Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun sg] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , if a firm 's name keeps on appearing on behalf of plaintiffs against major local factories , you can be fairly sure that they are retained on behalf of a union . |
| 2 | I apologise on behalf of Council to the members of the press who are here , and to the Council officers who have to endure this and I am only grateful that there are not members of the public here to witness this total farce . |
| 3 | This will permit Burston to concentrate on production of feed for monogastric livestock , pig and poultry . |
| 4 | If you have too many pumpkin seeds they are delicious in stews or roasted on top of cheese on toast . |
| 5 | They concentrated on observation of people in their ‘ natural habitat ’ , watching , listening , talking , taking life-histories , and recording . |
| 6 | The Cellobus was presented on behalf of Cellophane by local MP and former Defence Secretary Tom King , who is shown handing over the keys . |
| 7 | The idea of the pope exercising the vicariate of Christ had been expressed by Pope Adrian IV some forty years before : " we who , although unworthy , act on behalf of Christ on earth " . |
| 8 | This requires that each major service area within hospitals has a designated chief who can negotiate on behalf of colleagues with the hospital manager . |
| 9 | The professional presentation of a document depends on consistency of style throughout its length . |
| 10 | Surely one of the most curious things ever written about Islay must be by J. Brownlee in a paper " On the Probability that the Distribution of Illegitimacy in the British Isles depends on Survival of Custom from Definite Racial Invasions " ( Man , no 119. 1926 ) in which he says " There are twenty hill forts in Islay and in Jura none ; the corresponding rates of illegitimacy are 15% and 5% respectively . " |
| 11 | Surely one of the most curious things ever written about Islay must be by J. Brownlee in a paper " On the Probability that the Distribution of Illegitimacy in the British Isles depends on Survival of Custom from Definite Racial Invasions " ( Man , no 119. 1926 ) in which he says " There are twenty hill forts in Islay and in Jura none ; the corresponding rates of illegitimacy are 15% and 5% respectively . " |
| 12 | None of these requirements applies to an equitable assignment , but priority as between two assignees of the same debt depends on priority of notice to the debtor , and for this purpose an unwritten notice is unavailing . |
| 13 | The entire structure depends on denial of pain in the person with whom they are dealing . |
| 14 | The future of the industry also depends on ease of access to the ports and a smooth progression through customs and immigration procedures . |
| 15 | From a Christian point of view , however , the concern for the poor is more than just an individual matter : it is legitimately a function of government acting on behalf of society as a whole and comparable to its mandate to maintain law and order . |
| 16 | The whole moral right does not therefore repose in the embryo or the foetus but in the parent and in the medical personnel acting on behalf of society into which such a child would be born . |
| 17 | Prior to the reform , dealing in government securities had taken place on the floor of the London Stock Exchange between brokers ( acting on behalf of clients in an agency capacity ) and jobbers ( acting on their own behalf as principals ) . |
| 18 | I am writing on behalf of organisations in Bath and Wiltshire which provide residential services to people with learning difficulties . |
| 19 | This principle captures the fact that the speakers of languages depend on consistency of denotation from one time to the next in the meaning of a word or expression . |
| 20 | Operated on behalf of HCIMA by approved recruitment consultants — currently : |
| 21 | Best Western also opened a Trust account for packages operated on behalf of members of the independent hotels ' consortium . |
| 22 | No adjustments to the fees are made on account of changes to the membership of a firm during the year . |
| 23 | The Shanghai and Hongkong Bank has made on offer of £3.1bn for Midland , but is currently reconsidering its offer . |
| 24 | Sir Hilary " Hal " Miller , a senior Conservative MP , told the House that he had acted on behalf of WS during the past few years , and had warned the DTI , the Defence Ministry and an unidentified " third agency " on a number of occasions about suspicious Iraqi orders . |
| 25 | Until 1986 Stock Exchange participants were either brokers , who acted on behalf of clients in buying and selling securities , or jobbers , who held stocks and shares and dealt with brokers as the market required , and acted rather like wholesalers of securities . |
| 26 | I turn now to consider the arguments advanced on behalf of Woolwich in support of its right to recover the payments it made as money had and received or as having been made under duress , two grounds which it was accepted shaded into one another . |
| 27 | These Guidelines have been produced on behalf of SCOTVEC by members of the SCOTVEC Module Development Group for Office Administration and Technology in collaboration with the Curriculum Advice and Support Team ( CAST ) . |
| 28 | These Guidelines have been produced on behalf of SCOTVEC by members of the SCOTVEC Module Development Group for Law with the Curriculum Advice and Support Team . |
| 29 | Dan Jones , Head of Campaigns , replied on behalf of guests with poems of liberty which had been smuggled from the jails and prison camps of the world . |
| 30 | I strenuously reject the suggestion of the hon. Member for Gateshead , East ( Ms. Quin ) that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is not the best person to negotiate on behalf of Britain at the forthcoming summit . |