Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next time we will have a basis on which to request a meeting , in advance — trying to arrange meetings on the spot becomes a nightmare of negotiating other prescheduled appointments . |
| 2 | The industry body for many of the companies behind the leasing of photocopiers , the Finance and Leasing Association , has taken steps to curb excesses on the part of its members . |
| 3 | They 're studying the book the film is based on and also have to write essays on the film . |
| 4 | A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill . |
| 5 | But is n't it getting more difficult to repair cars on the roadside with the growing complexity of modern engineering ? |
| 6 | First , while promising always purports to impose obligations on the promisor , consenting does not always do so . |
| 7 | A different set of rules then operate to impose limitations on the expression of aggro . |
| 8 | There is , however , a more fundamental reason why silence could not be used extensively as a ploy to impose limitations on the research from below . |
| 9 | We were strong at the back , and had the capability in midfield to launch attacks on the counter . |
| 10 | Instead the queues have been forming to secure places on the landscape painting holidays Mr Waldie is running at the Esplanade Hotel , Scarborough . |
| 11 | William Hill said it refuses to accept wagers on the state of royal marriages and has often turned down bets on a Charles and Diana split . |
| 12 | However , as with marches and processions , the police have the power to impose conditions on the location , duration and size of the assembly on similar grounds to those which apply to marches . |
| 13 | Power was conferred upon the chief officer of police to impose conditions on the holding of public processions where he had reasonable grounds to believe that serious public disorder was likely to ensue from the holding of a procession . |
| 14 | Even without notification , the police would be entitled to impose conditions on the holding of the procession . |
| 15 | Despite their lack of familiarity with the product type , the distributors managed to attract customers on the basis of Komatsu 's product and price advantages . |
| 16 | The only major attempt to impose terms on the Crown was made in 1730 , when Peter 's daughter Anne was offered the throne . |
| 17 | Clearly a pertinent factor in the determination of the free consent issue , is whether one party has exercised superior bargaining strength to impose terms on the other . |
| 18 | The Foreign Office stressed that Britain was continuing to focus its ‘ substantial ’ efforts to fly aid into the Bosnian capital Sarajevo and to escort convoys on the ground . |
| 19 | These obstacles have made it very difficult for British companies to launch takeovers on the continent , despite the fact that in 1988 the aggregate value of foreign takeovers in the UK amounted to around £35 billion , which was 73% by value of the EC total , followed by France with a mere 10% of the takeovers ; in 1990 over £30 billion worth of UK firms fell into foreign ownership , that is over four times the comparable figure in France , Germany or Spain . |
| 20 | EGG HATCHERIES will be monitored for salmonella , following a decision yesterday to tighten controls on the bacterium which has caused a rising tide of food poisoning cases in recent years . |
| 21 | If the American gambit fails , the next move would be for the UN — China willing — to impose sanctions on the North . |
| 22 | The danger of serious conflict occurring on the border was anticipated in a motion proposed by the United States and carried in the General Assembly in 1949 authorising UNCOK to observe developments on the border and to report back on clashes that could give rise to war . |
| 23 | On the other hand , the action only served to increase suspicions on the part of the growing Romanian nationalist movement that Hungary was trying to exert too much influence over the estimated 2,000,000 ethnic Hungarians in Transylvania and was encouraging the concept of " dual " national status . |
| 24 | The BEP staff therefore approached two Colleges of Further Education and they began to provide courses on the estate . |
| 25 | Now there are occasionally criticisms from members that there is too much concentration on the elite end of sport in the Sports Federation in this instance the R Y A but what is important about the is an effort to produce a very high standard as a finished product so to speak to go to the Olympics but it also helps to concentrate minds on the bit that is missing before and help to recycle everybody 's concentration into the training area and Rod has just been talking about the year of youth and of course it follows on very naturally in a post- olympic year to launch that year of youth . |
| 26 | However , in Re Cadbury Schweppes Ltd 's Agreement [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 307 a parent company and a subsidiary were not treated as a single person where two companies agreed to accept restrictions on the supply of goods to a third which was a subsidiary of one of them . |
| 27 | We are not prepared to accept restrictions on the employer 's right to recruit the best qualified person for the job . |
| 28 | Shamir responded the next day by saying that Israel was a democracy and was not prepared to accept restrictions on the movement of its citizens . |
| 29 | That might be expected to benefit others on the left . |
| 30 | It will teach , how to spell by matching words with pictures , how to type ( with graphics to show where to find letters on the keyboard ) . |