Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of my volunteers commented on how much they enjoyed eating so much fruit and vegetables and how much fitter they felt , so I have no doubt that it is the reduction of fat and the increase in better , healthier food that together helped produce such positive benefits . |
| 2 | ‘ I read your review of my article based on your review of my novel derived from Dickens … ’ ' |
| 3 | Max has to establish a relationship with the soldiers : ‘ He had quite early realised that part of their life depended on their being left to do things by themselves and not being interfered with . |
| 4 | The welfare of their families depended on their budgeting and management skills , and in the closely-knit working class communities the talents of skilful housewives were readily acknowledged . |
| 5 | Much of their concern centred on what they saw as the imposition from above of particular versions of ‘ good primary practice ’ and the relationship between teachers ' allegiance to these and their career prospects . |
| 6 | A great deal has been said and written , and food manufacturers have been in a hurry to extol the virtues of their food based on its fibre content . |
| 7 | And then she saw a strip of her jacket stuck on the jagged edge of the hole . |
| 8 | As I fought for bar space to order the drinks , I looked over my shoulder and caught her making hand signals to a bunch of her friends camped on the stairs leading up to the Ladies ' toilets . |
| 9 | For lesley harrison the significant event of her year recorded on video was the trip to two Romanian Hospitals with a group of student nurses . |
| 10 | Roman was in her bedroom , the contents of her dressing-table spread on the top . |
| 11 | The LMS secretary not only monitors and administers the various budgets , she also sees her own costs and those of her colleagues displayed on the VDU that she operates . |
| 12 | Maggie Humphry , from Llanfair DC , has had many of her plaques displayed on public and private buildings . |
| 13 | Perplexed , she turned and noticed the figure of her husband slumped on the floor behind the counter . |
| 14 | ‘ He is still vertical , ’ Roxburgh observed after having had a significant portion of his squad put on horizontal hold . |
| 15 | ‘ White spent much of his life balanced on the boundary between crankiness and brilliance , ’ continues Girouard ; ‘ in the end he fell off on the wrong side , and a large proportion of his last years were wasted in trying to prove that Shakespeare was Bacon . |
| 16 | Most of his jokes turned on his posterior and the various crises for which he was having to see whatever proctologist he was currently consulting . |
| 17 | Although I was doing Shakespeare for A-level I had never seen any of his plays performed on stage . |
| 18 | Hope was so dug into his happy daydream that he failed to notice that Crump had stopped to gaze at something : he himself walked several yards on before the absence of his companion impinged on him . |
| 19 | This side of the war was not especially popular : opponents of the king and of his ministers played on the fact that a good many MPs felt too much money was spent on German commitments . |
| 20 | He was not an intellectual ; he made constant use of anecdotal evidence and some of his views bordered on the banal , but one of his great strengths has always been his resolute attachment to a few simple conservative themes . |
| 21 | This was terrible , because the success or failure of his work depended on his coming to terms with his fellows . |
| 22 | The whole of his work depended on asking the right questions . |
| 23 | Robyn felt the swift surge of alarm , and panic as the heavy weight of his body descended on top of her . |
| 24 | Slowly he pressured her backwards , tipping her on to the cushioning softness of the bed , moving over her so that the imprint of his body burned on her like a brand . |
| 25 | Mr. Tully 's claim to privilege is taken in paragraph 6 of his affidavit sworn on 31 July 1991 and is in the vaguest of terms : |
| 26 | Indeed , the authorities upon which Mr. Collins relied in support of his submission proved on examination to be cases in which the possibility of a defence had been disposed of in that way . |
| 27 | Thomas himself mentioned a figure of 600,000 cubic yards of earth moved when giving evidence at the inquest on one of his workmen killed on the site . |
| 28 | The liquidator of a company can have notice of his appointment entered on the Register . |
| 29 | ‘ Despite the toughest trading conditions for many years , most of our businesses improved on last year 's profits . ’ |
| 30 | I felt that no attempt was being made to arrive at an analysis of our situation based on the specificity of our experience as lesbians and gays . |