Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results of research with such instruments would enable general practitioners to provide scientific evidence to managers on why they may be using more expensive management options for a particular illness when the managers exert pressure on them to use the cheapest . |
| 2 | Greenwich was set up as a new meridian which would suit the astronomers ' convenience , and the government relied on them to make the new meridian into a suitable base-line for calculating the longitude . |
| 3 | Members of the jury , it is clear that there is more here than meets the eye and I call on you to reach the only verdict that matches the evidence ; |
| 4 | ( i ) If your salary grade is below PO1 ( that is below spinal column point 35 within the APT & C grades ) you are permitted to engage in extra mural employment provided it does not have any adverse effect on you performing the normal duties of your post . |
| 5 | and parents begin to give up on you becoming the little genius that they always hoped you 'd turn out to be ! |
| 6 | But Anne Rogers whose son James has been unconscious for six years says the ruling just puts pressure on her to do the same thing . |
| 7 | Wycliffe said : ‘ Could anyone who knew your cousin 's habits rely on him taking the same walk at approximately the same time each night ? ’ |
| 8 | But the enthusiasm of the 10,000 East Germans who cheered Dr Kohl and pinned their hopes on him to bring the two Germanys together was in stark contrast to official statements on the future from East Germany 's reform-minded leaders . |
| 9 | On it lay the Vietnamese manservant , moaning quietly and holding a surgical dressing to his thigh . |
| 10 | For on it lay the prickly pears he had picked for her earlier , now denuded of their spikes and cut into quarters . |
| 11 | On it lay the silky brown square of a caramel . |
| 12 | The meeting blamed the ANC for the violence in Natal , calling on it to abandon the so-called " armed struggle " ; furthermore , it urged the ANC deputy president , Nelson Mandela " to accept [ Buthelezi 's ] repeated invitation to sit down with him and to talk peace " . |
| 13 | Preferring to carry only a light rifle , such as a .22 , and ammunition , but unburdened by other supplies , even water , they chase goats from about 7 am until noon , when they have to quit for the day Sometimes they will put down their guns and stalk a goat , leaping on it to deliver the final coup de grace with a knife . |