Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , without a warrant , or unless other arrestable offences are involved ( e.g. fire arms ) , they have no right to search premises or remain on private premises without invitation once the breach of the peace has been dealt with . |
| 2 | It is not an abuse to process to assert private law rights by a private action even if the action raises or turns on public law issues . |
| 3 | The term ‘ premises ’ as defined in Article 2(2) ‘ includes any place and , in particular , includes any vehicle , vessel , aircraft or hovercraft , any installation on land ( including the foreshore and other land intermittently covered by water ) , any offshore installation , and any other installation ( whether floating , or resting on the seabed or the subsoil thereof , or resting on other land covered with water or the subsoil thereof ) , and any tent or movable structure . ’ |
| 4 | They stand or sit on thin irregular lines painted across the black in a white which has somewhat faded . |
| 5 | Others were baffled , not able to believe that free people , famous and rich too , could say what they saw printed or heard on Romanian television or radio . |
| 6 | Ranulf studied the painting curiously and felt a shiver of apprehension as he saw how the sinners were thrust into hot ovens , cauldrons of boiling oil , or broken on huge revolving cartwheels . |
| 7 | ‘ The 1991 Dangerous Dog Bill already gives the Secretary of State a reserve power to impose muzzling or leashing on other types of dogs when they are considered to present a serious danger to the public . |
| 8 | Inside , they were all busily writing or drawing on small pieces of paper . |
| 9 | Rain in August tends to be soaked up by dehydrated plants and trees or sits on dry , baking former water courses waiting to evaporate . |
| 10 | stood round in groups or knelt on half-bald knees |
| 11 | While Keynes 's ideas overlapped with Liberalism , his philosophy taught him that all political principles were expedients to be adopted or discarded on ethical grounds . |
| 12 | Other than these disclosures , the DTI may also take action towards disqualification or prosecute on other Companies Act offences . |
| 13 | These will either be sold or let on short term leases to those in housing need . |
| 14 | The government estimates that at least 10,000 people will be prohibited from political activity — such individuals will also be prevented from speaking or writing on controversial issues unless the council deems it part of their job . |
| 15 | Where fed on treated slop the living cells |
| 16 | Among those eligible were ( i ) surviving spouses , children or parents of those killed ; ( ii ) anyone detained for more than 30 days , imprisoned , pressed into forced labour or deported on racial , religious political grounds during the Second World War ; and ( iii ) soldiers sent to Soviet labour camps at the end of the war . |
| 17 | The Willis Bill , which is due for a second reading in the House of Lords on 6 May , says that anyone who sells , distributes or otherwise manes available am machine capable of reproducing a sound recording or cinematograph film shall be deemed to have authorised infringement of the copyright , in a sound recording or film Although the Bill has little chance of getting any further it will achieve one aim — to generate publicity for the record and film industry 's call for a tax or levy on blank audio and video tape . |
| 18 | The ESRC Data Archive holds regular data user seminars to facilitate the sharing of solutions to common problems encountered in analysing particular datasets or to focus on particular research applications . |
| 19 | We ask indirect questions so that we do not cause offence or impose on other people . |
| 20 | The ballroom is scattered with cheap wooden chairs , tables , rolls of ancient , mouldy-smelling carpets , a couple of old motorbikes and lots of bits of motorbikes standing or lying on oil-stained sheets , and what looks and smells like an industrial-standard deep-fat frier with the associated hoods , filters , fan housing and ducting . |
| 21 | Some courses examine classical solutions to these problems from the history of social and political thought or draw on recent debates between contemporary political theorists . |
| 22 | Similarly , he read pen in hand , constantly writing notes to his staff or commenting on other people 's notes . |
| 23 | To determine the extent to which symptom diaries of asthmatic patients are inaccurate or based on retrospective recall . |
| 24 | Some researchers try to counteract this problem by frequently collecting diary forms , but this is a burdensome procedure and the actual extent to which diaries are inaccurate or based on retrospective recall is unknown . |
| 25 | However , in work situations under much tighter constraint , or based on work-pacing technology like the assembly line , there is far less scope to manipulate managerial control . |
| 26 | The procedures for closure allow for periods of consultation and these have often led to bitter disputes within the community with the result that decisions regarding closure are delayed , or based on non-scientific data . |
| 27 | Curriculum reform , whether it is centrally determined or based on local or in-school planning , is generally held to be impossible unless it is firmly based on a plan for public examinations . |
| 28 | In the future , compression using techniques from digital TV , or based on fractal theory , could become important . |
| 29 | When it 's ill-conceived , ill-considered or based on incomplete information , the Profitboss wo n't criticize the critic . |
| 30 | The main purpose of the research project is to illustrate and examine the extent to which national laws either converge or diverge on selected major issues covered by the law of the sea convention . |