Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] on an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice said , " I have come to report on an agreed squat — you know , short-term housing — surely you know … " |
| 2 | Mass mobilisations by the so-called ‘ pro-life ’ forces in Buffalo are designed to focus on an issue that puts liberals on the defensive : abortion is to the US Democratic Party what taxes were to Labour . |
| 3 | While MICHAEL PALIN goes Pole to Pole , ZODIAC MINDWARP and enigmatic KLF mastermind BILL DRUMMOND have decided to go on an Arctic adventure all of their own and without the help of special medication … |
| 4 | A Sales Budget is prepared based on an analysis of past sales and a forecast of future sales in the light of a number of assumptions about market trends . |
| 5 | In the past few years the appeal system has been successfully used to overcome the resistance of reluctant local authorities , and development has tended to proceed on an ad hoc basis with new centres sited where developers can acquire land easily rather than on the basis of any strategic plan . |
| 6 | I 've got to go on an errand this mornin' , but as soon as I get back , I 'll … well , I 'll do the rounds and I 'll come along an' tell you . |
| 7 | The verbal pinpricks are shrewdly administered in a story indulgent to the conscious flippancy of the early 1920s ; from our own angle of vision it seems as though one socially artificial and isolated world is being used to comment on an earlier , equally artificial and isolated one . |
| 8 | In doing so , they left the remaining senators and deputies short of the 55-member quorum needed to vote on an agreement , reached by the Organization of American States ( OAS ) on Feb. 23 , for Aristide 's peaceful return to power [ see p. 38758 ] . |
| 9 | In others , where the courts have been unable to find any contract between the parties , the courts have had to rely on an equitable doctrine of confidence . |
| 10 | A sample size of 15 patients for each group was calculated based on an α error of 0.05 and a β error of 0.10 ( two tailed ) . |
| 11 | Exports were calculated based on an exchange rate of 123.77 yen in February against 125.59 a year ago . |
| 12 | A line was initially dowsed : when plotted on a map , it was found to fall on an alignment of sites which was then followed and dowsed . |
| 13 | Large and white , Manabozho was believed to live on an iceberg , the smoke from his pipe taking the form of mist on the surrounding water . |
| 14 | There is also the problem , if Miss Marshall is correct , that you would have a situation arising where , once a statutory tenancy had ceased to exist on an order for possession being made , it would be revived if the court were to exercise the powers which are contained in subsection ( 4 ) of section 100 , subsection ( 4 ) providing : |
| 15 | Smith 's application of Smelser 's model is forced to rely on an assortment of different examples and there is little sense of how well it applies to separate case studies . |
| 16 | 15.38 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 7 should continue to participate extensively in widely varied group work in a range of groupings where they should now be encouraged to take on an increasingly responsible and , as appropriate , individual or independent role , eg by taking notes of the discussion and checking them with the group , representing group views in plenary sessions . |
| 17 | It is not reasonable to expect a tenant to have to accept construction works which may differ from those in the building documents and accordingly be less beneficial to the tenant than it may be expecting as a result of what the surveyors may be perceived to notice on an inspection . |
| 18 | This rule was founded on a principle of policy , for if sailors were in all events to have their wages , and in times of danger entitled to insist on an extra charge on such a promise as this , they would in many cases suffer a ship to sink , unless the captain would pay an extravagant demand they might think proper to make . ’ |