Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owners of contaminated houses want to know if they have any comeback , those of houses which are not contaminated want the ban on their properties lifted immediately . |
| 2 | He had n't expected to see the girl on a racecourse so soon after Ascot . |
| 3 | About two million visitors are expected to see the display on British scientific and technological breakthroughs , unravelling the mysteries of the Sun and monitoring the Earth 's health . |
| 4 | While alliances are intended to reduce insecurity and volatility , they are also designed to increase the pressure on competitors . |
| 5 | Liabilities should be classified as current or non-current according to their strict contractual maturity , except where the same lender is firmly committed to refinance the debt on the same terms . |
| 6 | ‘ My duties also included training the troops on board — a few had to help with loading the ammunition . |
| 7 | Dialect words fascinated him and footnotes were often added to help the reader on derivations of place-names and other unusual words . |
| 8 | The major upset came in April 1986 when the second reading of the Shops Bill , designed to liberalize the law on Sunday trading , was lost by 296 to 284 . |
| 9 | Since , the " Commando " had a clear warning that the contents should not be used after a certain time , this was deemed to put the plaintiff on notice not to use the herbicide and he could not complain that his own misunderstanding of the consequences of ignoring the warning had rendered the herbicide unfit for the purpose which it was supplied . |
| 10 | Now , Christine , in her hurry to join in the game , had quite forgotten to put the brake on when she parked the pram . |
| 11 | The other plank of the announcement is that , after the first year , better-off councils will no longer have to contribute to the ‘ safety net ’ originally designed to ease the impact on those areas of the country which are set to lose . |
| 12 | Darlington Council planning committee is expected to consider the plan on April 29 . |
| 13 | In any case Kent County Council is concerned that they do not go far enough and has produced its own traffic strategy designed to reduce the pressure on smaller roads . |
| 14 | And I 've enjoyed having the kids on my own . |
| 15 | POLICE and politicians joined forces yesterday to hold a two-day exhibition of ‘ gruesome ’ pornography designed to change the law on obscenity . |
| 16 | Available as both saloon and fastback , the Rover 820 Si 16v is designed to beat the system on two counts . |
| 17 | The first stage of a divestiture search is often a pricing analysis , designed to advise the client on the initial asking price for the business . |
| 18 | Mineral salts are added to supply the nutrients on which the healthy growth of the plant depends . |
| 19 | Prime Minister John Major was expected to join the revellers on his return from meeting Euro MPs in Strasbourg |
| 20 | The new battalion of Fusiliers was now considered to be of fighting strength and was expected to join the Allies on the Western Front . |
| 21 | But since it had been adopted , the Councillor mentioned above was able to get approval for a motion acknowledging that the Education Committee had voted to close the school on grounds incompatible with its own policy . |
| 22 | The imminent release of the " Birmingham Six " was widely seen as a foregone conclusion after Sir Allan Green , the Director of Public Prosecutions , said at a preliminary hearing of the appeal on Feb. 7 that the Crown no longer sought to uphold the convictions on the basis of the scientific evidence . |
| 23 | I was therefore instructed to discontinue the action on the basis that each side paid their own costs , although the Guardian had suffered a continuous reverse in their attempts to maintain the right to press freedom and to maintain secrecy about their informant . |
| 24 | THE BRITISH government has decided to pull the plug on a European investigation into what happens when a pressurised-water reactor goes badly wrong . |
| 25 | But in order to try to keep some of America 's weaker carriers in the air he has decided to increase the limit on the stake a foreign investor can hold in an American airline from 25% to 49% . |
| 26 | The news that the Shetland born Chancellor had decided to freeze the duty on spirits this year got the nervous revellers into the mood . |
| 27 | The maria and small plains in the highlands can readily be seen to postdate the craters on their borders . |
| 28 | Where decisions could be made to use a fixed-term contract to cover a vacancy , the decision could instead be made to fill the post on a permanent basis . |
| 29 | The PDC had previously threatened to leave the administration on Jan. 31 if the government was not opened to other political parties , and party officials described the change of stance as a gesture of goodwill in response to continuing negotiations . |
| 30 | To make the event more worthwhile I have decided to run the Marathon on behalf of the Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood Trust ( CLIC ) . |