Example sentences of "on [det] [noun pl] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deftly he covered the lower wound with a clean handkerchief and raised the limb on some cushions to discourage the flow of blood . |
| 2 | Rescheduling of such debts has become a necessity for the private banks , and a practice which has emerged is that new agreements have been made conditional on such countries accepting the stringent programmes of the IMF which are intended to promote effective adjustment of a country 's balance of payments and ensure that the use of Fund resources is temporary . |
| 3 | This implies that the social return on such projects exceeds the private return to those making the decisions . |
| 4 | Absorption lines superimposed on these spectra reveal the constitution of interstellar gas . |
| 5 | Table 3.8 draws on these figures to show the sizes of the largest bond markets in the world and to give an international context to the sterling bond market . |
| 6 | The fact that few staff from polytechnics and colleges of higher education have enrolled on these programmes raises the difficult question of how to meet their training needs , and this is one of the matters being discussed by the Further Education Teachers ' Sub-Committee of ACSET . |
| 7 | Hilary Wade was taken by the question about what might have happened on these islands had the Romans left us alone . |
| 8 | The overlap program can then be run on these samples to establish the relationship between performance and domain . |
| 9 | He says two sons called on these fellows to leave the field . |
| 10 | To ensure you get a place on these sessions bring the free vouchers in the June Showguide to the studio areas on the gallery level and book yourself a place . |
| 11 | To ensure you get a place on these sessions bring the free vouchers in the June Showguide to the studio areas on the gallery level and book yourself a place . |
| 12 | I recollect having urged Wigg on many occasions to limit the ambit of the Profumo affair . |
| 13 | The widespread agreement across the electorate on many issues increases the possibilities for voters to shop around the political parties , as well as for the political parties to attract voters who are not traditional supporters . |
| 14 | Indeed it is his duty , and his duty alone , to communicate with the departments of the government on all matters affecting the policy of the council . |
| 15 | If he did not move promptly on all matters affecting the lands , dues , and privileges of his church , there was no Lanfranc to come to his aid . |
| 16 | An elected departmental committee also assists the head of department in the following terms as defined in the Statutes of the University : ‘ The functions of the departmental committee shall be to advise the head of department on all matters affecting the department , with particular reference to ( a ) annual estimates ; ( b ) allocation of resources and accommodation ; ( c ) junior academic appointments . ’ |
| 17 | The ( Moslem ) Democratic Action Party ( SDA ) , led by Izetbegovic , on March 25 called on all citizens to reject the division of the republic along ethnic lines alone and to accept the concept of a unitary state . |
| 18 | In cooper in cooperation with bodies on all questions affecting the welfare of pensioners . |
| 19 | To this end we employ all constitutional means in cooperation with similar bodies on all questions affecting the welfare of pensioners . |
| 20 | All oil and chemical tankers calling at French and Italian ports have been banned from using the strait , and the International Maritime Organization has been asked to impose a ban on all tankers using the waterway . |
| 21 | A united economic policy in Europe depends on all countries adopting the Social Chapter and its provisions . |
| 22 | Work currently underway on all sites involves the demolition of covered ground level car parks . |
| 23 | Church leaders and politicians on all sides condemned the latest atrocity and appealed for calm . |
| 24 | The UN Security Council passed a swift and unanimous resolution , on June 3rd , calling on all parties to respect the results . |
| 25 | This welcomed Soviet completion , in compliance with the 1988 Geneva agreements , of the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan in February 1989 [ see pp. 36448-50 ] and called on all parties to respect the latter scrupulously . |
| 26 | The Centre aims to maintain a strong focus on those questions affecting the voluntary sector and to maintain close links with it . |
| 27 | stake in National Power or PowerGen to bring pressure to bear on those companies to reduce the development of gas-fired stations , they might end up in a United Kingdom court for breaking United Kingdom company law . |
| 28 | Does he hope that Labour Members of Parliament who are sponsored by COHSE and NUPE will prevail on those unions to put the patients first ? |
| 29 | As the Minister and I agree that the fatal weakness of the MacSharry proposals is that they will increase the cost of the common agricultural policy , thus breaching the budgetary limit , will the Minister give the House a guarantee today that the Government will use their right of veto on any proposals to breach the budgetary limit ? |
| 30 | The 14-hour meeting failed , however , to produce agreement on any measures to solve the conflict in Croatia beyond a call for the withdrawal of the special Croatian police units . |