Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hammond did not go on the Irish expedition of 1649 , but remained on active service ; unlike Fairfax , he took part in the pre-emptive invasion of Scotland the following year . |
| 2 | His great virtue was that he did not rely on a single visit , but frequently returned after a period of years and was able to comment on progress — or lack of it — and the way in which new legislation was being implemented . |
| 3 | The thermotron , as the apparatus was called , did not rely on the principle of the hydrogen bomb . |
| 4 | Berg 's claim failed because the company was not misled and did not rely on the report and because the facts did not raise a situation where G was acting in fraud of the company or its creditors . |
| 5 | The effect is that the accused is not guilty if the victim did not rely on the deception . |
| 6 | On the evidence in the present case I am satisfied that one reason why the plaintiff did so much for the deceased was her belief that , although she was not a blood relative of his , he would leave his estate to her on his death ; but , on the authority of Greasley v Cooke [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1306 , if the evidence was not sufficient to establish this positively , the plaintiff would still succeed on the fourth element in the absence of proof that she did not rely on the deceased 's statements . |
| 7 | Crucially , there was evidence that in similar cases the defendants generally did not rely on the clause , but negotiated settlements , which perhaps indicated that the defendants did not regard the clause as reasonable . |
| 8 | The gentlemen 's titles did not appear on the hand-painted signs at the foot of the staircase ; in certain other Oxford colleges such practices were countenanced ; not , Mr Bullins thought proudly , in Magdalen , which , in his opinion , was not only the most beautiful college in Oxford but also the only one of any consequence . |
| 9 | Light gauge string sets which included a plain third did not appear on the market until the late '60s . |
| 10 | Further , wives ' legal access to the marital home has been improved by the recent practices of divorce courts which have more often allowed the wife to claim possession of a portion of the marital home even if her name did not appear on the title deeds . |
| 11 | * Candidate did not appear on the ballot . |
| 12 | The Savoyard himself did not appear on the day , apparently because he was unsure whether to give precedence to the representative of the king of Bohemia ( the " Winter King " Frederick of the Palatinate ) ; but his absence at once made the Venetian ambassador fear that Savoy , perhaps with French or Spanish help , was intriguing to threaten the precedence claimed by the republic . |
| 13 | Nor does the imputation take account of people who did not appear on the Census form returned for their household ; the extent of the undercount , and the approximate breakdown of the missing persons by age and sex , can be estimated by comparison with the Registrar-General 's population estimates ( Census Newsletter , October 1992 ) , but no further adjustment to the statistics has been made . |
| 14 | ‘ So the Ark did not land on the very summit ? ’ |
| 15 | Clarkson himself , his wife and old associates such as William Smith and Henry Brougham did not rest on the charge of sectarian and party spirit but reverted to the earlier image of the antislavery movement as effectively integrating the diverse roles of individuals and groups into a successful unity . |
| 16 | But the new interest shown by socialists in the old anarchist nostrum of ‘ the general strike against war ’ did not rest on an acceptance that only the proletarian revolution could prevent war . |
| 17 | He continued to serve on commissions and committees , notably helping to draft the New Model Army ordinance ( 1645 ) , chairing the committee on church government ( 1645–6 ) , and agreeing to try the king , although he did not sit on the trial commission ( 1648 ) . |
| 18 | They did not sit on the floor . |
| 19 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 20 | The abstract musings of macroeconomists did not encroach on the hard world of economic decision making . |
| 21 | The one occasion on which the Government did not cheat on the payments was earlier this year and we hoped that it had something to do with the Adjournment debate . |
| 22 | My Lords , I did not speak on the second reading of this Bill , because I spoke extremely critically on in the debate on the White Paper o on er May the 26th last year , but er I would therefore like to er commence by joining with my Right Honourable Friend Lord Whitelaw because I was so critical , in welcoming the changes which the Home Secretary has now proposed . |
| 23 | The House of Commons Committee did not advise on the merits of a proposal , or consult outside expert opinion or vested interests on its substance . |
| 24 | The weight denotes that the maker did not skimp on the leather , that the construction is sound and that the shoe was built to last . |
| 25 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that on its true construction section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 did not confer on a minor who had attained the age of 16 an absolute right to determine whether or not he received medical treatment but enabled him , for the limited purpose of protecting his medical practitioner from prosecution or from any claim in trespass , to give consent to such treatment as effectively as if he were an adult ; that , although a minor of any age who had sufficient maturity might consent to treatment , his refusal to give consent could not overrule consent given by the court ; that in exercising its inherent jurisdiction the court would take particular account of the minor 's wishes , the importance of which increased with his age and maturity , but would override them where his best interests so required ; and that , having regard to the nature of W. 's illness and to the serious deterioration in her condition , her best interests required the court to direct her immediate transfer to and treatment at the new unit without her consent ( post , pp. 765G — 766A , H — 767C , 768F–G , 769G–H , 770B–D , 772A–C , D–E , 774C–D , 775H — 776A , E–F , 777F–G , 779A , 780B–E , G–H , 781B–E , H — 782A ) . |
| 26 | His Honour Judge Morrell did not rule on the bank 's main contention , which was that since a guarantee card guarantees cheques and a forged cheque is not in fact a cheque , the card is of no significance at all in a transaction if the signature on the cheque is forged , though this is obviously an alternative approach . |
| 27 | We did not rule on the applications at the time , as they were opposed by Mr. Munby , for the foster mother , but he agreed that we should look at the evidence de bene esse and make our ruling as part of our judgment . |
| 28 | What about a feature on ‘ Where are they now ’ with comments on why they did not continue on the circuit . |
| 29 | Aggie did not remark on the child 's handiwork ; in stead , she said , ‘ Who taught you to do housework ? ’ |
| 30 | Ben , however , did not remark on the scene he had just witnessed , but said , ‘ There 's a friend of yours in the yard who would like to have a word with you . |