Example sentences of "to do [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Balcon was not the first to make films in Germany , he was the first to do so on a regular basis . |
| 2 | High-tech weaponry has certainly kept down casualties during the air war ( it will have less ability to do so on the ground ) . |
| 3 | What is certain is that the creative use of recorders was a general expectation : the saintly and amiable Ahmad Bu Aziza , asked to record an account of Zuwaya trading , refused to do so on the spot , but made an appointment for two days later ‘ to give me time to make the poem ’ . |
| 4 | They follow an initiative by the Prince of Wales , through Business in the Community , which found that the less capital a company needed to raise , the harder it was to do so on commercial terms . |
| 5 | Furthermore , it was difficult both to secure part of the surplus from self-supporting peasant households ( with a rather low participation in any monetary economy ) and to do so on a fair basis , that is , one which did not provoke revolt . |
| 6 | In truth , he also wanted to get married and could not afford to do so on the salary he was receiving at the Yorkshire Institution — one of the worst paid in the country . |
| 7 | Now I had never before tried to regress anyone to a time when they were under the influence of anaesthetic , but I decided to do so on this occasion . |
| 8 | Supported by the Government Agent , Ridgeway refused to do so on the ground that it was commonly believed in the district that the men were guilty . |
| 9 | To satisfy Moore 's requirements an activity has somehow on the one hand really to somehow matter , and on the other hand not to do so on account of anything ordinarily thought of as of practical use . |
| 10 | But for such vituperation and the violence it provoked the law could not punish him , though it tried to do so on a number of occasions . |
| 11 | The court recognised that it did have a discretion under the Rules of the Supreme Court to allow service to stand despite the failure to comply with the relevant Rules , but declined to do so on the facts ; it would take ‘ a very strong case ’ , for example express representation by the defendant that the method of service adopted was lawful , before the discretion would be exercised . |
| 12 | It would be easy to do so on the basis that his fusion of science and religion was really a confusion . |
| 13 | Not only did it win 13 of the 14 constituency seats ( 92.9% ) : it managed to do so on an average constituency vote of no more than 43.5% , which was further reduced by the usual leakage to a list vote of 41.8% . |
| 14 | On the preliminary issue the judge dismissed the application holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation even though no financial loss was pleaded or alleged , that where a local authority instituted proceedings in reliance on section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 it was for the local authority to decide on the expediency of litigating and it was not the court 's function to do so on an application to strike out , and that since the words complained of reflected on the local authority itself in the management and rectitude of its financial affairs , the statement of claim did disclose a cause of action against the defendants . |
| 15 | ‘ A rule compelling the critic of official conduct to guarantee the truth of all his factual assertions — and to do so on pain of libel judgments virtually unlimited in amount — leads to a comparable ‘ self-censorship . ’ |
| 16 | The Crown did not object to the Divisional Court looking at the materials ( see p. 237G–H ) but the court itself refused to do so on the grounds that it would constitute a breach of article 9 . |
| 17 | What could be better than to do so on familiar home ground ? |
| 18 | The union did everything possible to convince the government that this had done no more than mop up previously persistent unemployment in the industry and to persuade its members to join their ships , and to do so on time , so that their departures should not be delayed . |
| 19 | And that includes constant readiness to do so on their terms . |
| 20 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 21 | Ownership is not available only to those able to raise their own mortgage or whose parents are able to do so on their behalf . |
| 22 | In the House of Commons Mrs Thatcher refused to disassociate herself from these comments , although she was invited to do so on three occasions . |
| 23 | It was held that they were entitled to do so on the basis that a public house licence authorises the holder to sell by retail alcoholic liquor for consumption on or off the premises and an off-sale licence authorises the holder to sell by retail alcoholic liquor for consumption off the premises . |
| 24 | When joining an Airway try to do so on a track as close as possible to 90° to the centre line . |
| 25 | Of course , on occasions , single parties may still be able to gain absolute parliamentary majorities but they will be likely to do so on the basis of much smaller percentages of the popular vote . |
| 26 | Many more women sought separations after the passing of the 1886 Act , which allowed them to do so on grounds of the husband 's unwillingness or inability to maintain , although in practice the legislation provided them with little material assistance . |
| 27 | In challenging the idea of a natural separation of spheres , the nineteenth century feminist movement took up two major positions : first , that women wishing to enter the public sphere should be able to do so on the same terms as men , and second , that women 's domestic talents and virtues should be extended to the wider sphere beyond the home . |
| 28 | We shall continue to do so on the basis that I have described . |
| 29 | I do not intend to follow that , because we shall have an opportunity to do so on another occasion . |
| 30 | Those who wish to continue to serve can volunteer to do so on a part-time basis in the Ulster Defence Regiment . |