Example sentences of "on [pron] i [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To me , as to so many others , David was a friend on whom I could rely . |
| 2 | I AM a fan and an observer of dogs and before the avalanche descends on me I must shout that , like Chris Joyce , our US Editor , I am well aware of the case against dogs but also know that the relationship is to human advantage rather than the other way round . |
| 3 | Speaking on radio the man , whose wife was assaulted , said : ‘ If I had got my hands on them I would have broken their arms . ’ |
| 4 | Pending the time when we have a balance of men and women in this Chamber — a matter on which I shall expound next Tuesday afternoon , when I hope that many of my colleagues will support the concept of more women in this House — does my right hon. Friend agree that public consciousness of the lack of female representation of women 's views in our national life is now very high ? |
| 5 | I believe that it will be updated as the new computer takes on additional information , but when and at exactly what point is a matter on which I shall have to get back to the hon. Gentleman because I do not know ACPO 's plans . |
| 6 | That is the basis on which I shall consider the application , and I will do so carefully . |
| 7 | 1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure . |
| 8 | I explained what I wanted and arranged a date on which I would collect it . |
| 9 | Well that 's not something on which I would wish to comment on . |
| 10 | ‘ If I cut my profits and prices to whatever lower level you prescribe — for I assume I shall have your guidance on what that should be — will you advise me about the basis on which I should ration the consumers of my article ? |
| 11 | Before leaving the uprating order , there are three other points on the income-related benefits on which I should touch . |
| 12 | I have a stove on which I can cook a dinner , and a paraffin stove for heating . |
| 13 | Well I I want to have a big picture of England on the wall on which I can start to tick off bits as we get them . |
| 14 | That is a good point on which I can give my hon. Friend not only a specific example , but an assurance . |
| 15 | ‘ I am satisfied that there are no grounds on which I can say that these charges are bad , but with regard to the equity of redemption I am satisfied on the evidence that what Mrs. Wardman did was at the request of and in reliance on her daughter , and under her influence . |
| 16 | It is the marker of ‘ force ’ and hence continues to sustain the continuing paradox of ‘ police force — police service ’ which remains unresolved , on which I will say more later in relation to the role of women police officers . |
| 17 | ‘ That is a step On which I must fall down , or else overleap . ’ |
| 18 | Non-tidal and desperately steep , they 'll be too hard for an old fart like me ; but round the corner is a huge , blocky , roofed sweep of rock on which I 'd reckon to stand a chance . |
| 19 | You 're just a piece of shit and if I stepped on you I 'd scrape you off my shoe . |
| 20 | There 's a whole group on me then I 'm not gon na stand about erm , but if it 's a one on one I might stand a chance . |
| 21 | talking to your dad some things if if er I do n't agree on something I 'll say , Nay Arthur that 's Aunty Emma is n't it ? |
| 22 | Right on mine I can play on this computer , he said we 'll play Diddy Paint |
| 23 | On it I shall argue that there is nothing that can not be understood , that there is nothing that can not be explained , and that everything is extraordinarily simple A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation . |
| 24 | On it I would like you to write : |
| 25 | in this , as more and more people become concerned with their health and the effect of what they eat has on it I 'd think about your English in that and how you put it together , that there sentence |
| 26 | Mr before we can ask for a seconder on it I 'd ask the clerk to make a de definition about expenditure that has not necessarily been costed beforehand . |
| 27 | you get a bit of paint on it I 'd have a job to get it off so I take them off , then put them on just as it 's going off , you know , so you got ta |
| 28 | But , as long as the music had doh ray mes written on it I could play with one hand but |
| 29 | Oh I 'm sorry , but there was only that one which is all , it 's got her latest stuff on it , I 'm not really keen on anything else , it 's got those last , you know the sort of her last few records of it , on it I should say I did n't know there was any others around , when I told you I wanted the Cher one , it was the one that was out now not the old ones . |
| 30 | This , then , was the situation on what I shall call that Friday , early in the northern summer of 1984 . |