Example sentences of "[conj] on a [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They exist in written messages too , where we may be influenced by handwriting or typography , and by whether the message is in an expensive book or on a scrap of paper . |
| 2 | After half an hour the gathering breaks up and the recruits escort their visitors off to lunch , or on a tour of camp for yet more photographs . |
| 3 | Some of their leaders , however , indulged in richer displays : in moments of leisure or on a Day of Truce a chieftain might sport a satin doublet or gold-buttoned jerkin , satin hose , and velvet breeches and cloak . |
| 4 | Practice at home , preferably in your back garden or on a patch of waste grass nearby your house , until you can tune in and use your detector as explained in the operating instructions . |
| 5 | This resolves any remaining doubt about whether the court has power to award interest on an interlocutory judgment whether on default or acknowledgement of service , notice of intention to defend or pleading or on an admission of liability . |
| 6 | Note that on a hive-down of assets to Target , the vendor 's surplus franked investment income and ACT are not " inherited " by Target , so for these to be preserved for Newco 's benefit a direct purchase of shares in the vendor company would be required . |
| 7 | In experiments using British schoolchildren of the same age as Barron 's , selected according to similar criteria for being classified as " good " or " poor " readers , we have found that on a variety of tasks the poorer readers do show an ability to use the phonological codes for printed words ( Briggs and Underwood , 1982 ; Underwood and Briggs , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | Clearly , that is at variance with the TRRL work where , if safety grounds alone do not justify ‘ cost-effective ’ treatment , then no measures would be taken , despite the fact that on a variety of criteria together treatment would most probably be worthwhile . |
| 9 | It is conceivable that on a charge of rape a man might argue that he had in fact meant to perpetrate an act of buggery and that the sexual intercourse that took place was unintended . |
| 10 | Griffin ( 1984 ) suggests that on a number of issues , such as its concern with safety matters , the NMIU can not be associated with the American ‘ bosses ’ unions ' , but its basic policies were repugnant to many other trade unionists , including the majority in the MFGB . |
| 11 | But it was clear , and is clearer still in retrospect , that on a number of occasions an old decorum had been deferred to , or embraced . |
| 12 | ( The cogs must fit the sinker posts which are closer together on a fine gauge than on a standard of course . ) |
| 13 | He slapped the conductor hard over the head for the bother he was causing and on a scrap of paper laboriously took down my name , age , passport number and nationality . |
| 14 | It is proposed to focus on a sample of parents drawn from a multi-ethnic area , and on a sample of health visitors working in the area . |
| 15 | He a attended courses , and on a couple of occasions he 'd travelled down with another officer to collect prisoners . |
| 16 | window and I sort of pinged the cat 's tray , you know , if I shut the door and walked back in and hid the paint on the side , and on a couple of occasions he was painting that window and suddenly this cat appeared outside |
| 17 | In Chapter 3 it was argued that pre-colonial society was indeed authoritarian , and that this expressed itself in a great stress on the conformity of the individual , and on a hierarchy of relationships between young and old , between chiefs and people and between men and women . |
| 18 | The Society also communicated with solicitors directly at regional level and on a variety of courses and conferences . |
| 19 | Just after the end of our period , in the late 1150s , the celebrated intellectual and letter writer John of Salisbury recounted his travels : ‘ ten times have I crossed the chain of the Alps since I left England first ; twice have I travelled through Apulia ; I have done business often in the Roman court on behalf of my superiors and friends ; and on a variety of counts I have traversed England , and France too , many times . ’ |
| 20 | And on a day of shock defeats and thrilling finishes , nowhere was it crazier than in San Francisco , where quarterback Steve Young led the 49ers to a dramatic 21–20 comeback against the New Orleans Saints . |
| 21 | Theorizing and debate about law-breaking and law enforcement have been premised on a model of the criminal actor as individual and on a conception of enforcement as practised by a uniformed and public police . |
| 22 | These works do not seem to have been widely read , and his reputation as an author now rests on his Thanksgivings , published as A Serious and Pathetical Contemplation Of the Mercies of God in 1699 ‘ at the request of a Friend of the Authors ’ , who was perhaps the devotional writer Susanna Hopton [ q.v. ] ; and on a number of manuscript works which have become known , in a remarkable series of discoveries , in the course of the twentieth century . |
| 23 | The film has undoubtedly done much to compound the fears of the public about mental handicap , and on a number of levels . |
| 24 | She became a mediator between the authorities and student leaders , and on a number of occasions tried to persuade students to end their hunger strike , leave Tiananmen Square and return to campus . |
| 25 | Almost inevitably there are entries where others will find it hard to agree with his conclusions , and on a number of occasions he leaves the questions of date and attribution open . |
| 26 | Major restoration campaigns were undertaken on the mosaic in 1619 , 1889 , 1956 and on a number of occasions with varying degrees of success since that date . |
| 27 | Many of these bases were particularly vulnerable to attack from the Thai side of the border and on a number of occasions Myanman troops were reported to have crossed into Thailand . |
| 28 | for one pound and unfortunately as he the option of the contract and on a number of occasions question whether he should exercise the option . |
| 29 | In a rapidly changing business , how can crucial decisions on manpower be taken with the necessary speed and on a basis of fact ? |
| 30 | With respect , Mr. Speaker , and on a point of order . |