Example sentences of "[noun] is a [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | English rhythm is a controversial subject on which widely differing views have been expressed . |
| 2 | Of course , AIDS is a terrible scourge on society , but the way to cure it is massive financial input into research and better sex education in schools . |
| 3 | Floating voters tend to say things like ‘ Of course , being in carpets , what I 'm really looking for from the parties is a firm pledge on European weaving quotas , ’ and they tend to sound like Hurd and look like Gummer . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ The former Herculaneum Dock is a prime site on Liverpool 's waterfront . |
| 5 | FORSTON IS a tiny hamlet on the River Cerne , which winds down the valley from Cerne Abbas to join the River Frome at Dorchester . |
| 6 | However at middle and senior management levels only about 11 per cent are women ( about 1000 out of 8400 ) , although this figure is a considerable improvement on 1984 when it was just four per cent . |
| 7 | Of course , the final bar is a 7th chord on G with both major and minor thirds present . |
| 8 | Divorce is a great blight on your life . |
| 9 | ‘ Green is a stunning colour on you . ’ |
| 10 | Sport is a slender thread on which to hang one 's hopes for the future . |
| 11 | When the various negatives are put together , a case can begin to be made that sport is a destructive influence on American public life . |
| 12 | His gallery is a grand townhouse on East 79th Street where he trades modern masters , including art from the estate of Pierre Matisse , which he purchased in partnership with Sotheby 's , and blue-chip post-war American and European paintings by Jackson Pollock , Rothko , de Kooning and Francis Bacon . |
| 13 | ( " Late wood is a darker circle on the outer side of each tree ring " |
| 14 | JEREMY CLARKSON is a regular presenter on BBC2 's Top Gear programme and this month becomes Esquire 's new motoring editor . |
| 15 | Their leader is a small man on a black st'lyan with white fore-hooves . |
| 16 | Israel is a small country on the south eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea . |
| 17 | Since a share is a financial claim on the firm 's real wealth in the form of its physical assets , the economic earnings of a share are defined as the maximum amount of real resources that can be withdrawn from the share and used for real consumption without impairing the ability of the share to deliver real consumption in the future . |
| 18 | The present land surface is a thin skin on top of a thick record of the past preserved in the rocks . |
| 19 | And Sam is a lively girl on the brink of adulthood . |
| 20 | ( ii ) If , as in 1.7.1 S is closed under ρ it follows that ρ\S x S is a binary operation on S. For psychological reasons and to stop pedantry getting out of hand , we replace ρ\S x S by the technically incorrect but intuitively more palatable symbol ρ and speak accordingly of ρ as being a binary operation on S. Thus for s and t in S we write sρt whether s and t are regarded as being in S or in A. |
| 21 | A development study on the Cardwell Bay site commissioned by the local authority a year ago concluded : ‘ While the outlook from the bay at Gourock is a significant asset on a national scale , there is also an air of neglect in the area . ’ |
| 22 | The circuit of Wild Boar Fell is a splendid expedition on rough ground and without the help of trodden paths . |
| 23 | ‘ The Malk 's character is a complete cynic on life , not just a cynic , we 're talking complete apathy , ’ he says . |
| 24 | The other is a thick letter on onion-skin paper with a return address in Kansas . |
| 25 | It 's only the knowledge that Television , Patti Smith , Blondie and The Ramones used the place as their Bull & Gates in the olden days that flushes you with a tingly sense of excitement when you find out that the toilet is a damp patch on the floor . |
| 26 | While the price is a strong ace on the Paseo pack , most people will already be sold on its looks . |
| 27 | Tor Elyr is a beautiful city on the coast of the Sea of Dusk . |
| 28 | Katie Wright , whose father is a Labour councillor on Conservative-controlled Westminster Council , and Marina Skelhorn , are friends anyway . |
| 29 | The Attlee government in some ways is a final commentary on the deep-rooted strength of this faith in the institutions of the state . |
| 30 | Again for example , the property of heat to expand metal at uniform rates is a great advance on the common sense distinction between " hot " and " cold " . |