Example sentences of "on they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 61 | He thought that the inhabitants of Chios , who according to tradition had introduced slavery into Greece , deserved the punishment of being themselves enslaved , which Mithridates had inflicted on them for quite different reasons ( fr. 38 Jacoby ) . |
| 62 | The Dependency Ratio , refers to the ratio between those in employment and those dependent on them for financial support , — directly or indirectly eg children , the elderly and the unemployed . |
| 63 | That has brought a great deal of success , because the French Government are now taking the tough measures that we have been pressing on them for 10 years . |
| 64 | ‘ She 'd been working on them for quite a while . |
| 65 | This belief in the witches power becomes more evident as the play goes on and he comes to rely on them for more . |
| 66 | The bureaucrats ' control of appointments in all walks of life increases the dependence of their clients and followers on them for access to social wealth , thereby reinforcing their power base . |
| 67 | After the Turkish conquest of most of Hungary in the 1520s and 1530s the Hungarian nobles who had then fled westwards often still maintained claims to their former lands and even asserted their right to live tax-free on them for a limited period and to levy feudal dues in them . |
| 68 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 69 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 70 | I do n't put a meaning on them for other people , they must form their own ideas ; I know what I meant when I made them , but it may not be the same thing for other people . |
| 71 | But with fighter pilots depending on them for the fuel to get home with , the tanker crews say they have a feeling their friends will look after them . |
| 72 | Phyllis Aldworth , 64 , of Mable Avenue , Shildon , has been surviving on them for years . |
| 73 | ‘ The traditional way to eat peas is to buy them separately and put salt and vinegar on them for a sweet and sour taste . ’ |
| 74 | The bargaining power of enterprises is enhanced by their strategic role within their own sectors and governments ' dependence on them for implementation of policy . |
| 75 | The posters will be sent to companies calling on them to be more careful . |
| 76 | Was any attack on them to be construed as national treason ? |
| 77 | The Spanish police also maintained that they had kept the suspected terrorists ' movements under close surveillance and maintained a constant flow of information on them to British officials in Gibraltar . |
| 78 | If the guests wo n't dance when the host expects them to , has depended on them to , that 's the band 's fault and they do n't get paid , or only after an argument . |
| 79 | A meeting of the Soviet State Council on Nov. 27 , to which the Presidents of both Armenia and Azerbaijan were invited , adopted a resolution calling on them to " abrogate all acts that change Nagorny Karabakh 's legal status " . |
| 80 | In a speech delivered on Jan. 25 to the national conference of propaganda department directors Li Ruihuan , a member of the politburo standing committee , called on them to " devote greater efforts to publicizing reform " and to " should stop delivering dry and empty sermons and conveying formalistic propaganda " . |
| 81 | Students selected on the basis of success in some form of study which has placed similar demands on them to the ones which they will experience in higher education have been shown to respond as least as well as , it not better than , the traditionally qualified entrants . |
| 82 | Regional planning authorities are also informed of proposals for revocation , modification and discontinuance of Use Orders , and can make representations or objections on them to the secretary of state . |
| 83 | Their purpose is to require claims to be brought while evidence is still relatively fresh , and to allow the party relying on them to " close the books " on the transaction after a certain period . |
| 84 | Keep one eye on them at all times to avoid problems . |
| 85 | ’ One has to balance these things carefully : they 're capable of erupting if churches are inflicted on them at the rate of more than , say , one every other day . |
| 86 | But motorists on the M4 the other day who glanced in their mirrors would have seen him bearing down on them at great speed in his newly acquired 1968 Bentley T-series . |
| 87 | But motorists on the M4 the other day who glanced in their mirrors would have seen him bearing down on them at great speed in his newly acquired 1968 Bentley T-series . |
| 88 | They stopped shouting at each other , expecting the Headmaster to burst in on them at any moment . |
| 89 | To take a wild hypothetical instance , the police could torture a suspect into revealing the location of stolen goods and then use the fact that his fingerprints are on them at his trial . |
| 90 | Dad says we 've got to start on them at once . ’ |