Example sentences of "on the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one side stand the absolutists , such as Fay Weldon and Harold Pinter , who feel that burning and banning books is intolerable ; on the other stand the pragmatists who feel that freedom of expression is not an absolute good and that censorship ( self-imposed , imposed by neighbours or by Parliament ) is justified to protect the sensibilities of those whose views are fundamentalist , and thus illiberal . |
| 2 | Here , the community deputy has turned the argument around on the other deputy by suggesting he does not understand the issues that are central to bringing school and community together in one institution . |
| 3 | Build on the other person 's ideas |
| 4 | The first is , we can not blame feelings on the other person . |
| 5 | If you pronounce judgement on the other person they will just ‘ switch off ’ . |
| 6 | The use of words and symbols to influence other people in predictable ways requires that the child must be able to represent mentally the relationship between the symbol ( word or gesture ) , the meaning for which it stands and the intended effect on the other person . |
| 7 | Focus your thoughts on the other person 's feelings — for example , does she look happy , tired or worried ? |
| 8 | On the other question , new temples were not built on the Acropolis until after the middle of the century ( a ‘ Cimonian Parthenon ’ appears to me a mare 's nest , and even its proponent does not think it was begun before the sixties ; below , p. 93 ) . |
| 9 | to get down on the other platform and to wave , |
| 10 | Gentle was still on the other shore , part of her history ; irretrievable . |
| 11 | The winner of the toss usually wound his string around his hand except for the last six inches , this ensured a good sharp and hard blow on the other conker . |
| 12 | William Hurt is the medic of the title , an eminent surgeon who finds himself on the other edge of the scalpel when he becomes seriously ill . |
| 13 | The implications of Teesside were not , however , lost on the other polytechnic directors , who went into a flurry of activity in October . |
| 14 | For some , working for the water authority was their first job ; few have any substantial prior experience in industry ( 'working on the other side' ) . |
| 15 | John protests : ‘ I do n't think I 'm a misery but I do tell the kids to go and watch Neighbours and Home and Away on the other TV . |
| 16 | The second time , travelling fast to find them , he 'd passed a junction just in time to see the VW rounding a bend on the other road . |
| 17 | ‘ But — the sign , on the other road … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Then I 'll have to drive over to Ballater 's on the other road . ’ |
| 19 | Nonetheless I am not the least surprised that the deputy judge did not accept their expressed opinions about the deceased 's capacity and rested his judgment on the other evidence . |
| 20 | 1.7 If the judge is undecided on the other evidence after he has heard both sides then the conviction is conclusive , but the judge is not precluded from making a finding of contributory negligence against the plaintiff or accepting ( in an appropriate case ) a defence of volenti non fit injuria ( Murphy v Culhane [ 1976 ] 3 All ER 533 ) . |
| 21 | Relatively inexpensive , it may on the one hand inspire confidence in the wearer and on the other act as a tactile reminder that he/she has a bad knee . |
| 22 | For those of you having withdrawal symptoms from patch-based working , consider only how lucky you are not to be on the other kind of patch . |
| 23 | When someone was hurt or killed in a motor accident , for example , the police chief sent men to watch the victim 's shaikh 's house to warn and counsel any group of people coming out intending to inflict equivalent injury on the other driver . |
| 24 | And on the other roundabout for that matter . |
| 25 | I reckon that 's what honky tonk was on the other night though . |
| 26 | It was on the other night . |
| 27 | Erm hang on , I 've thought of another one that was on the other night , Do the Footsie . |
| 28 | It is so presented as to invite us to see no difference between on the one hand management appointed by , acting for , and accountable to owners , and on the other union representatives appointed by , acting for , and accountable to employees . |
| 29 | That 'll be in the new , in the red line and you go on the other stuff . |
| 30 | The software then diverts all output across the network to the printer on the other machine . |