Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all schools the governors ' obligation to report on the discharge of their functions obviously includes their response to special educational needs , and in special schools is synonymous with it . |
| 2 | The legal aid scheme is kept under constant review by the Legal Aid Board , which is required to report annually to the Lord Chancellor on the discharge of its functions . |
| 3 | It 's baffling why some householders allow skips to languish on the road outside their homes , often for weeks and months on end . |
| 4 | I sat on the quay with my hands down beside me and my fingers over the edge as I put my feet in the boat , ready to get in . |
| 5 | They have to rely on the indulgence of their employers and the depth of their own pockets to take part . |
| 6 | Their whispering and low moans echoed around the empty flat , like ghosts that danced on the ceiling with their shadows . |
| 7 | Frank and Tom were never mentioned , even on the anniversary of their kidnaps , beyond being listed with all the hostages . |
| 8 | In order to discover how recently-acquired items being consulted by readers had been obtained by the Library , all post-1976 imprints issued ( that is , all issues published in the five years preceding the Call-slip analysis exercise ) were identified , and their method of acquisition determined by examining the Library 's stamp on the verso of their titlepages . |
| 9 | Business friends , golfing partners , members of your fucking club , whoever 's on the board of your companies , anyone you 've made a phone call to , or had a confidential chat with , anyone who 's asked for help , or given it . |
| 10 | These rules were based on the knowledge of what movements the dancers ' bodies were capable . |
| 11 | Mo gets up on the top of them stands right up the top , spreads around there 's ! |
| 12 | Because their nasal openings were on the top of their heads they could even continue to breathe if it became necessary ( see p. 115 ) to totally submerge . |
| 13 | When gannets are on the ground , you ca n't miss the yellowy orange band of colour on the top of their heads which reaches down the back of their necks , and the unusual blue-grey hue of the beaks and feet . |
| 14 | Much to the dismay of the missionary , they placed the two cups on the top of their heads and fastened the straps under their chins . |
| 15 | I , I , remember something , cos I thought they 'd look awful stuck on the top of their heads , they were n't sort of like |
| 16 | She laid her hands on the top of his shoulders and kneaded the base of his neck with her thumbs . |
| 17 | Why do n't you fucking squeeze that spot on the top of your shoulders ? |
| 18 | Thick eyeliner on the top of my eyes , I do n't wear eyeliner on the bottom just in case you think I 'm a tart ! |
| 19 | the first thing I noticed about you when you walked in was you 'd got , you 'd got that 's on the top of my eyes by the way , not the bottom because of our |
| 20 | We used to all wear pinnies , white pinnies , on the top of our dresses and going to school and I used to go into old Mr n and he would say to me And what colour of the bow do you want on your pinny today ? |
| 21 | I do n't know I think it was just to make us look pretty with a white pinny on the top of our clothes . |
| 22 | The real benefit of reading Baudelaire himself on the art of his contemporaries is the chance of recovering some of the excitement the poet felt . |
| 23 | Confident that their management would have been monitoring progress closely , the men depended on the judgement of their supervisors . |
| 24 | Commenting on the influence of his parents on his footballing career , Carlos Francis , brought up in the East End before moving north to Birmingham City FC , said : ‘ They 've never even seen me play . |
| 25 | I 'll be catching up on the progress of our women in management . |
| 26 | Like Claudia , I have an interest in the NEC show , and it 's time I checked on the progress of my entries . ’ |
| 27 | Young provided Whitbread with detailed clinical notes on the progress of his patients , their symptoms , the exact appearance of their various growths and the methods of treatment — the oil was applied directly to the tumour . |
| 28 | These relationships have allowed Chorus to piggyback on the expertise of its partners netting Chorus an SVR4 base in the case of Unisys and now fault tolerance from Tandem . |
| 29 | These plants float on the surface with their roots hanging below the water . |
| 30 | On the embankment up which rescuers had carried survivors , a small group had gathered to pay their respects . |