Example sentences of "on whom the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily the ambassador had with him his master 's ring ; by the light of the diamond in it , he was able to see Roksanda , and he returned to tell Doushan that she was indeed a girl on whom the heavens might smile . |
| 2 | SDP left-wingers were more neutralist and anti-American than their leaders , and anxious to see more radical domestic reforms but Brandt feared that greater radicalism would alienate the FDP , on whom the SDP still depended in the Bundestag . |
| 3 | Right at the outset we are alerted to the tact that Mary Frith , the real-life cross-dresser on whom the play is based , is being given a more virtuous image than she in fact possessed ( dedication , ll. 19 ff. ; prologue , ll. 26 — 7 ) . |
| 4 | The most colourful is Anthony Scrivener QC , on whom the odds are suddenly shortening . |
| 5 | The royal ritual was closely associated with the history of Osiris , the divine prototype on whom the pharaohs modelled themselves by re-enacting his traditional deeds . |
| 6 | More importantly it has also been the experience of the many students on whom the approach , exercises and problems have been piloted over the last four years . |
| 7 | After 1789 , Bentham , who was among that distinguished band of foreigners on whom the Revolution conferred honorary French citizenship , saw that the people were capable of acting politically for themselves , and was converted to the general principle of political democracy . |
| 8 | One such was a striking clock designed by Giovanni de' Dondi 's father Jacopo , on whom the surname ‘ del Orologio ’ was conferred . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , it is Jesus alone on whom the Spirit rests in his fullness . |
| 10 | We find out more in both books , especially ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ , about the lover than the object of love , as this character is the more complex one and the one on whom the story is focused , as is shown in the titles of the books . |
| 11 | The Minister said that the peak age for offending has risen to 18 from 15 , but he chose the end of the two-year period that I would describe as covering the most vulnerable young people on whom the Government have picked in the past 12 years . |
| 12 | The benefit of the contract is only assignable if it makes no difference to the person on whom the obligation lies as to whether the obligation is discharged to the vendor or to the purchaser . |
| 13 | He is , variously , a militant secularist or a pious Muslim ; a socialist or a free-marketeer ; a proud Iraqi or a proud pan-Arabist ; the scourge of the West or the pragmatist on whom the West can safely rely . |
| 14 | Alongside the experts from the Commission for Restitution there will be input from representatives of the outside nations involved , and from the departments on whom the fate of the collections to a large extent depends the Ministry of Justice , the Ministry of Finance , the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Security . |
| 15 | To have that authority over members of the community one has to show , among other conditions imposed by the normal justification thesis , at the very least that members of the community on whom the scheme will impose some burdens have reason to contribute their share to the maintenance of the scheme . |
| 16 | In 1278 Sir Otho de Grandson and Robert Burnell [ qq.v ] , the two men on whom the king perhaps most relied , went to Gascony to investigate . |
| 17 | At this time Moggach met the man on whom the character of Mac in the book is based , and as she recalls it : ‘ I became very rebellious and sort of opted out . ’ |
| 18 | Alton played as a team on whom the schedule was taking its toll . |
| 19 | One on whom the sun played even through the bed of snow cloud over the roofs of the Administration block . |
| 20 | ATP could always come up with a few money-spinners in its annual output , but the lavish location and studio work on Whom the Gods Love , Dean 's film on the life of Mozart , irritated board chairman Sir Stephen Courtauld , who began to argue that Dean was doing too much stage work , and had alienated George Formby . |
| 21 | Section 40(1) allows the Bank of England 's officers to enter the premises of a person on whom a section 39 notice has been served for the purpose of obtaining the information or documents required , with no protection of reasonable excuse accorded to the person on whom the notice was served ; indeed any obstruction will , under subsection ( 3 ) , expose that person to the risk of prosecution . |
| 22 | One of the most fascinating characters she researched was Georgiana , Duchess of Devonshire , a beauty who married at 17 and on whom the tales of three-in-a-bed are centred . |
| 23 | 4 secretarial staff , including the secretary to the head of department and a secretary on whom the Halford Mackinder professor has first call |
| 24 | Now , as he eyed Harry warily and started his third cigarette , he had more the look of a hound on whom the fox had turned . |
| 25 | In south-eastern Chad , Mosanat ( Mouvement pour la salvation nationale tchadienne ) claimed military victories in early March 1989 ( see p. 36519 ) and denied the government 's claims that fighting in that region had involved a Libyan-backed Islamic Legion ( a force of some 2,000 whom the Sudanese authorities said had crossed from Libya into Sudan in early August 1988 , and on whom the Habre government claimed to have inflicted defeats in December 1988 some 100 km west of the Sudanese border ) . |
| 26 | Like Hannay , Chesterton would adapt quickly to the strangeness of his new environment , evolving into a pillar of strength on whom the audience knew they could depend in times of crisis . |
| 27 | When transmitted , the letter must be accompanied by certain other documents , intended for delivery to the person on whom the process , summons or subpoena is to be served , and all must be translated into the official language of the state of destination . |
| 28 | Figaro , now promoted to personal valet , is to marry the countess 's vivacious maid Susanna , on whom the count has dishonourable designs . |
| 29 | The pope was father in God to the Romans , and to all men ; he was St Peter in person , the earthly representative of the apostle on whom the fame and fortune of the city most depended ; but he was also a petty tyrant — one of the ancient rulers who had failed to go away ; the symbol of all that was alien to the new found liberty so loved by the Italian city dwellers of the eleventh and twelfth centuries . |
| 30 | In Whitaker 's character brief to writers , Ian was stipulated as being a teacher of applied science , a 27-year-old graduate from an English ‘ red brick ’ university on whom the Doctor 's teenage companion might have a crush . |