Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memorandum of association of the Ashbury Railway Company stated the company 's objects to be : ‘ to make or sell or lend on hire railway carriages , wagons and all kinds of railway plant , fittings , machinery and rolling stock ; to carry on the business of mechanical engineers and general contractors , to purchase and sell as merchants timber , coal , metal and other materials , and to buy and sell such materials on commission or as agents ’ . |
| 2 | The Butler Act provided for universal free state secondary education , but did not specify the form it should take or rule on whether or not there should be selective schools . |
| 3 | When using those dramatic frames which require children to prepare and then share small group work ( e.g. the investigation , the pageant , the making of a documentary ) take the opportunity to question or comment on their use of space : " I wonder why the council official would n't look at the interviewer ? " |
| 4 | He told himself that he was the last man who could reasonably be expected to advise or reassure on the problems of pregnancy and he sensed that Rickards 's unhappiness at his wife 's absence went deeper than missing her company . |
| 5 | No teacher will wear or display on his person or car a badge which indicates support for a pressure group ( like CND or Greenpeace ) . |
| 6 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 7 | Milken refused to play the game of domino justice , so the case against him will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 8 | ‘ I am willing to stand or fall on this one , ’ he had said — but when he was proved wrong he did not fall , he rose yet higher . |
| 9 | Mr Karimov knows that he will stand or fall on his ability to stave off economic collapse . |
| 10 | But the argument must stand or fall on its merits . |
| 11 | But the ordination of women does not stand or fall on that , rather it is related back to our understanding of God and of men and women created and redeemed in that image . |
| 12 | With respect to a concept of orthogenesis the validity of internally direction evolution does not stand or fall on what various specialists such as molecular biologists , have to offer . |
| 13 | The CEGB 's case is likely to stand or fall on the economics of the project . |
| 14 | Which could be seen as a good thing ; after all , in the eyes of sceptical guitarists the GR-1 could stand or fall on its immediate user-friendly appeal . |
| 15 | It seems that this is a case that will stand or fall on its own particular facts . |
| 16 | The success of the new News at Ten will stand or fall on his relationship with the seven million plus viewers . |
| 17 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 18 | For the government , acceptance of central planning did not stand or fall on the issue of nationalisation . |
| 19 | While difficulties in calculating harm may impede the application of the ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle , the regulation of insider dealing should not stand or fall on the fact that proof of harm is difficult to acquire . |
| 20 | Heinemann has a one volume FCE course entitled Target First Certificate , and this has neither prequels nor sequels and will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 21 | Their case would stand or fall on her reliability . |
| 22 | It seems that the case for elaboration , and thus for the Withington-Barton Farm-Woodchester order of development , must stand or fall on the implications of the stylistic inter-relationships of the pavements themselves . |
| 23 | She did n't want to talk or exclaim on the beauty of the view , and as though Matthew was also aware of their silent communication , he laid his hand gently on her shoulder . |
| 24 | terminals in restaurants , switchboard , porters desks , housekeeping office to post charges direct to the guest 's account or in the case of the housekeeper to enquire or update on the room status ; |
| 25 | the done thing for driving horses to canter or gallop on the road , they never ever should . |
| 26 | Masonry may crack or crumble on the wall of the taller building where the roof of the shorter one abuts . |
| 27 | The rub is the general conviction , based on the man 's record , that the same pragmatism , unencumbered by ideology or ethics , that leads him to sign an agreement one day will lead him to renege or cheat on it the next . |
| 28 | Loosely , a policy is said to be time-inconsistent if , once it has been adopted , there is an incentive at some later date to renege or cheat on it . |
| 29 | There is little doubt that some of the 700 million dollars would be at the expense of others and some practitioners of ‘ small ’ science , whose projects can sink or swim on fluctuations of tens of thousands of dollars , see calls for 700 million with less than total enthusiasm . |
| 30 | The Highways Department will sink or swim on the basis of everyone pulling together . ’ |