Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is believed that in the virgin planet 's oceans there evolved , by chance , complicated molecules called ‘ proteinoid globules ’ ( or ‘ proteinoid microspheres ’ ) ; alternatively , these molecules might have formed on the slopes of the primordial volcanoes and been washed , by rain , down to the seas . |
| 2 | Much would have depended on the distances involved and on the modes of transport available as already mentioned above ( p. 44 ) . |
| 3 | In the succession of sons to their fathers ' benefices , reform would have depended on the bishops and , of course , the clergy themselves . |
| 4 | While this is due in small measure to the axing of TOPS awards and the establishment of new courses leading to post-graduate diplomas which have attracted students who would otherwise have enrolled on a DMS course , the main reason has been the decline in the economy which has resulted in few companies being willing to sponsor students to undertake the course . |
| 5 | Such a missile would have targeted on the engines , not the fuselage and , more importantly , there are no vessels in the area . |
| 6 | She shines , too : one never could ignore her despite the enormous charm of her victims come to seek their revenge , first in Saks 's gloomy room then in his enchanted Gauguin -esque forest , whose colours the child herself might have smeared on the walls with sticky fists . |
| 7 | That expression of opinion by the Law Commission can have no relevance to the construction of the Act , whilst any bearing it might otherwise have had on the matters which the court should take into account in exercising its discretion whether to grant leave to apply for a residence order in respect of a child in the care of a local authority has clearly been superseded by the express provisions of the Act . |
| 8 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 9 | I felt that after my performance with Rose he would have called on the services of Jim Oakley for any further trouble . |
| 10 | For example that of Joe and Biddy which turns out to be a very happy , contented marriage reflecting around home life and this marriage depriving Pip of the chance to propose to Biddy though I think that she would have refused on the grounds that he was still in love with Estella . |
| 11 | The French psychiatrist Pierre Deniker , records that a substance closely related to promethazine and later known as chlorpromazine was synthesized in 1950 and ‘ would have remained on the shelves had the surgeon and physiologist Henri Laborit not asked the manufacturer for a drug with central effects stronger than those of promethazine ’ . |
| 12 | It was an object lesson in finishing that would have preyed on the minds of the Belgian team at half time as they reflected on an opening 45 minutes during which it seemed only a matter of time before they took the lead . |
| 13 | Their families will have remarked on the babies ' likeness to them . |
| 14 | Film critics may have disagreed on the merits of Batman Returns , but they did seem to reach a consensus on at least one thing . |
| 15 | Had the plaintiff sued his brother then the action would have failed on the grounds of volenti . |
| 16 | Ideally , flowers should be picked for pressing between 10am and midday , as by this time the dew will have dried on the petals or leaves but the sun will not yet have faded the colours . |
| 17 | Well we could also from that by photocopying the er the addresses erm and sending these letters out we might well get updated on the schemes anyway |