Example sentences of "on [pos pn] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This proprietary air waybill can be issued only by the airline whose identity is pre-printed on its or its agent 's document . |
| 2 | No , you want to sit on his but you do n't worry about that . |
| 3 | If your child is drowsy or unconscious , lie the child on his or her side . |
| 4 | All kinds of pressure may be exerted on the child to keep quiet about the behaviour , with sometimes disastrous effects on his or her emotional development . |
| 5 | Who is that being here in London who could throw the cold earth on my coffin without a smile on his or her face ? |
| 6 | You have more of the ‘ good times ’ and less of the routine day to day jobs when your child can get bored and irritable — I think it does a child good to get to know and trust somebody different , such as a childminder or a nanny , rather than depending on his or her mother entirely for everything . |
| 7 | The suspect , or the solicitor dealing with the case on his or her behalf ( subject to availability ) , may make representations to the review officer about the continuing detention — but the officer may refuse to hear these if he or she decides that the suspect is ‘ unfit … by reason of his condition or behaviour ’ . |
| 8 | Professor Woolf argues that an older person purchasing a walking frame in order to remain on his or her feet is no less natural than a parent purchasing something similar for an infant learning to walk . |
| 9 | Position your partner on his or her front , head to one side , arms relaxed at the sides or loosely bent with the hands at shoulder level . |
| 10 | Your partner should be lying down on his or her back with a cushion or rolled up towel under the knees to prevent any strain in the lumbar region . |
| 11 | Place your left hand on his or her forehead or , if you prefer , support the head by letting it rest in your left hand . |
| 12 | Information was required on his or her physical and mental condition , including any functional mental disorder or behavioural problems . |
| 13 | a game , generally of cards , involving any number of players , each playing on his or her own account . |
| 14 | For example , one objective may be that ‘ by the end of the allocation the student will be able to plan the nursing care of a patient following cholecystectomy , based on his or her problems and needs ’ . |
| 15 | The student who has cared for a patient is in the best position to evaluate and report on his or her progress . |
| 16 | A child can produce satisfying results quickly based on his or her keyboard explorations . |
| 17 | Decisions on the propriety of stocking a particular publication must depend very much on his or her own judgment and good sense , rather than on waiting for legal counsel . |
| 18 | For example , the retired single person with no surviving family has absolutely no need of life assurance , since there is no one to benefit on his or her death . |
| 19 | The weights are determined from the results of the annual Family Expenditure Survey which covers about 7,000 households selected from all parts of the UK : each member of the household over sixteen years of age is asked to provide information on his or her spending behaviour over a period of a fortnight and also to describe any longer-term expenditures . |
| 20 | Where someone dies and leaves behind a debt which is not insured , this has a claim on his or her estate . |
| 21 | The church planter must break the mould of self-sufficiency and dare to rely on his or her team . |
| 22 | This process continues until everyone has a name on his or her back , the organizer putting a name on the birthday child 's back , who will have started the game . |
| 23 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 24 | If , however , your parent thinks that some mistake has been made and can not sort it out , you can easily contact the pension fund headquarters on his or her behalf and ask for details of how the amount has been arrived at . |
| 25 | And any commission received from , for example , unit trust management groups , would be passed on to the client and reinvested on his or her behalf . |
| 26 | Consider such an occasion : suppose that each person has arrived entirely on his or her own , knowing only the hostess . |
| 27 | Thus the hill walker has a challenge right on his or her doorstep . |
| 28 | The most important of these controversies has arisen over the theological nature of the established state church , and in particular over the prevalence and popularity of the doctrine of predestination — the belief that humankind is divided into immutable groups of the saved and the damned , and that an individual 's salvation depends not on his or her actions while on earth , but rather on a predetermined and arbitrary decision by God ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 29 | A person who is quickly back on his or her feet after a serious blow . |
| 30 | Each ship is built for the coronation of the ruler and on his or her death bears them off to the Isle of the Dead to rest at last with the ancient rulers of Ulthuan . |