Example sentences of "[vb past] on [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1922 , Collins promised on behalf of the Labour Party that ‘ all that can be done under the Maternity and Child Welfare Acts in the way of helping necessitous , and expectant and nursing mothers , and caring for young children would have our support ’ ( Election leaflet 1922 ) . |
| 2 | The Thurn und Taxis family , which had since the sixteenth century controlled the postal services of the smaller German States , maintained on behalf of the Emperor similar establishments in many cities of the Holy Roman Empire . |
| 3 | Samuel Whitbread reported on behalf of the standing committee . |
| 4 | But he maintained that was not the purpose of the composite he moved on behalf of the Tottenham constituency party . |
| 5 | No mater what the book is — marxist polemic , feminist social criticism , or a gothic romance — and no matter that I take notes on three-by-five notecards ranged on top of the heater with my mug and my biscuits , I still do not feel that I 'm working . |
| 6 | The reverse occurred on restoration of the dot key and depression of the dash key . |
| 7 | The VAT on fuel , charged at 8pc next year and 17.5 in 1995 , came on top of the expected rise in road tax duty , tobacco and alcohol duty — although the Chancellor 's own favourite tipple , whisky , escaped scotch free . |
| 8 | Conditions in England while the tax was being gathered are likely to have been grim , considering the devastation caused by the recent fighting , and that the tribute came on top of the large amounts levied in Æthelred 's reign . |
| 9 | The Ark rested on top of the Ararat mountains , on the seventeenth of July . |
| 10 | In a letter penned on behalf of the Archbishop of Rouen by a famous stylist , Peter of Blois , Eleanor was reminded that it was a wife 's duty to submit , a reminder backed up by the threat of ecclesiastical sanctions . |
| 11 | The Stirling and Mayne groups left Jalo piled on top of the seven trucks of Gus Holliman 's patrol at dawn on 8 December . |
| 12 | Other public bodies who actively campaigned on behalf of the constitutional amendment were the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties . |
| 13 | He campaigned on behalf of the wrongly-convicted Guildford Four and urged a complete overhaul of the appeal system . |
| 14 | She campaigned on behalf of the National Union of Women Teachers , the Women 's Election Committee , the Open Door Council ( which aimed to remove protective barriers that restricted women 's employment opportunities ) , and organizations concerned with the welfare of women and children in developing countries . |
| 15 | I got into the bathroom and took my blindfold off and I discovered on top of the cistern , an automatic weapon . |
| 16 | Spike walked on top of the ants whilst Bernice tried to avoid stepping on them . |
| 17 | The Fuero de los Españoles ( Spaniards ' Charter ) , drawn up in June 1945 , nominally defined the rights of all Spaniards ; but there were no juridical mechanisms to guarantee those rights and they were , of course , posited on acceptance of the regime . |
| 18 | The woman fell over and Bernice collapsed on top of the struggling body . |
| 19 | The most recent production was a four-minute cassette that she recorded on behalf of the Church Urban Fund for use in some 80 local radio stations . |
| 20 | They refused to leave on request and attempts to eject them failed on account of the sudden arrival of reinforcements from the local station . |
| 21 | I lived on top of the sea , so the task of transporting the various fish home , and returning them if they were not suitable , posed few problems . |
| 22 | Incubation of the VT2X peptide with an IE-3 probe ( coordinates -108 to +27 ) gave specific protein:DNA complexes ( Figure 5A , lane 2 ) and again additional multiple complexes arose on titration of the VT2X peptide ( data not shown ) as noted earlier with the gene 62 promoter probes . |
| 23 | The judge , asked to decide as a preliminary point when the cause of action accrued for the purposes of section 9(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 held that it arose on completion of the works required by the notices . |
| 24 | They could n't catch this stallion : it was in a loose box and it got on top of the chap who 'd been leading it . |
| 25 | And he come there and luckily he went on top of the table to lie down . |
| 26 | What went on Top of the Pops ? |
| 27 | His Mum had about four flasks she kept on top of the fridge . |
| 28 | I felt on top of the world and could n't believe the heat . |
| 29 | He was interested in her and she felt on top of the world … |
| 30 | They sat down to a celebration champagne lunch with Dai Davies , the farm manager , and set about opening the heaps of telegrams and congratulatory letters ‘ so that we really felt on top of the world ’ . |