Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 2 | I have not followed international football for well over twenty years , preferring to concentrate on the bread and butter of non-League soccer , so I have no idea what Alf Ramsey thinks . |
| 3 | Glamis Castle is most famous for its association with Macbeth , and Shakespeare 's hero is said to still bemoan the murder of King Duncan , appearing to walk on the roof , taking a route known as The Mad Earl 's Walk . |
| 4 | Near-by , Pipkin and Dandelion were pretending to feed on a patch of scrub . |
| 5 | Armenia was refusing to participate on the basis of fears that the new Union Treaty would enshrine neighbouring Azerbaijan 's right to the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region . |
| 6 | In more than one crunch game when the pressure was off and the ball was in the opposition 's half , Frank would climb on to the bar and endear himself to the Celtic faithful by pretending to sleep on the woodwork . |
| 7 | Women wanting to book on the service , operated by Crosville and Red Rider , should phone 051 643 1773 . |
| 8 | The course was n't advertised because the WSR has received so many requests from people wanting to ride on the footplate that it was able to pick out only serious enthusiasts . |
| 9 | The Chelsea keeper produced three top-class stops before half-time as Boro threatened to break open the defensive grip Chelsea were looking to keep on the game . |
| 10 | I mean if you walk into the station on a day wanting to get on a train there are still several different fares you can pay . |
| 11 | It is accepted that the rule does not apply where the party seeking to rely on the document was guilty of fraud . |
| 12 | This means that the defect is judged in the light of the scientific and technical knowledge at the time the product was under the control of the person seeking to rely on the defence . |
| 13 | The burden of proof is on the person seeking to rely on the clause . |
| 14 | Contra proferentem construction Exclusion clauses will be interpreted strictly and any ambiguity in the clause will be resolved by the court adopting the meaning least favourable to the interests of the party seeking to rely on the clause . |
| 15 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 16 | In this respect the court has , in holding a clause unreasonable , pointed to the facts that a seed merchant , seeking to rely on the clause , could have insured against the risk of crop failure caused by supplying the wrong variety of seed , and that such insurance would not materially have increased the price of the seed ( see ( George Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd ( 1983 ) ) . |
| 17 | In Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 it was held that the defendants ' limitation of liability was unreasonable and therefore unenforceable under the Act ; a decisive factor was that in previous cases the defendants had settled claims without seeking to rely on the limitation clause , impliedly recognising that it was not reasonable . |
| 18 | If a covenant is contested it is for the party seeking to rely on the covenant to prove its reasonableness ( see Rex Stewart Jeffries Parker Ginsberg v Parker [ 1988 ] IRLR 483 ) . |
| 19 | ( ii ) all contracts where the party ( " businessman " ) seeking to rely on the exemption clause entered into the contract in the course of a business ( except those businesses excluded under Sched 1 to the UCTA — basically those which have some other form of statutory regulation such as insurance contracts , contracts for the carriage of goods by sea , or contracts whose subject matter is specialised , and which therefore have a particular body of law governing them , such as real property or intellectual property ) . |
| 20 | Here it seems hard to say that the party seeking to rely on the exemption clause is contracting on his own written standard terms . |
| 21 | Flashbulbs popped incessantly and Whitlock found himself struggling to focus on the sea of cameras , his eyes darting about in search of anything untoward . |
| 22 | ‘ But there is no way I 'm going to go on a tour just now simply to grovel to those people who still do n't think I can sing . ’ |
| 23 | I was once going to go on a trip , my mate and I we go a trip to er a train cruise down from er down through Italy and of course |
| 24 | Thus you can define fill as ‘ chainmail ’ for instance , and know exactly where on your drawing of medieval knights to apply the fill ( it is n't going to go on a flag , is it ? ? ) |
| 25 | Might get there in a minute but I think these are going to go on the floor in a minute . |
| 26 | Like most at the top of the business , Reitzle was n't going to go on the record either openly praising or criticising Giugiaro . |
| 27 | I kept wondering what it had to do with the cowboy we were going to see on the screen . |
| 28 | Deciding to go on the stepping stones . |
| 29 | And he did the same thing at Brackley Town , he guided them to success , their best ever season , he 's gone to Buckingham Town , took a few players with him , so Brackley Town , they 're not too pleased and they 're going to be out to beat Buckingham Town tonight , but I 'm going to sit on the fence and go for Buckingham 3 1 . |
| 30 | And there were two more people in front of me that was waiting to go on the course . |