Example sentences of "on the [noun] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the the reason it 's on the diagram it it simply reflects the fact in fact w w w we were overtaken almost by events in terms of the structure plan policy in that the County Council had move on to t had undertaken public consultation , and it had determined a preferred route . |
| 2 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 3 | Can you assist us on the approach which you have adopted in terms not only of greenbelt function , but of the need for a strategic reserve ? |
| 4 | Another gave me a slice of dark brown bread with a piece of sausage on the top which I ate because I did not want to hurt his feelings . |
| 5 | Throughout 1979 I was busy preparing my book on the case which I decided to call ( pace Mr Justice Cusack ) Wicked Beyond Belief . |
| 6 | John Hayward remembers well the breakthrough on the case which he eventually took over . |
| 7 | You 'll see t the big w on the stone what they call Sandringham Stud . |
| 8 | He had dowsed a spiral of energy on the stone which he found varied over time . |
| 9 | So the impact of nineteen twenty five to seven on the Communist Party and on the revolution which it made in nineteen forty nine is just as great as the impact had been on the Kuomintang and nationalist China . |
| 10 | The answer was a kick on the eyebrow which I almost mistook for being shot . |
| 11 | Signs like these were enough to convince educated contemporaries that it was worth trying to maintain the pressure on the authorities which they had already begun to generate . |
| 12 | On the day itself we had briefings er at the ground up here so everybody clearly understands what 's expected of them . |
| 13 | But narrative on the scale which it demands is impossible in a book like this . |
| 14 | The fact that the employer 's turnover ( and ultimate viability ) is to a large extent periled on supply contracts entered into because of formal tying agreements or informal ‘ understandings ’ does not augur well for the employee 's prospects unless he can show that the patent influenced the customer to buy on the scale which he did . |
| 15 | The recent Toyne Report ‘ Environmental Responsibility , An Agenda for Further and Higher Education ’ , commissioned by the DoE and the Welsh Office states , ‘ Everybody has some scope for doing his or her job in a more environmentally responsible way , and needs to understand the importance of this … but may well need more than this , either because they have been given specific responsibilities within their organisation , or simply because their organisation 's environmental impact is heavily dependent on the way they carry out their day-to-day tasks , and on the decisions which they have to take . ’ |
| 16 | Miss Honey , with one hand on the gate which she had not yet opened , turned to Matilda and said , ‘ A poet called Dylan Thomas once wrote some lines that I think of every time I walk up this path . ’ |
| 17 | At this time Klaus announced that he would stand for the post of Czech ( rather than federal ) Prime Minister , a move described by the Independent of June 19 as the " clearest possible sign that the Czechs have finally given up on the federation which they had fought for " . |
| 18 | Our orders were to keep a low profile while keeping watch on the yacht which we did for about twenty four hours . |
| 19 | They were filled into two ounce , four ounce or , you know , depending on the size you you stocked and sold . |
| 20 | . The patched lines on the plan which you have in front of you erm are only intended to be indicative . |
| 21 | It depends , however , … entirely on the attitude which we as conquerors adopt towards the conquered , whether we stop the free circulation in the body politic by our institutions or so organise the dependent races as to leave open opportunities for a proper exercise of the social ambitious instinct [ defined previously as the desire to exercise power over others for their own good ] on the part of the individual native leaders so endowed . |
| 22 | Two centuries later , the Enlightenment returns : but not at all as a way for the West to take cognizance of its present possibilities and of the liberties to which it can have access , but as a way of interrogating it on its limits and on the powers which it has abused . |
| 23 | This also means that the business can not claim back VAT on the purchases which it makes . |
| 24 | And it had a stain on the shoulder which she said she would hide with a gold rose . |
| 25 | In proceedings before the family proceedings court , where the parties agree on the order which they seek , it would be of assistance to the court to submit a proposed draft order . |
| 26 | By re-amended notice of appeal dated 30 August 1991 the defendants sought an order to set aside or vary the judge 's order or to order a retrial and sought leave to adduce fresh evidence on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the judge had erred in law in failing to take into account ( a ) the lack of a penal notice on the order which it was claimed that the appellants had breached ; and ( b ) the plaintiff 's delay of 18 months in applying for the committal order ; ( 2 ) that the judge 's decision was arrived at without regard to fresh evidence which the defendants had obtained since the hearing , part of which related to matters subsequent to the hearing and the remainder of which could not have been obtained with reasonable diligence ; which , if given , would probably have had an important influence on the result , which was credible and which should , therefore , be admitted ; ( 3 ) that , alternatively , the court should exercise its discretion to admit the fresh evidence as the liberty of the defendants was at risk ; and ( 4 ) that the sentence imposed was excessive . |
| 27 | On the wall which she had never seen because it was the one with the peephole in it was a shelf with the only small and personal thing in the room standing on it , a single , faded photograph in a black , badly fitting frame . |
| 28 | Ell pointed to scratch marks on the wall which she said had just appeared . |
| 29 | And Giovanna stood with her hand on the telephone which she had put down and spoke slowly , loudly , as though to an imbecile . |
| 30 | The pace at which a sequence is cut also depends on the mood which it is intended to communicate . |