Example sentences of "[prep] this [verb] on the " in BNC.

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1 Our feelings about this depend on the concept of equity .
2 And the next thing I know as this banging on the door !
3 Inevitably , a book such as this harps on the pitfalls faced by executives .
4 For a blind with a shaped hemline , a further allowance should be added for facing the shaped edge ; allow a depth of between 8 and 15cm ( 3–6in ) for this depending on the depth of the edging below the lath .
5 Of importance to the clinician , certain inherited diseases ( myotonic dystrophy , the fragile X syndrome , Kennedy disease ) seem to be the result of spontaneous increases in the copy number of trinucleotide microsatellite repeats Again , assays for this based on the reaction already permit presymptomatic or antenatal diagnosis .
6 Indeed , Williams then goes on to discuss the propriety of treating children against the wishes of their parents , and states that ‘ the legal authority for this rests on the doctrine of necessity . ’
7 The sea was not rough , but there was quite a heavy swell , and the noise of this breaking on the reefs and skerries to their left was daunting to the uninitiated .
8 For a £1 ‘ Each Way ’ bet , you stake £2. £1 of this goes on the same horse to win and the other £1 goes on the same horse to finish in the first three or four places , depending on how many runners there are in the race .
9 The basis of this depends on the relationship between annual growth and annual harvest : maximum tree growth is attained before old age .
10 The first evidence of this surfaced on the second trip that I made to Rhodesia , in April 1971 .
11 Just what macro-economic inference is drawn from this depends on the relative importance ascribed to supply and demand in explanations of the increased growth of the economy after mid century .
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