Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] a [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 36 , or relating to protection of the environment or the working environment ’ shall notify such provisions to the Commission , and the Commission may confirm them after having verified that they are not a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States . |
| 2 | The subject can be two-dimensional ( a painted ‘ cel ’ , originally on transparent celluloid or a scenic painting on glass ) or three-dimensional ( a model , a flexible figure ) . |
| 3 | Other studies have shown intrauterine devices to have either no effect or a deleterious effect on endometriosis . |
| 4 | Black was decreed to be the only acceptable colour ( though a few white hairs in the switch and a little white on the udder were permissible ) and the most prized colour was an almost chocolate brown-black . |
| 5 | Early the following year , the Hopewell was loaded once more with harvests of cotton and indigo as well as its principal cargo , 9,500 pounds of tobacco , and she set sail from the harbour with her sails reefed against the season 's squalls and a small crew on board , under James Lariot as captain . |
| 6 | When Anthony arrived spent and ill-looking from the hospital later that evening , Julia handed him the thin yellow sheet and was relieved to see a lightening in his dark grey eyes and a faint smile on his thin lips . |
| 7 | Visitors can see the sculptured memorial slabs in the monks ' dormitory and a small exhibition on the Cistercian monks and the abbey . |
| 8 | In a vast ocean , empty of all else but one 's own boat and a tiny speck on the horizon , attention is drawn to the other boat . |
| 9 | Edmund Cathery , who immediately replaced McBride as general secretary recorded that in September 1894 there were 20 branches in England , none in Ireland and three in Wales , but confessed that " a large proportion of these were non-paying branches and a continual drain on the union " . |
| 10 | Now , with a backpack on his shoulders and a tight fist on his wallet , Bryson shows first-class fun is available in the hardest of times on the cheapest of tickets . |
| 11 | I was taken down to Holloway by car , with me on the back seat and her on one side and a male officer on the other side . |
| 12 | By pitching the ball up and bowling in the channel he makes his opponent hit back along the line of the approaching delivery and play the ball into the ‘ V ’ — the arc of the field which lies between extra cover on the off side and a straightish mid-wicket on the leg side . |
| 13 | The smallest of the Channel Islands , only 1½ miles long , Herm has sandy beaches on one side and a rugged coast on the other . |
| 14 | A hike in premiums and a tight grip on costs are reaping rewards . |
| 15 | Not only does it not create metal filings and a sharp burr on the outside of the pipe ( as does a hacksaw ) , but it also gives a neat square finish to the end of the pipe . |
| 16 | Conscious of the deficiencies of her own education , she attended evening classes in French , German , and geography at Queen 's College , introduced to these by the Revd David Laing , the honorary secretary of the Governesses ' Benevolent Institution and a major influence on her . |
| 17 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |
| 18 | Edges are then maintained by clipping with shears or a special attachment on your mower . |
| 19 | He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river . |
| 20 | Fairfax returns with two enamel mugs and a brown teapot on a tray . |
| 21 | Parents on Merseyside were keeping a firm grip and a watchful eye on their children yesterday . |
| 22 | Isolated from the other two , he was leaning against the apple tree , his hands deep in his pockets and a surly look on his face . |
| 23 | ‘ Then we had a Highway Code-cum-driving practice test and a 30-minute test on everything from dirt roads to motorways , which was partly an economy test driving at the maximum safe speed . |
| 24 | It had been dominated throughout its history by the Soviet Union , as the largest partner , but it had lost in significance after 1988 , with political changes in its East European member countries and a growing dependence on trade and investment from Western Europe . |
| 25 | Beyond the Badachro junction , the A.832 crosses an upland where an attractive loch , now a reservoir , invites a halt and a short walk on the paths around its shores . |
| 26 | The decision caused a huge public outcry and a national debate on euthanasia . |
| 27 | It includes drawings by Ghirlandaio , Verrocchio , Pollaiuolo and Leonardo , together with some juvenilia , sculpture by Bertoldo and Adriano Fiorentino and a small section on antique works which the artist may have known . |
| 28 | Nottingham City Council appointed a lesbian and a gay man on a job-share to assist the implementation of their policy . |
| 29 | Only a drift of her stayed on the solemn air of the dining room — a drift of Parma violet and a heavy load on Nicandra 's mind . |
| 30 | His workers stress they are aiming to win the battle of ideas in the campaign and a substantial increase on their 1987 tally of 1.5% . |