Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howard Davies , the commission 's controller , says that , as schools are given more financial and managerial independence over the next few years , authorities should monitor quality on behalf of ratepayers and parents , rather than pretending that all their schools are equally good . |
| 2 | That is the approach that the right hon. and learned Gentleman has taken , but there is another — that every employer should spend money on training . |
| 3 | The Supreme Court and the Senate in Venezuela ruled that President Carlos Andres Perez must face trial on corruption charges . |
| 4 | In the second chapter of Philippians , a little bit before where we read , Paul 's describing the seriousness of the illness of his friend and companion , Ep Aproditus And even although he had written that the thought of his own death caused him no qualms whatever , when he was writing about his friend , Aproditus being at the point of death , he said , But God had mercy on him and not only upon him but on me also lest I should have sorrow on sorrow . |
| 5 | If you absolutely must have sugar on cereal try to limit yourself to about one teaspoonful . |
| 6 | Most of the agencies that we shall be describing in the following sections would claim to offer information , advice and assistance but some are dubious as to the extent to which they should take action on behalf of a client and some will refer a matter on to specialists when they reach the limits of their competence . |
| 7 | She should now aim to be 1 lb ( 0.5 kg ) below her starting weight on most days ; she should reduce sugar on cereal to just one teaspoon ; she should use less meat when making up meat meals like stews , using more vegetables instead ( this is as well , of course , as maintaining the goal for fat reduction from Week 1 ) ; she should have salted meat or salted fish only three times a week in total ( you will remember that salt goals last for two weeks each ) ; she should have one or two pieces of fresh fruit each day ( this is as well as the goal for Week 1 , having pulses with one meal each day ) ; she should have a brisk twenty-minute walk each day . |
| 8 | The six leaders agreed that ASEAN should intensify debate on security and political issues through the mechanism of the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conferences ( PMC ) . |
| 9 | General results in the theory of computation might throw light on animal perception , by showing that a given type of representation in principle could not express a certain type of information , or that it would he enormously less efficient than most other type . |
| 10 | However , on Jan. 13 , 1990 , Ankara University decided not to withdraw the ban on headscarves for fear that it might provoke unrest on campus . |
| 11 | And remember , what 's cash for the goose is cash for the gander — if you 've got a wife much richer than you are , or a higher earner , it 's you who might have Christmas on divorce . |
| 12 | US says Russians might put rouble on gold standard |
| 13 | Obviously , we that right , people will still move if unemployment 's high , but if you try , if the government tries and gets rid of unem urban unemployment , say people have moved because of it , so there 's unemployment there to start with because of the reasons we 've discussed earlier , so then the government said okay , well let's get rid of the unemployment that has occurred already , by erm , either , at the same wage rate trying to well yes , the same , they 'll keep wage rates the same , but erm , increase , you know , make the public sector bigger or , or do something to create urban jobs , and basically all it will do is , encourage more migrants because they 'll see the probability of getting a job will increase so the expected wage will increase so you 'll get migration on top of what 's already occurring . |
| 14 | Group health promotions could include work on weight reduction , diet , exercise and mobility . |
| 15 | if I do it I 'd drill hole on bonnet and put it in there . |
| 16 | Some scholars and politicians opposed to the Supreme Court 's 1973 abortion decision now argue that the Constitution should be understood to leave decisions about abortion to the various states , so that some could permit abortion on demand , others prohibit it in all circumstances , and others adopt intermediate regimes . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd think we 'd have sugar on board the Prince 's dahabeeyah but we do n't . ’ |
| 18 | The company was a lowest category Fimbra member and not authorised to handle clients ' money but could offer advice on unit trusts , life insurance and pensions . |
| 19 | It has been suggested that similar reactions may take place on background sulphate aerosols in the Antarctic stratosphere , but as yet there has been no unambiguous evidence for these reactions in the absence of polar stratospheric clouds ( although there have been observations of ozone loss attributed to volcanic aerosols ) . |
| 20 | I used to pass judgment on sight . |
| 21 | ‘ I really just wanted to see somebody who had done some heinous crimes and find out if there was anything different about him that would throw light on demon possession , that type of thing , ’ he says . |
| 22 | At the end of each financial quarter the Chief executive shall provide information on performance against each target in the quarter within 15 working days and report on progress in achieving the targets and variances from profiled performances and expenditure with 25 working days . |
| 23 | Within 15 working days of the end of each month the Chief Executive shall provide information on expenditure by vote subhead ( including separate details of salary costs and general administrative expenditure ) , monthly staff usage , an explanation of variances from the profiles , a forecast of financial outturn and the staffing information required by Treasury . |
| 24 | If you would like advice on contraception , talk to your doctor or local family planning clinic . |
| 25 | If you would like advice on contraception , talk to your doctor or local family planning clinic . |
| 26 | If you would like information on Feature You , you can contact David Barron on or call in at one of his salons . |
| 27 | This is a critical feature on such an instrument , as a badly cut nut here would wreak havoc on playability . |
| 28 | The death-bed thus prefigured the decisive struggle for possession of the soul , which would take place on Judgement Day and which had been so vividly depicted in mediaeval murals and missals . |
| 29 | They among others , would gather intelligence on enemy strengths and fortifications . |
| 30 | Mr Thomson also said the Government 's aims of controlling inflation would put pressure on company profits and make a share prices surge in the winter/spring unlikely . |