Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb -s] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this preoccupation which accounts for Derrida 's choice , and forceful interrogation , of the privileged examples of Saussure — where he focuses on the ‘ profound ethnocentrism ’ of his exclusion of writing — Rousseau and Lévi-Strauss . |
| 2 | Guess we kinda know now where he stands on the issue . |
| 3 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 4 | It is n't every day that someone starts on the ground floor and ends up by being made a director of the firm . |
| 5 | Well , I 'm really wanting to go to Birkdale , so I jumps on the last train out of St Andrews . |
| 6 | It is these metaphorical journeys that one sees on the walls of their tombs : the dead sailing the river in search of a promise . |
| 7 | To assume that everything turns on the exchanging of benefits is to cast an unwarranted slur on many honourable , and sometimes courageous , public officials . |
| 8 | It goes without saying that everything depends on the nature of the piece of music to be scored . |
| 9 | But , owing to the fact that on the ebb tide water movement is confined to the depressions , the sediment deposited will not accumulate in the depressions to the same extent that it accumulates on the ridges . |
| 10 | One tries to explain that it happens on the odd occasion , at Question Time , which is not a great parliamentary occasion , and that is what the media pick up . |
| 11 | It 's tempting , when fitting a permanent substitute for the battery , to rewire the existing on-off switch so that it operates on the mains supply to the transformer primary . |
| 12 | The thick canopy of leaves and branches disperse the rainwater so that it falls on the ground softly and evenly , avoiding floods . |
| 13 | This first capacitor is then connected to the second one in the chain via a buffet stage so that it passes on the sampled voltage . |
| 14 | Chair , I 'd like to challenge standing orders on motion three O one , an example being in the part-time workers ' qualification into it was done by a recommendation of and we therefore request that it stays on the agenda . |
| 15 | And plenty of ways for them to check out too , the most popular with the punters being bad driving ( James Dean , Marc Bolan ) , firearms ( John Lennon , Marvin Gaye ) and taking more pills that it says on the bottle ( Jimi Hendrix , Janis Joplin ) . |
| 16 | If the encyclopaedia has a weakness it is that it sits on the fence on controversial issues . |
| 17 | Despite great advances in differential diagnosis and management of urinary incontinence in the past 25 years the handicap that it imposes on the sufferer has not been explored to any extent , nor has the way in which help has been sought and the effectiveness of such help . |
| 18 | Perhaps this opens up the idea of the Government substituting depreciation accounting in place of principal repayments of loans but imposing the same control over the depreciation charge that it imposes on the minimum revenue provision . |
| 19 | This means that it depends on the host 's cells ' own energy-producing system to provide for its own growth and reproduction . |
| 20 | The truth of the matter is that it depends on the person and not the music we listen to . |
| 21 | The second , and more important , is that it depends on the test conditions . |
| 22 | One response to this choice might be to suggest that it depends on the type of dispute in question . |
| 23 | The phenotypic effects of a gene are normally seen as all the effects that it has on the body in which it sits . |
| 24 | But we shall now see that the phenotypic effects of a gene need to be thought of as all the effects that it has on the world . |
| 25 | The hon. Member for Foyle ( Mr. Hume ) has , much more eloquently than I could , told us of the damage that it does and the effect that it has on the young people of Northern Ireland because it gives them a future of either migration or unemployment . |
| 26 | Erm the fourth advantage I would say is that it focuses on the balance between the need to promote rural enterprise and the need to protect the countryside . |
| 27 | It has been identified as the Alauna of the Ravenna list by Rivet and Smith , although Richmond and Crawford earlier assigned this name to Alchester , which in some ways makes better sense , since its neighbours quoted in the list would indicate that it lies on the road from Silchester to the south Midlands ; nevertheless the derivation of the name of the River Alne from Alauna , and hence the name of the town on or near that river , is an attractive argument in favour of Rivet and Smith . |
| 28 | Provided that your material is newsworthy and you ensure that it lands on the right person 's desk at the right time , the chances are that it will be published . |
| 29 | ‘ This whole analysis will derive from one simple proposition , namely that the distinguishing characteristic of adjudication lies in the fact that it confers on the affected party a peculiar form of participation in the decision , that of presenting proofs and reasoned arguments for a decision in his favour . |
| 30 | In addition , the charge may be so all-embracing that it confers on the chargee as a matter of fact the exclusive right to supply the debtor company with credit . |