Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , but in the long run we 're on the lookout to continue to build both organically and by acquisition where appropriate er , on , on the main sectors . |
| 2 | Note that a blue correction filter is being used on the lamp to match its ‘ colour ’ to that of the daylight . |
| 3 | She gave a quick glance at her watch , put on an hour on the ferry to accommodate the time change , and saw that it had gone six , and that , apart for a stop for petrol and a brief stop in Aachen for a cup of coffee , she had been driving more or less continuously since just after nine that morning . |
| 4 | Answer guide : The answers should show the students understanding of these adjustments as being the same as would be used on the worksheet to put through year end entries . |
| 5 | DEC ) is a valid formula ; you do n't have to refer back to cells on the worksheet to understand it . |
| 6 | The references to Morgan v. Palmer and the other two cases and to the compulsion on the importer to adopt one of two courses suggest that O'Connor J. was referring to a situation where there was not only an unlawful demand but a means of enforcing it without recourse to litigation . |
| 7 | Another situation where a wife became involved was in the case of sickness , when over half the farms would rely on the wife to keep things going . |
| 8 | The potential for other oppressed groups to be autonomously organized also put pressure on the Union to question its structures and attitudes . |
| 9 | The fresh disclosures will increase the already considerable pressure on the university to halt the sale plan . |
| 10 | Jeanne requested an armed raid on the building to rescue the woman , but the group leader would n't hear of it . |
| 11 | South Korea called on the North to accept inspection of its nuclear facilities , which were said to be well advanced in developing a nuclear device [ see p. 38396 ] . |
| 12 | By agreeing to talks with the North , the Americans won China 's abstention when the UN Security Council passed a resolution this month calling on the North to stay in the NPT . |
| 13 | He also declared that no environmental strategy would be " viable if conditions of absolute necessity drove poor people into actions such as deforestation " and he called on the North to provide " unpolluting technologies " to the Third World . |
| 14 | However , even research which has concentrated on the decision to take voluntary early retirement by those who have been able to exercise choice relatively freely , while still in employment , has noted external pressures on the individuals concerned ( see , for example , McGoldrick and Cooper 1980 : 860 ) . |
| 15 | I accept that it is conditional on the decision to participate in a single currency , but I hope that Conservative Members have noted that the necessity of an independent central bank to such a system is accepted by the Government and other member states . |
| 16 | It includes interviews with GPs and patients to assess the extent to which patients exert an influence on the decision to opt for surgical treatment for this condition . |
| 17 | What was your stance on the decision to opt out ? |
| 18 | However , the low explained variance , 6% , of the multivariate approach indicates that socioeconomic and demographic factors , consumption level or illness have marginal effects on the decision to stop smoking . |
| 19 | Clearly they failed to bring about disarmament , though they may have had a contributory effect on the decision to suspend tests in 1958 and later on the partial test ban treaty . |
| 20 | KENT 's formula for attractive and successful cricket this season is based on the decision to jettison a front-line bowler in favour of a batsman/off-spinner . |
| 21 | Third , our study confirmed the finding of previous research ( Friedmann and Orbach 1974 ; McGoldrick and Cooper 1980 ; Parker 1980 ) that the individual 's own or his or her income unit 's financial resources had an important bearing on the decision to retire early . |
| 22 | Dr David Moore of Manchester University on the decision to allow the British astronaut to take 24 quails ' eggs and 24 mushrooms on the Soviet Juno space mission People are standing in front of the toaster saying ‘ Faster , faster ’ . |
| 23 | The IB secretary Keith Rowlands admitted that if the tour was cancelled , it would have an impact on the decision to play the 1995 World Cup in South Africa . |
| 24 | But there could be no going back on the decision to end National Service , which had been taken over-hastily in the first place , and without adequate consultation in the second . |
| 25 | A TRANSPORT pressure group is urging a rethink on the decision to build a bypass round a Cleveland town . |
| 26 | In addition , the Secretary of State has recently made an announcement on the decision to bring the high-speed link in from the east via Stratford rather than from the south . |
| 27 | The film was made some months before the establishment of the Gay Liberation Front , and the passage in the novel where Ben describes his adventures on the road to shock his dad was omitted from the screenplay . |
| 28 | Set a royal house on the road to ruin . ’ |
| 29 | Also , I need to be available for the crew and all the personnel on the road to see that everything is going fine from their point of view . |
| 30 | CRAZYHEAD are out on the road to promote their new LP ‘ Some Kind Of Fever ’ , released next week . |