Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's cut out for better things than wasting her time on some blue-eyed , grease-stained English Romeo . ’ |
| 2 | Wise Speke analyst John Dean , says : ‘ Whessoe and Varec have been known to one another for some considerable time although given their emphasis on different geographical markets they have rarely found themselves in direct competition . ’ |
| 3 | The salt itself , even at high dose ( 5% ) in my experience , has little effect on the flukes other than to weaken their hold on the fish . |
| 4 | ‘ Out Of The Blue ’ was fractured in the extreme , ‘ Heartland ’ became a loose-limbed skank , and Marr more than proved his worth on ‘ Violence of Truth ’ . |
| 5 | The programme model is one of parent capacitation and empowerment so that parents learn to cope with child-rearing , finding their own solutions rather than increasing their dependence on professionals . |
| 6 | Rather than wear your heart on your sleeve , you keep it under your hat . |
| 7 | Uamhas brings the hill to life through the many tales enacted on its flanks every year by its jumble of human pilgrims , while lamenting their effect on its future . |
| 8 | He wants to visit them all , while minimising his time on the road . |
| 9 | Never before had Dustin been so exposed or felt such trepidation while awaiting their verdict on him . |
| 10 | DEC is hoping to expand its OEM outlets and diversify its sales channels , while increasing its focus on the customer . |
| 11 | This gave both parties greater flexibility , while increasing their dependence on money . |
| 12 | Midway through the debate , Ovadia Yosef , a former Sephardi chief rabbi and the spiritual mentor of the Sephardic Torah Guardians ( Shas ) , attempted to engineer a compromise whereby the government would respond positively to the US peace proposals , whilst maintaining its stand on certain aspects of East Jerusalem participation . |
| 13 | Spectra , supporting Motorola Inc' 68000 microprocessors at the target system end and Sun Microsystems Inc 's Sparcstations at the host end , is designed to maximise host tool operations whilst minimising their dependence on the target system , with a host resident target manager controlling the debugging activity that would normally burden the target system . |
| 14 | The reality that many pensioners face is concerned with basic life-choices , such as choosing whether to spend their money on food or heating . |
| 15 | On this occasion we had no option but to begin our traverse on Saturday which meant a compulsory day of rest somewhere en route . |
| 16 | In the modern period by no means all ( or even a majority ) of political leaders can be seen as basing their appeal on charismatic qualities , although such an appeal often distinguishes powerful political leaders from more routine politicians . |
| 17 | The fact that a deceased 's widow would have given up work to start a family but for the deceased 's death is not a matter to be taken into account so as to increase her dependency on the deceased from the date that she would have given up work ( Malone v Rowan [ 1984 ] 3 All ER 402 ) . |
| 18 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 19 | Throughout her childhood she had heard similar sounds when accompanying her mother on visits to her women friends . |
| 20 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 21 | She was particularly fond , especially when asked her opinion on some current controversy , of quoting the words of Muhammad to Abu Said al-Khudri : ‘ Is n't the testimony of a woman worth only half the testimony of a man ? |
| 22 | I must admit I acted with the thought that I could interest you , that some attention would not be unwelcome — I hope I am not so insensitive as to force my company on anyone without some indication on their part — and there was interest , was n't there ? |
| 23 | This is not the same as assessing its impact on the value of the company , although it makes some attempt to do this , as will be described shortly . |
| 24 | Emma-Jane Mac had earlier given Coomes Bookmakers a chance to recoup money given in sponsorship when winning their contest on the 14-1 Everest Gringo . |
| 25 | Or else she would turn round , as though sensing my gaze on her skin , and for a moment as brief and yet momentous as a pause in music our eyes talked dirty . |
| 26 | These are often so important that they require the marketer to find direct means of dealing with them , so as to minimise their effect on the satisfaction of consumer demand . |
| 27 | Working with a graduate student , Andrew Himes , Dr Simpson decided he had overestimated the number of fat neutrinos , but that he still saw them , both when repeating his work on tritium and when looking at the beta decays of sulphur . |
| 28 | When pasting your template on the piece of veneer selected for the outline — usually a dark wood — try to arrange for the thinnest parts of the design to run along the grain . |