Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The separatist Slovak government is expected to continue work on the dam despite protests . |
| 2 | Many of the workers are expected to claim interest on the payments , averaging £500 each . |
| 3 | Sample surveys , carried out in collaboration with research partners in each country , are designed to gather information on the principal structural features of the new forms of business organisation . |
| 4 | This study is designed to gather information on the attitudes of Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords on the main principles which should underline welfare policy . |
| 5 | Once a problem has been identified , automatic procedures can be designed to provide information on the extent of the problem . |
| 6 | Hence they will not substitute their views as to the proper management of a company but they are prepared to articulate standards of review which are designed to catch self-dealing on the part of managers . |
| 7 | The finding is expected to increase pressure on the British government to ban sheep dips , which contain organophosphates , compounds closely related to nerve gas . |
| 8 | The Commission went into recess on Aug. 14 and was not expected to hear evidence on the events in Boipatong until November . |
| 9 | If parents are dissatisfied , they are presumably expected to exert pressure on the teacher , the school or the LEA to obtain better results , or to seek to place the child in another school . |
| 10 | They would hang around all day , bored stiff , while the menfolk sported , would provide the statutory feminine presence in the evenings — be brought on , as it were , as the dancing girls — and as a reward would be permitted to waste money on the sheepskin rugs , the ( fairly ) local pottery and all the other objects of tourism that Mrs Molesworth purveyed . |
| 11 | In addition , the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities ' changing economic roles . |
| 12 | Hasle 's parish church is an example of the baroque hall-style of Reformed church , specifically designed to lay emphasis on the primacy of the preaching aspects of divine service . |
| 13 | Had the company decided to provide tax on the revaluation surplus , the provision would have been made out of the revaluation surplus , ie the tax would have followed the surplus ( SSAP 15 , para 39 ) . |
| 14 | This is the second time in two years that Strathclyde has threatened to halt work on the Ayr Road Route . |
| 15 | There an attempt was to be made to reach agreement on the date of Easter and to end the discord between Egypt and Rome on the one hand and Syria and Asia Minor on the other . |
| 16 | The contras claimed that their action was intended to focus attention on the government 's failure to provide funds for the resettlement of former contras and their dependents . |
| 17 | TEXT is used to provide annotation on the map . |
| 18 | The lawful carrying of something like a car jack which is used to cause injury on the spur of the moment does not necessarily make it an offensive weapon ( R. v. |
| 19 | Ecologist leaders have tended to pour scorn on the idea in public ( their private response has been warmer ) and the centrists , who at present form part of the conservative coalition , have rejected it out of hand . |
| 20 | Ecologist leaders have tended to pour scorn on the idea in public ( their private response has been warmer ) and the centrists , who at present form part of the conservative coalition , have rejected it out of hand . |
| 21 | Museums also helped to focus attention on the time dimension in natural history by displaying spectacular collections of fossils . |
| 22 | Unlike most of its competitors , the firm has tended to inspire loyalty on the part of its consultants — who , since Stuart sold out in the 1970s , may enjoy a share in the equity — and has achieved a remarkable stability of gradually improved performance , still at a rate of 35% per year . |
| 23 | By half-term , a local parent with a child at Cedars had offered to put Balbinder on the coach in the morning and let him stay at her house until he could be picked up in the evening . |
| 24 | Assuming that this kind of non-instrumental justification applies to consent and can provide a foundation for the authority of the state over those of its citizens who have consented to its authority , can the same argument be used to base authority on the attitude of respect ? |
| 25 | A cheaper alternative for Girobank members is Girocheques and cards , which can be used to withdraw money on the PLUS network , at more than 90,000 post offices , free of charge , in most parts of America , Hong Kong , Singapore , Australia and Japan . |
| 26 | Almost anything can be used to shed light on the past : the foundations of buildings can show what sort of houses people lived in ; the remains of tools show how they worked ; animal bones and plant remains show what they ate ; and pollen , snail shells and the remains of trees and plants can indicate the type of climate and vegetation at the time . |
| 27 | Three main sources of information can be used to shed light on the small towns , each one offering an important dimension to the overall picture but also suffering distinctive drawbacks . |
| 28 | Nigel would have had to pay duty on the whole estate without reduction . ’ |
| 29 | But in an announcement made at the High Court in London it 's agreed to pay compensation on the basis of 85 percent liability . |
| 30 | Education , publishing and cultural links were to be developed , and China had agreed to develop traffic on the Great Silk Route . |