Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] on [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We must stay on one path , while being aware in our hearts where others may lead . |
| 2 | Furthermore , legislation expressly intended to give effect to the first stage of Economic and Monetary Union has already been enacted , following the decision of the European Council in Madrid in June 1989 that that stage should begin on 1 July 1990 . |
| 3 | On 26 May 1965 a new clause proposed by Brooke , with support coming mainly from Conservative members , was carried by 176 votes to 128 which had the effect that the Act should expire on 31 July 1970 , unless Parliament by affirmative resolution of both Houses otherwise determined . |
| 4 | In Committee , the Lord Chancellor , Gardiner , a prominent campaigner against capital punishment , tried unsuccessfully to lessen the impact of the Commons amendment by proposing that the five year experimental period should expire on 31 July , only if Parliament so determined by affirmative resolution of both Houses . |
| 5 | He suggested that the financial year should end on 31 March each year and would submit audited accounts at that time . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll manage on one wage , ’ said Ellen . |
| 7 | This legal bond can be severed only through a court of law , and even then the court may insist on one partner continuing to make provision for the other . |
| 8 | This meant it could concentrate on two core businesses — security printing and heating and bathroom products . |
| 9 | The two 1973 elections , i.e. for Local Government as well as the Assembly , were held immediately after the advertising campaign and the electorate could concentrate on one method of voting , but since that time two Westminster elections were conducted by means of the X-vote , and it is possible that some voters may have been confused . |
| 10 | We were fit , thinner than any of us had ever been , good at singing , proficient with a variety of weapons , and we could survive on three hours sleep a night . |
| 11 | To compare mini-beasts living in leaf litter with those living in bushes , children could search on one colour at a time to see if there was a pattern . |
| 12 | Septimus Coffin could call on forty years of experience , and in so far as Latin could be made entertaining , he made it so . |
| 13 | ‘ We had one of those social workers come round a few weeks ago — she was doing a sort of survey of old age pensioners — some idea that they could live on twenty-five shillings a week for food . |
| 14 | " The Ryder Cup means so much that I 'd play on one leg if I had to . " |
| 15 | An editorial in The Times , a firm supporter of Thatcherite policies , could ask on 3 May 1985 : ‘ If these obstructions to a society , based on enterprise and shorn of its collectivist illusions , can not be dismantled in six years , what evidence is there that twelve years will be any better ? ’ |
| 16 | All I 'd say on five chairman is that this issue of infrastructure particularly sewerage , sewerage , foul water and water supply is a major issue in York and the location of the new settlement I think needs to be very closely assessed in terms of er of five . |
| 17 | People were very impressed by horses which could canter on three legs , and even canter backwards ! |
| 18 | The BCR then announced that passenger traffic would commence on 1 February 1866 with four trains daily , two of them mixed , and all running into Craven Arms . |
| 19 | There 's a small one before that but I would concentrate on fifteen percent . |
| 20 | I would decide on two grounds in favour of the tenant 's contention that there was , in this case , a breach of covenant for quiet enjoyment . |
| 21 | The main problem was to determine after how many synodic revolutions , or reappearances of Venus as ‘ the morning star ’ , this phenomenon would recur on 1 Ahau . |
| 22 | It was agreed that his employment would end on 11 July . |
| 23 | HOLLYWOOD would go on one knee for the exclusive rights to Saturday 's England fly-half qualifier at Gloucester between Rob Andrew and Stuart Barnes . |
| 24 | And then when he was thatching , you would start on one end and erm putting er f pushing the the the st the thatch into the stack . |
| 25 | In the Hague , the International Court of Justice said it would sit on 1 April for the first public hearing in a war crimes case Bosnia has brought against Serbia and Montenegro . |
| 26 | You said that erm sometimes the mums one would sit on one side of the street and one the other skipping w |
| 27 | The play would turn on two questions : did the man officially claimed to be Rudolf Hess really hang himself , and was he Hess at all ? |
| 28 | Space limitations mean one can only select a little from what was a varied and highly successful programme , so I will concentrate on two areas . |
| 29 | ‘ It will concentrate on one speciality item , which is already available but not being done very well , ’ says Mr Dell . |
| 30 | The research will concentrate on three skills : piano playing , typing and handwriting/drawing . |