Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the campaign for elections to the European Parliament ( EP ) in June 1989 [ see pp. 36737 ; 36874-75 ] they successfully capitalized on opposition to controversial proposals that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections throughout European Community ( EC ) member states . |
| 2 | court of appeal decision : unfavourable medical reports obtained confidentially by a plaintiff for the purposes of personal injury litigation which were inadvertently disclosed on discovery to the defendant could be used by them at the trial . |
| 3 | However , an EC threat to contribute only half of the amount deemed necessary for Bulgaria and Romania ( respectively $800 million and $1,000 million ) did not materialize , as EC Finance Ministers , meeting separately , had already decided on aid to these countries without the precondition of equal contributions from their G-24 partners . |
| 4 | Such a step might not involve a great deal of additional work in the legislative process , since Bills are already accompanied on presentation to Parliament by an Explanatory and Financial Memorandum , which is frequently well drafted and helpful . |
| 5 | The commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Yugoslavia , Gen Satish Nambiar , also appealed on television to all parties to lay down their weapons , adding that a political settlement was being considered . |
| 6 | After processing the data , the equation , selected by the program or user , is also displayed on return to the summary screen . |
| 7 | The issue of public interest immunity arises because , quite apart from the considerations underlying the implied undertaking , the particular class of documents here in question is clearly recognised on authority to be subject to such a claim . |
| 8 | Having made significant political concessions to the pro-Allied monarchist and military " families " in the first half of the year , while repeatedly stalling on entry to the war on the side of the Axis , from June to December 1941 he showed open and sometimes vehement support for the Axis , ignoring the criticism of his senior generals and their suggestions that the time had come to consider restoring the monarchy . |
| 9 | About half of the infants in each group were not clinically dehydrated on presentation to hospital ( 102 ( 47% ) in group A and 99 ( 53% ) in group B ) , 102 ( 47% ) in group A and 75 ( 40% ) in group B were mildly dehydrated ( by up to 5% ) , 10 ( 5% ) in group A and 11 ( 6% ) in group B were moderately dehydrated ( 5–10% ) , and only one child in group A and two in group B were dehydrated by 10% or more . |
| 10 | She continued to visit her former foster parents and even went on holiday to Spain with them . |
| 11 | In the evenings there was sometimes singing on deck to the accompaniment of a lute , and sorrowful music it was too , because the songs were nearly always about broken hearts , unrequited love , or dear ones lost at sea . |
| 12 | This is then modified on exposure to a particular language , to produce the child 's grammar of that language . |
| 13 | Research then focusses on access to the public housing sector , in order to reveal whether the role of the state was less direct ( specifically aimed at the Caribbean population through the migration agency ) than indirect ( through the role of employers and the general involvement of the state in housing provision ) . |
| 14 | Cantona , the one-time enfante terrible of French football , initially went on loan to Elland Road , where his inventive attacking play — mostly as substitute — gave Leeds a powerful bonus on their run in to the title . |
| 15 | These were first written down in draft form , then refined on input to the database . |
| 16 | Blue Leader , Lt. ‘ Jimmie ’ Gardner ( who had previously flown on attachment to the RAF and had claimed five victories whilst with Sqn.Ldr . |
| 17 | His sentence was subsequently reduced on appeal to seven years ' imprisonment [ see p. 35327 ] . |
| 18 | His plans have recently gone on display to the public . |
| 19 | The decision was subsequently reversed on appeal to the High Court . |