Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] on [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example is where a director has agreed to try to sell shares on behalf of the shareholders , in which case he is acting as their agent and not as a director of the company . |
| 2 | In the former case the firms are involved in a co-operative game , the problem is to reach agreement on division of the gains from co-operation . |
| 3 | TRYING TO imagine Suede on Top Of The Pops , one pictures a mint condition Morris Minor Traveller ( with the wooden bits on the window frames ) in a stock car race comprised of BMW 320s or some other Yuppie-scum-sucking vehicle of that nature . |
| 4 | Organizational structures will tend to favour decentralisation on account of the existence of powerful departmental computer facilities , whilst within offices the trend will be towards the integration of existing services , ie data processing , word processing , voice communication and electronic mail , along the lines suggested in Figure 30.3 in para 29 above . |
| 5 | The result was a new combination which was to put Arsenal on top of the football world — and to change the course of soccer history . |
| 6 | At the same time , the purchaser will not wish to return cash to the vendor that he has not yet collected from debtors , nor will the purchaser be willing to use its own funds to satisfy creditors on behalf of the vendor . |
| 7 | HaL Computer Systems will sell NetLabs Inc 's NetLab/Manager software as an option on its Sparc machines when they arrive : HaL apparently intends to build applications on top of the basic network management tool . |
| 8 | DAVE HEYES and Peter Potter combined to keep Carborundum on top of the West Lancashire Cricket League . |
| 9 | Er , colleagues it 's now my great pleasure to ask Giles , MP for Durham North , to address congress on behalf of the G M B parliamentary panel . |
| 10 | If the Seller shall be unable , through circumstances beyond its control ( including without limitation lack of shipping instructions from the Purchaser ) , to deliver the goods within 14 days after notification to the Purchaser or its agent that the goods are ready for delivery , the Seller shall be entitled to arrange storage on behalf of the Purchaser , whereupon delivery shall be deemed to have taken place , all risk in the goods shall pass to the Purchaser , and delivery to the Purchaser of the relevant warehouse receipt shall be deemed to be delivery of the goods for the purposes of Condition 4 . |
| 11 | ‘ Kenneth Gurney , MP , a backbencher with no governmental or party axe to grind , but a keen awareness of the rights of the man in the street , here to ask questions on behalf of the watching millions … . ’ |
| 12 | Local government is based on the system of representative democracy : councillors are elected to make policy on behalf of the general population . |