Example sentences of "[vb base] on [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I report on them every week for the Ministry of Agriculture . ’ |
| 2 | And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword . |
| 3 | And we 've had one meeting be , between , just really detailed some of the , some of the issues that we find and focus on them a bit more . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ This is a temptation bestow on me a gift hidden from all thy creatures . ' ’ |
| 5 | However , people 's capacity for perceiving themselves in this way is not innate ; it is acquired within a framework of established social practices which impose on them the role ( forme ) of a subject . |
| 6 | ‘ The member shall ensure that a person is not appointed as a company representative of that member except on terms which impose on him a duty to act in the performance of his functions as a company representative in such a way as to comply with the code of conduct ; … |
| 7 | No wonder they 're touchy when you pick on them the way you do . ’ |
| 8 | Even if Popper 's claims for ‘ World Three ’ and Olson 's for ‘ autonomous text ’ were valid — and Rommetveit 's work casts further doubt on them the world which they are striving for would be an impoverished one and the ‘ knowledge ’ which could be stored in it would be narrow and limited . |
| 9 | Cut a new piece of timber , and mark on it the shape of piece required . |
| 10 | Mark on it the width of plank from which the brackets will be cut . |
| 11 | They carry on them a specification of what is hypothesized ( e.g. NP ) , what information currently supports this hypothesis ( e.g. DET ADJ ) and what information is needed to confirm this hypothesis ( e.g. NOUN ) . |