Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [prep] those on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She broke her hands free of the grip of those on either side of her and pressed her palms to the table . |
| 2 | Another possibility open to the government would be to increase exemptions from the charge for those on low pay , but this would only really operate ‘ at the margin' . |
| 3 | Donald Dewar , Labour social security spokesman , said : ‘ How can the Government claim to be protecting the less well off when the rise in the number of those on income support is directly the result of its own failed economic policies ? ’ |
| 4 | Even the more sophisticated tracts , which would have been beyond the comprehension of those on the margins of literacy and were unsuitable for reading aloud , could have had a wider impact than their style might suggest , since their purpose was to furnish people who could read them with arguments which would enable them to go away and convince others of the merits of their party 's cause . |
| 5 | The issue at the heart of the talks of the relationship between the Philippines and its former colonial master was made more complex by the huge economic importance of the bases to the Philippines in terms of employment opportunities and hard-currency earnings , and by the fierce opposition to their continued presence by the majority of those on both the political left and right . |