Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence relied heavily on the legal precedent of Goodchild in the House of Lords in 1978 , where Lord Diplock ruled that it was not illegal to possess naturally occurring substances even if they contained a controlled drug . |
| 2 | My respectful view , for reasons which your Lordships will have noted , is that both the contention of the defence and the court 's refutation of it were misconceived : the absence of consent on the part of the owner is already inherent in the word ‘ appropriates , ’ properly understood , and therefore the argument for the defence got off on the wrong foot and the counter-argument that the words specified by the defence can not be read into section 1(1) did not assist the prosecution . |
| 3 | The response depends critically on the particular experimental method used to provoke it . |
| 4 | Surely she would welcome the opportunity to live permanently on the island ? |
| 5 | The treaty will involve the transfer of extensive powers from Westminster and we should have the opportunity to vote freely on the issue . |
| 6 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 7 | But under the 1965 Act once the plaintiff is found to be intentional or reckless within the meaning of the subsection , the amount of the reduction rests solely on the extent to which the harm is caused by the plaintiff 's act . |
| 8 | The board spins around on the tail with some assistance from the rig . |
| 9 | Finally , the author uses language which frequently shows distinct signs of improvisation : for instance , in the sentence quoted earlier on the treatment of marble , it is difficult to know what exactly is meant by the ‘ skin ’ . |
| 10 | Outside , the cottage industries have taken a rest as the heat of the afternoon settles heavily on the town like an unwelcome blanket . |
| 11 | After the rich aroma of fermenting grass and diesel , the smell struck oddly on the nostrils , unknown and yet familiar , the breathing of a house long empty — damp and dryness , and decomposing wallpaper , and dust . |
| 12 | The reason for this lies in the fact that the physics depends neither on the states alone nor on the observables alone but upon their interrelation . |
| 13 | ( vi ) Style is relatively transparent or opaque : transparency implies paraphrasability ; opacity implies that a text can not be adequately paraphrased , and that interpretation of the text depends greatly on the creative imagination of the reader . |
| 14 | The crag appears suddenly on the riverbank , monstrously overhanging and shockingly red . |
| 15 | But continuity between the parts of the description depends largely on the observer , whose vantage point is the pivot around which the cycloramic picture unfolds . |
| 16 | The decision depends partly on the previous state of knowledge of the topic under investigation — one is most likely to opt for flow visualization in a preliminary exploration — and partly on the efficacy of available transducers in the particular situation . |
| 17 | The decision centred mainly on the particular circumstances leading to the relationship between the bank and the debtor . |
| 18 | An attempt to avoid liability on the part of the seller for any representations given by him/her or on his/her behalf save for replies to enquiries given by the seller 's conveyancer and stating that the buyer proceeds entirely on the basis of the buyer 's own survey and inspection . |
| 19 | Gerry 's champing at the bit to get back on the box |
| 20 | Her features were well-shaped even so early , and the jaw placed finely on the white neck with its blue flush of springing hair . |
| 21 | The large part of the responsibility falls back on the parents — or , in some cases , on grandparents . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the yacht did well on the first leg , finishing sixth . |
| 23 | On Wednesday evening , the Admiral looked in on the club after dinner and Amiss heard him say goodnight to the five , remarking that he had a little work to do in the office , after which he would get back home and turn in : he looked forward to seeing them the following day . |
| 24 | The stories of what it was like there in the hours that followed , and of the lingering deaths of 31 of the most exposed people , make the hair stand up on the back of your neck . |
| 25 | People who 've seen it say it makes the hair stand up on the back of their necks . ’ |
| 26 | But as the cockboat went aground on the sandy beach and the six men heaved it above the high-water mark , Harry saw that Sam was not with them , and by the expressions on their faces , he knew that something was wrong . |
| 27 | The object of the authoring tool is to make it possible for the user to concentrate just on the information and design requirements of an application rather being diverted and befogged by the technical problems of putting them together in a system that works . |
| 28 | The section to the next town of Shanklin is built-up but the route improves dramatically on the way to and out of Ventnor . |
| 29 | Although the defence of the West depended primarily on the American nuclear umbrella , he could justifiably claim that there was a wide measure of agreement in Britain that the country must possess ‘ an appreciable element of nuclear deterrent power ’ of its own . |
| 30 | Of these , the involvement of governors in the curriculum relies heavily on the guidance and initiative of the head . |