Example sentences of "on [pers pn] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such manoeuvring , though , is symptomatic of the distrust which they face , and reflects less on them than on the dominant culture of the age . |
| 2 | Lumps of turf thumped down on them and into the fire . |
| 3 | We got the Gilbey bar but I no the answer to that question would be if any company or org organisation was prepared or wished to talk about funding the theatre in any way and I think were 'd be more than welcome to sit down with and talk them and say well how would you perceive that which way would you like to go about it how can we assist that and I think we 're be open to suggestions from them how they see it I mean you know it could be seats it could be programmes it could be any any arrange of things that we 'd certainly welcome who approach us from companies but we I think we are pro-active in sense that we do n't wait for that to happen we actually go out but was said early I think given the recession it has been difficult lately to actually go out to companies and say I mean sure companies like the Harlow Council find it extremely finance the finances extremely difficult on them and with the recession it 's really difficult for them to actually find funding and I know lot 's of companies who actually cutting back on it certain areas I think funding of oth outside organisations will be one of the areas they 'll be cutting back on . |
| 4 | ‘ It was going all right , but now it wo n't go at all , ’ she added more slowly , as she struggled for composure and it dawned on her that with a GB plate stuck on the back of her car that it would n't take a genius to work out that she was probably English . |
| 5 | I ca n't think why she stays because he 's no easier on her than on the rest of us . ’ |
| 6 | What they were doing might concern her , probably did concern her , but the decision , whatever it was , was theirs not hers ; whereas waiting here , feeling the coolness beneath her hands and the softness of the April sun about her face , and being content to feel these delightful sensations flowing through her and to want nothing more — that was something that depended on her and on no on else . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you start-work on her because of the family connection ? ’ |
| 8 | The captain may put on a very good act , convincing not just himself but even some of the passengers ; though whether their floating world will come through depends not on him but on the mad winds and sullen tides , the icebergs and the sudden crusts of reef . |
| 9 | The omission is significant : the danger is perceived as entirely pertaining to religious believers , and illustrates very well the hold which a secular view has on him and on the educational world in Britain and in the United States . |
| 10 | But he warned : ‘ Nigel has already been compared to Kenny Dalglish and I think that 's a bit unfair on him and on the fans . |
| 11 | On the stable block , in which nothing had ever been stabled in Adam 's memory , was a little tower with a running fox weathervane on it and below the small pitched roof a blue clock with hands of gold . |
| 12 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 13 | Well erm it was a sticky bus you know , er a field in Winter , it was just er bare soil , there was n no no grass on it and with the cart trudging back and forth , getting towards er a gateway , you would up to your knees in mud you know . |
| 14 | The thought patterns allow me to erm put down what I wanted to talk about , expand on it and at the same time break it down into areas and on the other and spend some time on each area . |
| 15 | To this was added the proviso that the GLC had not acted arbitrarily and had considered both its duties to the ratepayers and the statutory duties imposed by the 1969 Act on it and on the LTE . |
| 16 | When using French technique the axe is held normally in the uphill hand for support and extra security , but it is important not to lean on it and into the hill ; your weight must be kept over the crampons . |
| 17 | ‘ We had 22 teachers in here last week watching the same rehearsal because their children are doing a project on it and as a result of that we have had 260 kids watching the rehearsal this week . |
| 18 | However , given the important role which the DES should play in educational policy , such a membership is not perhaps unreasonable , and in any case , some guarantee of NAB 's independence is given by the powerful LEA figures represented on it and by the stature of Christopher Ball , the Chairman of the second tier . |
| 19 | They still have the money , reckons Ray , but are sitting on it because of the recession . |
| 20 | I 'd tried it once or twice before , a coupla times when I was younger , but I was n't over keen on it because of the , y'know , just 'cos of the name it 'd got really , y'know , having to inject it and that . |
| 21 | or abilities and build on it cos at the moment everybody 's re-inventing the wheel and you 're making a lot of work in my opinion . |
| 22 | He says people should n't look down on us because of the way we dress . |