Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] on [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should perhaps apologize on behalf of the hotel for the temperature in the room this morning er I stayed here last night and woke up to find that not only was there no heat in the radiators , but there was no heat in the hot water . |
| 2 | We 've heard the voice of the Party professionals , we 've heard the voice of the Labour leadership , now let's all speak on behalf of the ordinary trade unionists and say with all the force that is necessary on behalf of those millions , men and women , young and old , we support the Party , we pay for the Party , we have a right to democracy in the Party because never forget it is our Party too , I move . |
| 3 | So I would venture to suggest that if I 'm interviewing you as the Environmental Health Officer for a particular council on a council matter , then I would expect you to only speak on behalf of the council — unless I asked you whether your professional body was happy with your council 's policy . |
| 4 | This may only cease on withdrawal of the drug . |
| 5 | But , in any case , I should have realized that a review of high seriousness like The Criterion , the circulation of which never reached 1,000 copies and I suspect hardly more than 500 , was supported by an intellectual minority whose allegiance did not wane on account of the neglect of a man of whom many may not have heard . |
| 6 | The correspondence-computations match primitive elements ( those defined by Marr ) in successive views , and do not depend on computation of the overall shape as a whole . |
| 7 | These conclusions follow from the fact that all of the correspondence-computation , and much of the interpretation-computation , is via low-level , autonomous processes that do not depend on recognition of the input as a familiar 3-D object . |
| 8 | The Institute is opposed to specific legislation on this point since it considers it to be a ‘ practical problem ’ which does not impinge on implementation of the Directive itself . |
| 9 | Whether the prosecution can prove attempted rape rather than the lesser offence of indecent assault will often depend on proof of the defendant 's intention to go beyond the indecent acts already committed . |
| 10 | we 'll have a vote who would rather go on top of the bonfire you or me . |
| 11 | If individual sections are cascaded to form a delay line , the critical frequency must be correspondingly higher in relation to the frequencies present in the signal , otherwise unacceptable attenuation and distortion will again occur on account of the compound transfer function . |
| 12 | I can certainly confirm on behalf of the Government that we shall take any sensible steps that are necessary , consistent with our security , to play our part in that effort . |
| 13 | Only on top of a horse can Piggott truly feel on top of the world . |