Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 5 ) No indemnity shall be payable under this Act in any of the following cases : — ( a ) where the applicant or a person from whom he derives title ( otherwise than under a disposition for valuable consideration which is registered or protected on the register ) has caused or substantially contributed to the loss by fraud or lack of proper care ; … ( 6 ) Where an indemnity is paid in respect of the loss of an estate or interest in or charge on land the amount so paid shall not exceed — ( a ) Where the register is not rectified , the value of the estate , interest or charge at the time when the error or omission which caused the loss was made ; ( b ) Where the register is rectified , the value ( if there had been no rectification ) of the estate , interest or charge , immediately before the time of rectification . |
| 2 | we did know somebody erm down on actually who had a a vertical blind and several of the chains had broken or disappeared on the bottom of that |
| 3 | No political action may be undertaken or justified on the ground that it promotes an ideal of the good nor on the ground that it enables individuals to pursue an ideal of the good . |
| 4 | Cases were won or lost on the facts , not the law . ’ |
| 5 | I believe that the stricter interpretation above has to be preferred to the common-sense interpretation , because I believe the ASB was trying to follow the exemption in the Companies Act , so that cash flow statements would be included or excluded on the same criteria as group accounts . |
| 6 | Any unobliterated postage or revenue stamp valid for current use in the British postal area or elsewhere ( except a revenue stamp embossed or impressed on an instrument which has been executed ) . |
| 7 | Any postage or revenue stamp that is not defaced valid for current use in the British postal area or elsewhere ( except a revenue stamp embossed or impressed on an instrument which has been executed ) . |
| 8 | SONGUL KARABULUT and FIKRI KELES : Suspected members of Devrimci Sol ( Revolutionary Left ) , both were killed when police surrounded and fired on a flat in the Dikmen district of Ankara on 4 May 1992 . |
| 9 | This section of the Policy covers the Policyholder if they are TOTALLY DISABLED from engaging in or giving attention to THEIR PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION , as disclosed and declared on the policy , as a result of sickness . |
| 10 | I guess it was n't the first tournament to be won and lost on the Road Hole at St Andrews . |
| 11 | Between £60 and £70 million will be won and lost on the Grand National ; a fortune riding on 40 horses . |
| 12 | Darkfall electricity crackled and danced on the rims of the shattered windows . |
| 13 | This was essentially a gentle action and it ensured that as little corn as possible would be shed and lost on the ground . |
| 14 | There was a brown , ripped hole in the ground and a buckled , disgust-ingly distorted chassis torn and knotted on the side of the crater . |
| 15 | Council officers conducted a survey to see where it could be usefully installed and decided on the railway centre and museum in North Road , Civic Theatre and booking office , Tubwell Row museum and offices at Houndgate . |
| 16 | It was therefore proposed by , seconded by and carried unanimously that notwithstanding the previous Conference resolution to that effect , the requirement should be waived on this occasion , and that the officers nominated and displayed on the sheet at the rear of the Hall should be elected en-bloc . |
| 17 | Two trains had come and gone on the northbound platform of the Bakerloo line at Marylebone tube station , but Harry had boarded neither . |
| 18 | Jock Stein , former manager of Scotland , and David Longhurst , the York City striker , both died of heart attacks ; the Dutch coach of Barcelona , Johan Cruyff , was given a double heart bypass operation after collapsing ; and only last month West Hartlepool 's rugby union lock forward , John Howe , collapsed and died on the pitch . |
| 19 | Their world became even more confined and focused on the home . |
| 20 | Others have been caught and left on the ground several hundred yards from a river . |
| 21 | With the help of Kit Martin , the architect Bob Weighton and the engineers Peter Dann and partners , SAVE presented a scheme at the public inquiry to show that the building could be stabilized and converted on a commercial basis into seven flats . |
| 22 | This is a very important consideration , for , as we shall see shortly in the discussion of the marketing mix , there are certain key issues , such as pricing , which have to be considered and agreed on a shared basis . |
| 23 | Johnson Matthey 's R&D activities are organised and co-ordinated on a worldwide basis . |
| 24 | Anthony Waugh sawed his way through his neighbour 's stair bannister in Londonderry Road , Stockton , to release Sarah Walters , three , who had got herself trapped while playing on the steps . |
| 25 | Emma-Hoo is depicted as riding on a water-buffalo and parading past lines of men to pass judgement upon them , reflecting their sentence back to them by means of a giant bronze mirror on his breast . |
| 26 | The third rectangle is initially visualized as superimposed on the second . |
| 27 | What we are groping for , what Pound ( we now see ) is inciting us to grope for , what Yeats is laying claim to , is that effect in writing which an earlier criticism knew as ‘ lapidary ’ : that is to say , the effect or the illusion of words as not written or printed on a page , but as incised on a stone block . |
| 28 | This paper is chemically treated and whatever is written or typed on the top copy , automatically creates a carbon copy on the paper beneath . |
| 29 | Random sampling means that a batch is accepted or rejected on the basis of the number of rejects found after taking a random sample from the batch . |
| 30 | When District Officers were eventually allowed into the field they were watched like hawks by their senior officers for signs — an indication , it was said , of inaptitude or inexperience — of running things too directly , and promotions were made or denied on the extent to which they seemed , in the words of the Resident , Adamawa , to be ‘ imbued with the true spirit of Indirect Rule ’ . |