Example sentences of "on [pron] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those too have been doubled and we are we trust them to appoint the magistrates upon whom we praise such responsibility and on whom we shall have such great praise . |
| 2 | He was sent to be , commanded to be , the first completely human being , the first to be wholly at one with the human race , to be , therefore , wholly at risk from us , to be the victim , the scapegoat on whom we could project our guilt and our fear of being human , of being loved . |
| 3 | We miss her presence at head office — both as a character and a colleague on whom we could rely 100 per cent . |
| 4 | As children , we all need a significant adult on whom we can truly depend : in our culture , for both boys and girls , that person is likely to be a woman , usually the mother . |
| 5 | It is extremely gratifying to know that we will have a knowledgeable and committed environmentalist in the House of Lords on whom we can rely for help whenever the need arises . |
| 6 | As the reduction in the strength of the Royal Air Force in terms of air frames proceeds , there will be a number of crews on whom we can call should it be necessary to reactivate those aircraft . |
| 7 | Fief-rentes provided kings with a pool of mercenaries on whom they could call without having to compete in the open market with other war-lords . |
| 8 | This may not matter too much if they have professional advisers on whom they could rely . |
| 9 | The council had done its best , formulating a writ to all sheriffs to issue proclamations forbidding the spreading of lying rumours that Richard was alive , and committing to prison all culprits on whom they could lay hands . |
| 10 | This latter group of people will inevitably form the great majority , and it is mainly they who will provide the justification for the establishment of a clergy for the ‘ Alternative Religion ’ , and it is they who will prefer to put their faith in carefully chosen leaders , possibly elected from among the others , and on whom they can call for guidance . |
| 11 | My rather innocent trust crumbled when I realized that as far as the police were concerned , I was little better than a criminal on whom they must keep tabs . |
| 12 | But lay the blame where one will , on whom one will , the illusion which inspired Tennyson and Christina Rossetti to sing so passionately about the coming of their loves is far rarer now than then . |
| 13 | It needs a heart of stone not to sympathise with a figure in this predicament — a figure on whom it may rest finally to decide whether South Africa lives in peace or at war . |
| 14 | To me , as to so many others , David was a friend on whom I could rely . |
| 15 | Like Nelson he was thoroughly familiar with those on whom he would need most to rely . |
| 16 | What is most apparent about the correspondence — apart from Pound 's tendency to lecture Eliot on whom he should publish and what cause to support is Eliot 's extraordinary ability to mimic Pound 's verbal mannerisms , as if he were willingly immersing himself in his personality . |
| 17 | She had given him an ideal ; she had given him what appears to have been unfailing and uncritical support : he was never as an adult to be easy without one woman on whom he could totally rely . |
| 18 | Sidonius , like the Late Antique authors on whom he modelled himself , had written such letters to ensure the existence of a pool of friends on whom he could count in times of need . |
| 19 | Kelly had no more rides on whom she could expunge the memory of that first race . |
| 20 | Before going to the Palace to advise the Queen on whom she should summon , ‘ Bobbety ’ Salisbury called the Cabinet to his office , and simply asked , in his thin , piercing voice , ‘ Well , which is it to be , Wab or Hawold ? ’ |
| 21 | Gandalf tells him that since he is not in a position to pass judgement on everyone he should not pass it on one person . |
| 22 | ‘ Other women may have enjoyed your Viking tactics but , let me assure you , if you lay one finger on me you 'll regret it . ’ |
| 23 | But if you lay one finger on me I 'll … |
| 24 | Knowing the effect this had on me I could never conceal myself from a child of mine . |
| 25 | I AM a fan and an observer of dogs and before the avalanche descends on me I must shout that , like Chris Joyce , our US Editor , I am well aware of the case against dogs but also know that the relationship is to human advantage rather than the other way round . |
| 26 | If we consider for a moment the extent to which the hero-kings of early agricultural societies did indeed come to play a maternal , provident role with regard to those dependent on them we can perhaps begin to see the truth of the claim that they became the heirs of the matriarchs . |
| 27 | It was that sort of genial incompetent who plagued the management of Ceauşescu 's industry , but what else were ill-trained bureaucrats to do when orders rained down on them which could not be obeyed even with the best will in the world . |
| 28 | So even when he 'd got the drop on them they could still count on messing him around somehow . |
| 29 | Frequently , when they feel the physiotherapist 's hands on them they will begin to cry . |
| 30 | If shares have different amounts paid up on them they will be regarded as constituting separate classes ( Re United Provident Assurance Co Ltd [ 1910 ] 2 Ch 477 ) . |