Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his return Gujral made a statement to the Lok Sabha in which he indicated that he had rejected a Pakistani proposal for the UN to assume an observer role , and appeared to impose on Pakistan the responsibility for easing relations . |
| 2 | She was one of few women to comment on Ashdown the hunk : ‘ I prefer the darker type , you know , with smouldering eyes . ’ |
| 3 | His father objected that the police had arrested him unlawfully , because the law lays it down that no-one is allowed to do on Sunday the work by which he earns a living , and the police were therefore not allowed to arrest anybody on a Sunday . |
| 4 | Once Law resolved , after the Nigeria debate of November 1916 , that he would work with Carson and Lloyd George to enforce on Asquith the policy that the Unionist MPs wanted , his position was safe . |
| 5 | DUP leader Rev Ian Paisley said he had submitted a bid to Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd to debate on Thursday the upsurge in terrorist activity . |