Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [adv] on [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ( d ) The gang may be constituted of two or three core members with other tradesmen or labourers employed either on daywork or discounted rates . |
| 2 | In an unprecedented move the Hong Kong Legislative Council ( Legco ) or parliament voted overwhelmingly on Dec. 4 to reject an agreement on the composition of Hong Kong 's Court of Final Appeal — which in 1993 would replace the Privy Council in London — signed in September by the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group ( JLG ) [ see p. 38531 ] . |
| 3 | Consequently , he started looking rather less convincing as self-appointed bard of the downtrodden , with 1978 's Blue Valentine and 1980 's Heartattack & Vine verging precariously on self parody . |
| 4 | The favour was reciprocated when Dire Straits were re-formed to play at the Nelson Mandela birthday concert at Wembley Stadium , where Clapton helped out on guitar . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , my right hon. Friend is right to point out the role that we can play , where countries come together on issues , whereas on other issues — certainly on major critical and substantial issues — they must retain absolute national sovereignty in the development of their own foreign policies . |
| 6 | So , if your boiler , fire or cooker goes down on Christmas day , we 'll be there to sort things out . |
| 7 | In spite of this , most studies agree that mergers have not on average improved the subsequent performance of the merging companies . |
| 8 | And in one experiment rats were exposed throughout infancy to the music of either Mozart or Schoenberg and then given musical preference tests in adulthood ( with the result that animals brought up on Mozart showed a definite preference for that music , whereas the Schoenberg-reared group gave no indication of a hankering after the familiar music ! ) . |
| 9 | And the fact that wine-growing developed markedly on lands much visited by the dukes of Burgundy and Aquitaine is perhaps also suggestive of ducal initiative . |
| 10 | They can double or treble the two-match suspension and £1,800 fine that Northants imposed immediately on skipper Lamb for exposing the ball-fiddle by speaking out without his county 's permission . |
| 11 | It would be great if we could but believe the fable that hedgehogs live mainly on insects and worms and the like , but undoubtedly they destroy the nests of many ground-nesting species of birds , taking both eggs and young . |
| 12 | Often international comparisons are used , with the charge that Britain spends less on health care as a proportion of gross domestic product ( 5.9 per cent ) than any other country in the OECD apart from Greece and ( marginally ) Spain . |
| 13 | It was luck that Anne came out on top because she did n't want to go to medical school anyway . |
| 14 | From the high response levels it was clear that IPSENTA rated highly on Client Satisfaction , was strongly recommended by both sponsors and informed community members , and compared favourably with other LEAs in terms of the numbers of new start-up firms and their survivability . |
| 15 | Paty 's current plasterer was Joseph Thomas whose own little house , No 5 Guinea Street , was an authentic riot , with ceilings of squirrels and birds perched precariously on plaster curlicues and ‘ C ’ scrolls . |
| 16 | ‘ If Whitehall clamps down on capital expenditure there will be real problems for whole areas of capital spending not just Woodchurch pool . |
| 17 | But the vast expanse of the oceans seems devoid of plants — at least to the naked eye ; and if weed grows conspicuously on coral reefs , then that is a often a sign that all is not well . |
| 18 | The new frontier for firms like BP , Statoil , Amoco and Pennzoil lies not on land but under the Caspian Sea . |
| 19 | We have already indicated that investment depends to some extent on the rate of interest and businessmen 's expectations , government spending depends on government policy and exports depend largely on incomes overseas . |
| 20 | The Hull delegate to the National Conference of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children , in Nottingham in October , was surprised to learn that China is less than half as densely populated as the UK , despite the forcible abortion and sterilisation carried out on women in China and used as a means of genocide in Chinese-occupied Tibet . |
| 21 | But when BBC 2 's ‘ Newsnight ’ organised a kind of return match four German historians and journalists dwelt long on Britain 's archaic society and nineteenth-century delusions of grandeur . |
| 22 | Yorkshire proceeded to squander the final two doubles in a 6–3 win over the previously unbeaten Essex , and Hampshire went back on court needing to win all three doubles matches to secure the necessary 8–1 margin over Middlesex . |
| 23 | Doctor 's with your Pappy now , Miss Cora-Beth , and he 's ill with grieving and Jake went off on horseback not half an hour ago to fetch you and Mr Harry back from your party and we 's been waitin' and waitin' for you … ’ |
| 24 | Then there is the theatre , built in jungle opulent , with pillars and balconies and statues lifting off on wings . |
| 25 | NCR AND COREL TEAM UP ON SCSI CONTROLLERS |
| 26 | Mr Franks added that he and Tippett worked together on things for schoolchildren after Boosbeck . |
| 27 | Certificates for flute and swimming hung up on strings by Dad . |
| 28 | At Kidd 's arrival Clive and Stokes concentrated solely on executive search , but it has since undertaken organisational consulting assignments . |
| 29 | ‘ Of course , you did promise Anna that you would take her to Sherwood Forest the next time she and Sam came over on business , ’ he reminded Merrill tauntingly . |
| 30 | Shakespeare must have known someone very like Ralph Edwards when he put Fluellen into Henry V. If Ralph came in on St David 's Day , I would have hidden to avoid being forced to eat a raw leek as was poor ancient Pistol in that play . |