Example sentences of "of [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANOTHER Great Central Railway stalwart has been in the news recently , when Ella Thorpe reached the grand young age of 70 on Friday , July 3 . |
| 2 | The highest numbers of the year occur in September , when flocks totalling 3,000 or more are not unusual in these Harbours ; the highest count so far was of 4,200 on 5 September 1971 . |
| 3 | A Steamship Owners ' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association had been formed as early as 1874 which later became part of a North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association , and as early as 1878 shipowners of the north-east were complaining of the " tyrannical " attempts of a " dictatorial body of unionists " ' to impose demands on the industry , establishing in 1885 a Central Association of Shipowners of Sunderland , Glasgow and Newcastle to put their views to the Royal Commission of 1886 on Chamberlain 's proposed Shipping Bill . |
| 4 | Williams was not in court for the hearing but was represented by solicitor Tony Smyth , who entered a plea of guilty on her behalf . |
| 5 | The Government came under heavy pressure from the Law Society of Scotland to retain the contributory band to ensure that applicants were not encouraged to waste police and court time by using legal aid procedures to delay an eventual plea of guilty on the first day in court . |
| 6 | Deaths : William Pedley : 80 , formerly Regional Controller of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries , put agricultural workers in his debt through his research into their working conditions , carried out under the supervision of Dr C.S.Orwin and published under the title of Labour on the Land ( 1942 ) . |
| 7 | SIR Allen Sheppard , chairman of Grand Metropolitan , is taking direct action against the Financial Times for its controversial support of Labour on polling day . |
| 8 | The Ministry of Labour on Feb. 4 , 1990 said that 15 per cent of any new recruits for private companies had to be Bahrainis . |
| 9 | Helaf Orbis Ali resigned as Minister of Labour on Aug. 26 and announced that he was leaving the ruling Popular Rally for Progress ( RPP ) to join the United Opposition Front ( UOF ) — an umbrella group including members of the parliamentary opposition and the opposition guerrilla Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy ( FRUD ) . |
| 10 | During the parliamentary debates it had become clear that the government would be able to count on external support from the Socialist Party of Labour on the far left , the Greater Romania Party on the far right and several other nationalist groups . |
| 11 | Did n't tell him about the er row of eights on there . |
| 12 | It tasted of lots of tartrazine and something sort of metallic on top . |
| 13 | The major thrust may have been carried by a dozen committed individuals , but when push has come to shove , the YCCC have been able to fill meeting halls for important confrontations , and have succeeded in getting eight places out of eleven on the City Council filled by candidates representing a broad coalition under the slogan ‘ It 's time for change , ’ which campaigned specifically on local issues . |
| 14 | The assumption was that , with sufficient care , pupils could be selected at the age of eleven on the basis of a prediction of their success in pursuing an academic education . |
| 15 | It had been bought with a United Nations grant of 1980 on the understanding that all the profits would be channelled discreetly into a numbered Swiss bank account to be used exclusively by UNICEF . |
| 16 | Nevertheless because electrons , protons and other particles undergo both weak and electromagnetic interactions the effect of each on the other has to be considered . |
| 17 | Graphically speaking , SuperCalc offers the full range of bar , pie and other chart types , with , of course , 3D examples of each on the menu — without the aid of any add-ins this time ! |
| 18 | It seemed a long time since the small breakfast that was served in Spain , and in the end Felipe put a portion of each on her plate . |
| 19 | Teams of under-11 boys and girls , five of each on the pitch in a 10-strong team and eight of each in the squads of 16 , will play a series of games starting at 1pm on Saturday and 10am on Sunday . |
| 20 | ‘ I was in Texas for three weeks out of eight on Ballad of the Sad Café . |
| 21 | So in all other situations , my preference is for the leader to tie into the harness on a separate figure of eight on the bight , adjusted so that any downward load pulls down through the waist and onto the thighs , as in ( Fig. 1b ) . |
| 22 | Dadda was back at his polishing , making figures of eight on the already brilliantly lustrous surface of a mahogany dining table with french polish on a knob of wadded lint . |
| 23 | On 23 June , Roy Grantham , General Secretary of APEX , called for a limit of 500 on the number of pickets , and on 24 June , the TUC issued the following statement : |
| 24 | In anticipation of the agreement we would like to offer you an advance of 500 on signing the contract and a further advance of 500 on receipt of the manuscripts judged by us to be acceptable , both sums to be set against royalties . |
| 25 | In anticipation of the agreement we would like to offer you an advance of 500 on signing the contract and a further advance of 500 on receipt of the manuscripts judged by us to be acceptable , both sums to be set against royalties . |
| 26 | Death came to Pavlova at the age of fifty on the eve of a new European tour . |
| 27 | As of May 20 a total of 6,700 Vietnamese boat people had arrived in Hong Kong since January ( as compared with 6,600 for the whole of 1990 ) , and the arrival of 387 on May 7 was the highest recorded daily influx since 1989 . |
| 28 | There 's now no trace of a labyrinth , though some shapes echo part of that on the coins . |
| 29 | Disney should recoup some of that on worldwide sales of television rights to the gala performance . |
| 30 | The calorific value of that on an ordinary definitive stamp is 5.9 . |