Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( ) If it appears to the Secretary of State — ( a ) that the financial affairs of any institution within the higher education sector have been or are being mismanaged ; or ( b ) that , in consequence of matters outwith the control of such an institution , it is likely that the financial position of the institution will be significantly adversely affected , he may , after consulting the Council and the institution , give such directions to the Council about the provision of financial support in respect of the activities carried on by the institution as he considers are necessary or expedient by reason of the mismanagement or , as the case may be , adverse effect on the institution 's financial position . ' . |
| 2 | A closed-doors meeting of the America supporters urged Koch to stop playing around with his crews and let Buddy Melges and the pros get on with the job of beating Conner . |
| 3 | The trial ground on through the long hot summer in Pretoria . |
| 4 | Well erm David said that he did n't think the strike would have gone on or they would n't have the heart to go on without the women ? |
| 5 | The motorspeeder journeyed on through the plains of Sakkrat . |
| 6 | If this is the case go on to the next step . |
| 7 | The data allow the medical school greater control over the teaching going on in the hospitals . |
| 8 | But it gave her a clear view into the houses backing on to the tracks , the private mess usually tidied out of sight , the outside lavatories with unhinged doors , the laundry racks flimsy as the skeleton of a bird 's wing , with trousers and underwear like broken feathers hanging ; a burst , sodden mattress . |
| 9 | The word Olympic was never used , and the contests dragged on throughout the summer and autumn . |
| 10 | The contract required the buyer to pass on to the seller all the buyer 's rights under the sub-sales contracts . |
| 11 | Crossing the bridge , look back at the romantic view of the palaces backing on to the canal . |
| 12 | The Caribbean lapped on to the deserted palm-fringed beach just beyond . |
| 13 | Then I had to place the silver-coloured piece on to the needle heads with the latches open and draw the knitting towards me so that the latches closed and the knitting slid on to the silver piece . |
| 14 | Boys should go to school because they need the skills to get on in the world , because they will spend their lives moving between household and family and the institutions of state and nation . |
| 15 | This was manned by a number of highly professional officers skilled and experienced in the technicalities of flying , and they put into practical effect the policies decided on by the member States to standardise procedures , facilities and levels of safety throughout the world . |
| 16 | The trail goes on along the side of Snidley Moor , on around the base of Alvanley Cliff and by Simmonds Hill , Manley . |
| 17 | Although the policy review will be endorsed by the conference , giving Neil Kinnock the freedom to go on to the offensive against the Conservatives in the run-up to the next general election , there are a number of areas of potential conflict . |
| 18 | She thinks about the structure of Disraeli 's Sybil : or , the Two Nations ( 1845 ) , until the sound of the Guardian dropping on to the doormat sends her scurrying to the front door . ) |
| 19 | Starting with the waterwheel , the story moves on to the beam engine and other types of steam engines such as a huge colliery fan engine , and gas turbines — all in working order . |
| 20 | Television and radio carried brief reports , while the the story squeezed on to the front page of the national evening newspaper Izvestia , between larger accounts of the Congress of People 's Deputies , Russia 's row with Ukraine and an explosion at an Armenian arms depot . |
| 21 | Some of the children were screaming as they watched the tussle going on between the nun and the girl whom they secretly admired and envied because she was n't afraid of the dreaded Sister Mary . |
| 22 | ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 23 | The sister walked on down the corridor , with a muttered comment that was n't even heard . |
| 24 | As the play blundered on into the second half , the Airdrie strategy was clear — to ignore any pretence of building attacks from the back of the team through to the midfield . |
| 25 | National Assembly elections involve two rounds of voting on consecutive Sundays with the two most successful candidates in the first round and candidates polling over 12.5 per cent of the vote going on to the second round . |
| 26 | Whether the world could continue to support its present ‘ uncontrolled economic growth ’ in the face of diminishing resources and pollution was a question on which all the candidates latched on to the latter issue . |
| 27 | Maura had seen the hammer descend on to the cartridge just as she heard Roy 's voice come from the house . |
| 28 | What do the journalists type on at the Post ? ’ |
| 29 | He speaks directly to us in the first person and he expresses something very like fear and even self-pity , the distress of the poet , seeing himself as a kind of natural victim , and it may be the distress of the puritan living on after the Restoration and afraid of the wild route , which is Charles the Second 's court , though I think we can be a little sceptical of this and we certainly do n't know with sufficiently accuracy when Paradise Lost was written . |
| 30 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |