Example sentences of "on [n mass] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concentration on Heron 's bond issues in Switzerland , where only lead managers can call a default , leaves a potential conflict of interest if the banks which issued the bonds for Heron sought now to negotiate against the company . |
| 2 | There is also a further £100 million provision covering losses on Heron 's stake in Control Securities , now suspended , and the cost of selling properties , legal fees and tax liabilities . |
| 3 | Lying on Therese 's shoulder , staring into near darkness , speaking to the dark ceiling , she went on . |
| 4 | She put her hand on Thérèse 's arm . |
| 5 | At supper the food crouched on Thérèse 's plate and snarled at her . |
| 6 | The R4000 system , based on MIPS ' MP multi-processing version of the part , wo n't be around until later in the year when volume deliveries of that chip are scheduled to begin . |
| 7 | The major impact of multimedia , therefore , and its chief advantage over all previous information media is based on multimedia 's ability to deliver an unprecedented range of high quality image and sound information , seamlessly integrated with accompanying text and numeric material . |
| 8 | Although amounting to no more than 3 per cent of the average household 's income , the rates bill arrived on people 's door mat as a single lump sum annual charge . |
| 9 | But the Howard view was rubbished by Agriculture Minister John Gummer , who accused Tory Euro-rebels of ‘ playing on people 's ignorance . ’ |
| 10 | This sort of advertising plays on people 's sense of guilt . |
| 11 | The Government should prove that they are a listening Government and should reconsider the legislation because the Bill will have profound effects on local government and on people 's sense of justice and fairness . |
| 12 | We have suggested that a suitable way of evaluating medical genetics services is by measuring their effect on people 's ability to have the family they want ( that is , ‘ reproductive confidence ’ ) . |
| 13 | We must build in the kind of rebate system that the hon. Member for South Dorset ( Mr. Bruce ) tempted me to describe — a rebate system which concentrates on people 's ability to pay and which is not concerned with an artificial concept of status . |
| 14 | Indeed , there seems to have been no thought given at the design stage to the impact of the technology on people 's work experience . |
| 15 | Moreover , the impact of new technology on people 's experience of work will depend on how they perceive it and the meaning that technology has for them . |
| 16 | A third , early , contribution to our understanding about the possible effects of new technology on people 's experience of work comes from research conducted by Joan Woodward in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 17 | He found that the cultural and institutional differences between France and Britain had a more important influence on people 's experience of work than the common technology each factory used . |
| 18 | An alternative is a data-driven approach in which we base our investigation of first impressions on people 's experience , observations and accounts and then develop informal theories on the basis . |
| 19 | To discover what difference the action project made ( that is , whether it delayed or prevented admission to an institution ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved the physical , emotional or mental well-being of dementia sufferers or their carers ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved family relationships ; whether it increased , decreased or had no effect on people 's receipt of statutory or other voluntary services ) . |
| 20 | Aintree says puckishly that this arrangement is reliable because it depends on people 's judgement , but it is also a hoaxer 's charter . |
| 21 | But then of course the difficulty arises because these are difficult times , there is a recession , people are losing their jobs day by day and we did n't think it was appropriate to start applying some guillotine on people 's election rights and their membership of the committee . |
| 22 | A DoT expert says : ‘ The breathalyser had a dramatic effect on people 's behaviour but it 's fair to say that people got used to it and began to take various avoiding actions . |
| 23 | Yet the distortions of prejudice can have subtle effects on people 's behaviour . |
| 24 | These beliefs , attitudes and values obviously come about as a result of the pressures stemming from material , economic , political and other forces , but , once they are in existence , they exert an influence of their own on people 's behaviour . |
| 25 | Figures from Grand Metropolitan yesterday also show that higher interest rates have had a big impact on people 's willingness to eat out . |
| 26 | Figures from Grand Metropolitan yesterday also show that higher interest rates have had a big impact on people 's willingness to eat out . |
| 27 | Prey preying on people 's property . |
| 28 | We really are relying on people 's generosity . |
| 29 | The eastern trade never disappeared , but trading posts were being closed down and the Indies were losing their hold on people 's attention . |
| 30 | Over recent decades , there has been growing recognition that communication based on people 's background , culture and basic knowledge is a critical component of any development project , and that it must be systematically planned , budgeted for and evaluated . |