Example sentences of "[vb past] on the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 The public as a whole had fallen victim to the revolution of rising expectations and they displayed a lack of " realism " as to the constraints that bore on the capacity of governments to provide ever more . |
| 2 | The trade also regulated on the matter of pall-bearers ; usually six in number . |
| 3 | A few days later , he was off to south London , where he concentrated on the subject of deserts — his speciality . |
| 4 | Adolf seemed on the verge of tears . |
| 5 | She seemed on the verge of tears , somehow , which Edward found both strange and quite exciting . |
| 6 | Their warning came on the eve of talks between employers and union leaders representing 2.3m public employees demanding pay rises of 9½ p.c . |
| 7 | He speculated on the bevy of beauties his mother would line up next time . |
| 8 | The Puritans frowned on the adorning of wells and springs as much as they did on adorning maypoles , and the tradition of decorating wells with flowers and green branches at the spring festivals , or on the feast of the patron saint of the well , died out . |
| 9 | In 1870 the geologist de Rance commented on the number of idiots in the Lancashire Fylde , which resulted from ‘ the dislike of the people to marry outside the district ’ . |
| 10 | But he bravely touched on the issue of CTCs , which he said his party would scrap . |
| 11 | Sparks flew on the set of Strangers When We Meet in 1960 when Douglas replaced Glenn Ford who refused to work with leading lady Kim Novak who had something of a reputation herself for being difficult . |
| 12 | In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph at the end of his second year as Archbishop , Dr George Carey said the next 12 months would be difficult for the Church as it focused on the ordination of women to the priesthood . |
| 13 | WWF found that finding a cuddly plant equivalent of the panda was difficult , so instead it focused on the value of plants to mankind , particularly medicinal plants . |
| 14 | Aelred on the status of Chaplains vis-à-vis the Students ' Association and the University took place . |
| 15 | The bulk of the money went on the addition of amenities and not on structural repairs . |
| 16 | Just two machines , four people and gradually that got up to a reasonable size er i it grew on the back of companies like , , , manufacturing what I call the coordinated look cos knitwear was utilized for bringing other things together . |
| 17 | Martha 's face was now flushed and she looked on the verge of tears . |
| 18 | ‘ She looked on the verge of tears , ’ said one observer . |
| 19 | Jacqui looked on the verge of tears , and , as usual , converted her emotion into a violent outburst . |
| 20 | Stepping down at the end , he lay on the bed of nails and rolled across it to the foot of the ladder , which he climbed , pausing on each blade to detach a yellow paper prayer flag and send it fluttering to the ground . |
| 21 | They also demanded the right to form a union and insisted on the reinstatement of policemen sacked earlier for indiscipline . |
| 22 | He was subject to the direction of the General Secretary , who sometimes insisted on the publication of articles seen as politically important for the union . |
| 23 | Back in the projection room , she insisted on the list of names before bending over the balcony , so that he could shag her whilst they both watched the film . |
| 24 | The Normans insisted on the production of titles to estates and threatened to confiscate those for which none were forthcoming . |
| 25 | Her interest in jewellery began when she collaborated on the exhibition of rings at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1978 . |
| 26 | Opinions may differ as to the extent of the media 's influence in the field of politics and their role in the formation of public opinion , but it would be difficult to argue against what Mr Kawawa said on the subject of politicians and the media : |
| 27 | Deputy Prime Minister Ashagre Yigletu , the Ethiopian government delegate , had on the eve of negotiations denied press reports that his government was prepared to offer Eritrea federal status to be followed by a referendum on independence . |
| 28 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 29 | He lectured on the subject of microcomputers and electronic mail , using film clips and slides to good effect . |
| 30 | M. Grimaud discoursed on the making of tisanes , and made obscure references to Marcel Proust . |