Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should discuss timing the leaflet : on the one hand , it would be good to wait for consultation on course content , but there is also some urgency . |
| 2 | They have short attention spans so do n't expect them to sit for hours on end without fidgeting , yawning or falling asleep . |
| 3 | Even private companies considering submitting tenders to NIREX for work on waste management began to get worried about their image . |
| 4 | The NHBC hit back by pointing out that its own design instructions were specifically introduced to compensate for mistakes on site and claimed that the documentary was misleading by being selective in its interviews and editing . |
| 5 | Rekhi says Novell tried to work with SCO on Unix back in 1990 , and later approached Sun to help with its Intel-Unix effort , but both efforts came to nothing . |
| 6 | We used to work with protractors on paper , measuring out the four angles viewable through each of the turret lenses . |
| 7 | William Parkin , a former consultant , and Stuart Berlin , a former engineer , were imprisoned on June 2 for 26 months for bribery and corruption in connection with attempts by two employees of Teledyne Electronics , George H. Kaub and Eugene R. Sullivan , to obtain inside information on defence purchasing . |
| 8 | The affair took a sinister turn four months after the investigation began when a young American banker , due to appear in court on fraud charges connected with offshore banking transactions , died in mysterious circumstances . |
| 9 | SOME of you may remember me appealing for help to form a national organisation to write to prisoners on death row in the Caribbean . |
| 10 | Such efforts to engage with discourses on quality by means of notions like " taste " and " style " may be understood in terms of challenges issuing from the peripheries of the discipline , as well as beyond its boundaries , which called upon the leaders of English studies to provide an account of " literary quality " of at least equal force to those being generated outside the Review 's pages . |
| 11 | Each garment had to conform to regulations on yardage and use of approved materials . |
| 12 | I managed to listen to commentary on Capital Gold . |
| 13 | It is best to look for galls on oak in April or May . |
| 14 | I was thrilled to hear of cuts on TV on at least two occasions but NatWest must have missed this . |
| 15 | The only obligations to transfer economic benefits which should not be taken into account are those which would not be considered in accordance with the going concern concept , that is , those which would only arise on the insolvency of the issuer and , where the issuer is expected to be able to comply with covenants on loan and similar agreements , those which would follow a breach of those covenants . |
| 16 | a helmet of a type manufactured for use by persons on motor cycles which by virtue of its shape , material and construction could reasonably be expected to afford to persons on motor bicycles a degree of protection from injury in the event of an accident similar to or greater than that provided by the helmet of a type complying with one of the specifications referred to in the preceding subparagraph ; and |
| 17 | The temptation is always to deny this rather than confront it , to revert to plans on paper , stick with the safe rather than the exciting even if , at the end of the day with this route , little is achieved . |
| 18 | I guess neither men nor women want to look at cellulite on celluloid . |
| 19 | Its unnamed C++-based product , likely to be called Forte something , is scheduled to go into Alpha on Christmas Eve and beta in early 1993 . |
| 20 | It did not court or attempt to mate with females on heat , even though it appeared to be anatomically well equipped to do so . |
| 21 | She hoped Mr Fallon would continue to press for action on behalf of the licensees . |
| 22 | The very size would seem to militate against action on closure , with the point of non-viability being some way off . |
| 23 | It is this declaration which symbolises the primacy of cohesiveness over stability , and it arose , one must recall , not in response to the avowed enemies of Socialism , but to a loyal leadership which demonstrated the will and ability to deal with society on society 's terms . |
| 24 | As long as there is a good reason why you will not be able to vote in person on election day you can apply to vote by post or proxy . |
| 25 | If you can not reasonably be expected to vote in person on polling day you can apply for an absent vote . |
| 26 | TOP novice chasers Barton Bank and Cab On Target are set to clash at Kempton on Boxing Day . |
| 27 | every local authority and this is where the sponsored councillors can play a major part in this campaign , to fight for justice on behalf of their employees . |
| 28 | Already available for Sun Solaris-based systems the Menlo Park , California-based company has released a version of its software which allows Macintosh applications to run under Unix on Silicon Graphics Inc 's MIPS RISC-based Iris Indigo and 4D workstations and servers — no prices given . |
| 29 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that enable Windows applications to run under Unix on desktop systems . |
| 30 | Maronite power was consolidated in the aftermath of the civil war against the Druze in 1860 , a conflict whose massacres — in which 12,000 Christians died — prompted the French army to intervene in Lebanon on behalf of the Maronites . |