , where it is argued that the national curriculum will help to raise standards by ensuring that all pupils follow a broad and balanced curriculum throughout the compulsory period ; by setting clear objectives of what pupils should be expected to achieve ; by ensuring that all pupils , irrespective of their sex , ethnic origins or geographical location have access to the same curriculum offer ; and by checking on performance and progress at various stages . |
| 19 | Progress has been patchy but by the time of writing study on the following fields ( often requiring further compulsory elements or specific combinations of fields in addition to the general requirements of the course regulations ) carry agreed professional exemption or recognition for graduates : |
| 20 | This was at a time when British opinion was becoming evenly divided over the pros and cons of seeking prominence on the global stage . |
| 21 | When Timothy Amsterdam returned from Europe he soon found a way of meeting Topaz on the Moor . |
| 22 | It is likely that the present system of paying duty on the OG will be phased out and Britain will adopt the European method of paying tax when the beer leaves the brewery . |
| 23 | He took the unprecedented step of going public on the issue , an action of which Whyte does not sufficiently stress the importance . |
| 24 | A focus group would be a most interesting way of beginning work on the previously noted research into why some people do and why some people do not go to the theatre , but the results of such discussion would be hypothesis-provoking only , not in any way hypothesis-testing . |
| 25 | Another concern related to the difficulty of providing information on the productivity of the R&D expenditure incurred . |
| 26 | Those respondents who insisted on strict anonymity — to the extent of removing coding on the questionnaires and sending them back in plain brown envelopes — not surprisingly pointed to the anonymity factor as an attractive feature of headhunting when compared with in-house recruiting . |
| 27 | Turning now to the question of allocating land on the basis of need . |
| 28 | His position , both in the City and at the Tower , impelled him into political controversy , particularly during the exclusion crisis , when he was accused of suppressing information on the Popish Plot , and when his removal was demanded by the House of Lords and his conduct inquired into by the House of Commons . |
| 29 | Below : Jockeys Steve Smith Eccles ( left ) and Peter Scudamore are close friends and business partners , despite doing battle on the turf |
| 30 | This offence also carries a maximum of life imprisonment and since lack of consent need not be proved , the girl will not be required to go through the ordeal of giving evidence on the matter . |