Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a company incorporated outside Great Britain establishes a place of business in Great Britain it must deliver to the Registrar of Companies a list of names and addresses of one or more persons resident in Great Britain and authorised to accept on the company 's behalf service of process and any notices required to be served on it . |
| 2 | Foster City , California-based Blyth Holdings Inc says that the Norwegian Police Force has chosen to standardise on the company 's Omnis Seven Plus Windows-based software on thousands of personal computers to be linked to unidentified Unix servers running the Ingres relational database management system . |
| 3 | Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian . |
| 4 | Mr MacMullen , a lecturer in politics at Durham University , believes Labour will bring its biggest guns to bear on the Tories ' record and the Conservatives may no longer be able to rely on traditional Tory vote winners , like defence , management of the economy and crime . |
| 5 | But schools now inevitably become more tense about a failing teacher or a teacher with personal problems or problems of health who may not be able to concentrate on a pupil 's assessable skills . |
| 6 | This meant that preparation for future ‘ learning ’ could occur at the expense of present understanding ; on the other hand , not to take notes , but to concentrate on the lecturer 's words , would prevent students from being able to learn the work later . |
| 7 | In the aftermath of the offshore banking investigation [ see pp. 37145 ; 37824 ] the politics of Montserrat continued to concentrate on the territory 's relationship with the UK . |
| 8 | He blames the current problems on a lack of clear leadership , leading to a policy dilemma : ‘ On the one hand there was the desire to concentrate on the museum 's own collections , and on the other there was the attempt to become part of the dynamic international art scene ’ . |
| 9 | Benny tried to concentrate on the Doctor 's words while her eyes continually strayed towards Elaine . |
| 10 | Sir Patrick apparently has no plans to comment on the election 's outcome until next week , when he meets the Republic 's Foreign Affairs Minister , Dick Spring , in Dublin to discuss future steps towards dialogue . |
| 11 | But tonight they refused to comment on the court 's decision . |
| 12 | Buckingham Palace refused to comment on the princess 's birthday plans and said : |
| 13 | He refused to comment on the writ 's contents . |
| 14 | Asked to comment on the Independent 's report that Libyan terrorists had put the bomb aboard Flight 103 by means of an unaccompanied bag sent from Malta , Aviv himself thought it was yet another attempt to distract attention from the truth . |
| 15 | It was this drive that led travellers to comment on the Catalans ' capacity to make ‘ soil out of rock ’ . |
| 16 | Company spokesman Denis Reading refused to comment on the passengers ' reports of a foul smell . |
| 17 | television are obviously having trouble rousing experts to appear at ungodly hours to comment on the morning 's news . |
| 18 | If ever the Royal Warrant were to appear on a headhunter 's letterhead , it would be Spencer Stuart 's , except that they would be too modest and discreet to make it public knowledge . |
| 19 | Government and Parliament will have a stronger role to work on the consumer 's behalf . |
| 20 | Seb still contrived to spend a couple of hours with Carrie every Sunday evening to work on the farm 's ledgers , carefully noting down each item of expenditure and the profit made . |
| 21 | One had to work on the opposition 's weaknesses . |
| 22 | Hill ran away from school at the age of twelve to work on an uncle 's farm . |
| 23 | Current Manager George Thomson said the celebrations had given staff an opportunity to reflect on the Branch 's long history during which it had played an important role in providing financial services to the community . |
| 24 | With a kind of stolid tranquillity he began to reflect on the day 's work ahead . |
| 25 | Time to reflect on the day 's successes over a leisurely dinner , lovingly created by our award-winning chef … |
| 26 | Drawing attention to the cost of UN peacekeeping operations in the last 12 months , estimated to total US$3,000 million , Boutros-Ghali urged members to reflect on the organization 's financial crisis , prompted by outstanding dues totalling US$908,000,000 in regular contributions with a further US$845,000,000 due in peacekeeping contributions . |
| 27 | In March 1404 he was nominated to serve on the king 's council , again as proof to sceptics of the king 's intentions to provide competent government . |
| 28 | Judge Brian Wall , heading the tribunal , said it had yet to rule on the authorities ' submission that the obstetrician and gynaecologist was not a fit and proper person to practise medicine . |
| 29 | Angry deputies of the parliament , the Supreme Soviet , voted 125-16 to ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the president 's announcement on Saturday that he was assuming special powers to force through a referendum on who rules Russia . |
| 30 | Some were shot dead when thousands of women , protesting against the killings , tried to march on the President 's residence . |