Example sentences of "on [art] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect you to work on the assignments you owe me at home ! |
| 2 | Most of them were used to paying regular visits to the friendly neighbourhood pawnbroker , but on the objects they brought to him they could not expect to raise any great sums . |
| 3 | And now you devote a whole issue ( NI 179 ) to a ridiculous game — giving gold medals to the countries you approve of and dumping on the countries you do n't . |
| 4 | The rising cost of living affects horses as well as humans , and if you dare to sit down and work out how much you spend even on the basics you will probably be horrified . |
| 5 | But they would be on the lines they would be on there are erm measures being taken at the moment |
| 6 | stuff , if you look on the tiles you 'll see a line where I 've dropped , |
| 7 | Their tendency is to concentrate on the matters they understand and ignore those that they do n't . |
| 8 | He insists he has an open mind on the players he wants to keep . |
| 9 | While recognising that conflict is something we bring to a relationship and is not inherent in the substance of the relationship itself , the circumstances of those relationships can nonetheless bring enormous pressure to bear on the responses we may make . |
| 10 | Just want to see whether Professor Lock was wanted any more er clarification on the responses he 's had . |
| 11 | The club is continuing its association with the Consumers ' Association 's annual resort guide , the incomparable Good Skiing Guide , and is again cooperating in gathering skiers ' reports on the resorts they visit . |
| 12 | On the figures he gave , it is an open question whether foreign bankers will want to finance the continuing borrowing requirement at existing interest rates and at the existing parity of sterling . |
| 13 | It is exactly because of that level of variance and because we considered er that multiple cautioning on some occasions , I think on the figures I have examined about six percent of occasions , er were unjustifiable that we have reviewed our policy . |
| 14 | The only other comment I had in terms of the scale of settlement , which I think is just touching upon the next point , is that , I mean depending on the conclusions you reach as to the the amount of housing to be provided for in a new settlement , I take the point that Mr Brighton made that you 've got to have a longer term perspective I think that he f that in the ten year period ninety six to two thousand and six that the new settlements to be brought forward during , erm I think it 's really unrealistic to achieve more than twelve fifty , fourteen hundred houses in that period , if you say reach a conclusion there should be two thousand houses in that period in a new settlement , there might be some benefit in having two settlements , each of a capacity of say twelve fifty , f for erm twelve fifty to fifteen hundred that can have capacity for the next plan period , and in other words to assist in meeting the constraints that exist on York that are likely to exist into the future . |
| 15 | Besides walks on the hills we visited a number of museums , which I think you would have enjoyed , especially a large display of ceramic tiles . |
| 16 | The houses were shaded clear against the ground : on the hills he could see the white lines of the new walls they were building like netting all over the high ground ; from the direction of the lake he heard an occasional voice , as sharp as the crack of a pistol . |
| 17 | They are busily employed ‘ teaching the financiers how to do what they want within the law , advising on the chances they are taking and how to best cover themselves ’ . |
| 18 | Look kindly on the tasks we have begun and assist us in our further undertakings . |
| 19 | I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties . |
| 20 | According to my account of differentiation theory , however , the effect of discrimination training depends not on the associations it creates but on the fact that it concentrates the subject , s attention on distinctive features of the stimuli . |
| 21 | Today , we 're concentrating on the videos you might have bought in the last 12 months . |
| 22 | There is no reason why Tanzania should not combine an examination , which is based on the things we teach , with a teacher and pupil assessment of work done for the school and community . |
| 23 | That means concentrating on what our customers need and on the things we do best without allowing boundaries to cloud our vision . |
| 24 | Ogden and Richards , in contrast , stress that words are used to ‘ point to ’ things , and that their meaning does in the last analysis depend on the things they are used to point to , their referents ; language may be different from reality , therefore , but it nonetheless reflects it . |
| 25 | That they 've done what they 've said they 've done , and made a note on the things they 'd said they 'd done , but they had n't done . |
| 26 | The fool puts the blame on the things he desires . |
| 27 | Now what is God saying to me through this passage ? … and you find yourself ruminating on the things you are anxious about , and you start to relate this to the person you are . |
| 28 | Losing excess weight entails cutting down on the things you enjoy . |
| 29 | Building on the things you share will help you find a solution . |
| 30 | Concentrate on the things you can do well within a reasonable working day , establishing the priorities as you go along . |