Example sentences of "[pron] is a [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |
| 2 | Roland gave me a new tennis racquet ( which I know he could n't afford because Moonstone is ‘ on the brink ’ ) which is a great improvement on my last one , and an encouragement to get out on court . |
| 3 | Only in a very few cases are points awarded explicitly to recognize the need to reside in specific rural locations , which is a sad reflection on the past role of allocation policy . |
| 4 | Sometimes we did n't get started until 10 o'clock , which is a late start on a film . |
| 5 | JOURNALIST Neil Lyndon has just published a book which is a fierce attack on women entitled No More Sex War . |
| 6 | One method for a company to identify the sources of stress is by having a ‘ stress audit ’ , which is a yearly check on ten to 20 per cent of the workforce , using questionnaires together with group and on-to-one interviews , on how they are doing and what problems they have had . |
| 7 | It is , though , more overtly apparent when he attempts to limit the damage to the atmosphere of the conversation caused by McKendrick 's accusation of his insincerity when praising Stoke university : Rather than make a straightforward denial , Anderson tries to diffuse the tension with humour by playing on the literal sense of McKendrick 's accusation. his display of urbane wit brings about some laughter from McKendrick but it also elicits a sardonic comment which is a valid observation on Anderson 's character . |
| 8 | The vocalist of thrashers Old on ‘ Mazuraan ’ sounds like a garotted moggie , but theirs is a fine handle on melody nonetheless . |
| 9 | She is a middle-American matron on her way to a Catholic retreat . |
| 10 | After lunch the delegates were treated to a talk from Irene Thomas , who is a regular panelist on Radio Four 's Round Britain Quiz . |
| 11 | Philip Koomen , who is a visiting lecturer on the Furniture Design and Craftsmanship course at Bucks College as well as full-time furniture-maker , talks about the produce of his workshop |
| 12 | The glitch itself is a small perturbation on the normal slowdown of rotation , whose character may be determined from our long series of data . |
| 13 | Traditionally there is a new-price premium on diesels which offsets cheaper running costs . |
| 14 | There is a curious passage on the precise psychological significance of Macmillan 's habit of baring his teeth . |
| 15 | So there is there is a wider acceptance on the one hand , of erm , sort of freedom , erm , and I know we 're back to this idea of sexual freedom , but there is the violence within our society , and and the the the question probably is , are those two connected , as we give greater freedom on the one hand , do we get a higher incidence of violence on the other hand . |
| 16 | There is a complete misunderstanding on his part of how the discount proposals will work in practice . |
| 17 | Engraved on my memory are the words , ‘ There is a complete embargo on taking photographs or sketching in the precincts of a court . |
| 18 | Engraved on my memory are the words , ‘ There is a complete embargo on taking photographs or sketching in the precincts of a court . |
| 19 | Having drank in that pub for eight years and having never caused any trouble in that time , I am disgusted by the fact that there is a general ban on customers with a pierced nose . |
| 20 | Many businessmen suppose that there is a general obligation on the seller ( in the absence of exclusion clauses to the contrary ) to ensure that the goods are fit for the purpose for which the buyer intends to use them . |
| 21 | But there is a general agreement on the major works which form the bases of the different perspectives or theories ; as with other subjects , sociology has its ‘ classics ’ . |
| 22 | I think that there is a general recognition on the Opposition side of the House that you have a difficult job at Scottish Question Time . |
| 23 | In its Baroque inspiration its closest musical cousin is Enescu 's First Piano Suite , though Eckhardt-Gramatt é's; side of the family is decidedly schizoid : there is a manic playfulness on almost every page of the work , and a knock-about unpredictability that is encountered throughout all six works . |
| 24 | There is a great emphasis on sport and outdoor pursuits , and during the holidays the cadets are obliged to take part in adventurous training activities both in the UK and abroad . ’ |
| 25 | Apart from classroom work and regular written homework , there is a great emphasis on reading on your own . |
| 26 | There is a great pressure on students , therefore , to conform . |
| 27 | There is a small literature on new dialect acquisition ; it must be said that not a great deal is known about it . |
| 28 | Less excusably , there is a doctoral dissertation on Rameau 's orchestration based almost exclusively on the Oeuvres complètes and thus largely invalid . |
| 29 | I want to try and get one before May before the exam , but there is a superb production on i the summer , it 's on June and July and it 's at an open-air theatre erm in Lincolnshire and what people do is they go and take a picnic and you sort of take your rug and sit there and cos it it 'll be hot in the summer it would be really nice and you watch it outdoors and it 's in this big stately home which is in it 's own grounds and there 's gift shops and restaurants and bars and obviously wo n't go in the bars but you know there 's lo it 's beautiful and like a big stately home you can wander round the gardens for a bit and then go and watch the performance and if it rains then there 's a canopy you can pull the canopy over like at Wimbledon and you know it 's a really nice day . |
| 30 | This does not happen too much and in any case there is a 45-minute limit on debate , after which the motion will be put . |