Example sentences of "[subord] on others " in BNC.

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1 However , if your eating habits are fairly erratic and you eat far less or very differently on some days than on others , keep the diary for ten days ( or longer if necessary ) until a picture of your eating habits emerges .
2 Tension along the 38th parallel had been serious since 1948 but was worse on some occasions than on others .
3 If — as appears to be the case — detected offenders typically start from a position of social disadvantage ( which means that the obligation to obey the law weighs more heavily upon them than on others ) then punishment will tend to increase inequality rather than do the opposite .
4 Although normal subaerial erosion may act with greater power on some parts of the earth 's surface than on others , an obvious example being found in the contrast between rates of denudation in river valleys and on plateau surfaces , the general result of such erosion is an overall reduction of the surface .
5 Section 119 provides that a company if so authorised by its articles may : ( a ) make arrangements on an issue of shares for a difference between shareholders in the amounts or times of payments of calls ; ( b ) accept the whole or part of the amount remaining unpaid although it has not been called up ; or ( c ) pay a dividend in proportion to the amount paid up on each share where a larger amount is paid up on some shares than on others .
6 ‘ Are you saying I 'm easier on myself than on others ? ’
7 Some days you will find that the dog responds well , whereas on others you may feel that you have made no progress .
8 The Luxembourg session was represented as a " political agreement " and the subsequent Salzburg disagreement as reflecting different interpretations of how this was to be translated into concrete terms ; " on some outstanding questions the respective positions were converging , while on others further work remained necessary " .
9 In the south of the county , it was only beginning on some manors in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth , while on others it did not occur until the sixteenth and seventeenth .
10 In this matter , as on others where truth and justice were concerned , he knew no moderation .
11 On this occasion as on others Edward persuaded the church to do his bidding by an action which commanded wide support , legal precedents , and political emotions .
12 The world looks to them for decisive leadership on this issue , as on others " .
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