Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] on [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | However , whatever , the reason why I mention it , I do notice that Green Peace are thinking of , perhaps some members saw it in the press , did you , that Green Peace are making a formal complaint to the European Commission about switching from de-sulphurisation to importing low sulphur coal , and it may be something that we should focus in on as well . |
2 | It is a worrying time for the Cupertino company , but it probably can come through more or less unscathed , simply because people buy Apple kit not for the underlying technology but for what 's on top of it , so provided a happy marriage can be arranged between the PowerPC hardware and Apple 's software , and the thing ends up looking to the user like a Macintosh that is simply faster , more powerful , more easy to use and in all ways better than the 68040-based models , Apple should be able to scrape through — and there is still a Motorola Inc 68060 in the pipeline that Apple can fall back on if everything in the IBM relationship goes awry . |
3 | The European Commission of Human Rights will rule today on whether a complaint by The Sunday Times , The Observer , and The Guardian that the UK broke freedom of expression guarantees during the Spycatcher affair can go ahead . |
4 | The speaker of the commons will rule today on whether MPs who are Lloyds names can vote on the finance bill . |
5 | There was even the same poker game going on in the back room , a game I could n't get in on but which I could glimpse every time the same barmaid took refills through . |
6 | Could you write down on that that I 've , in brackets that for Ron I 've got tin of Liquorice Allsorts . |
7 | Erm yea , i I 'll come back on that a couple of points , erm regarding Mr Donson erm and the Southern Ryedale and York greenbelt local plan inquiry . |
8 | I hope that the Minister will comment specifically on whether that is an acceptable employment practice for this country or whether he believes — as I most certainly do — that we should offer some form of legal protection for those women are the most exploited . |