Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [prep] [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That given , the Burkian thesis must work itself out inexorably to the separation and independence not only of the great colonies ( in the original sense of that word ) but of every island and speck of rock on the globe : where there could not be representation in a common sovereign assembly , ‘ unity ’ would only be de facto and on sufference , and thus diminishing with the passage of time — organic it could never be . |
| 2 | ISQL ( the Interactive Query Language ) is used for reporting and printing of queries on the data |
| 3 | Prevalence of hypoxaemia , defined as arterial oxygen saturation <90% determined by pulse oximetry , and condition of patient on the fifth day after admission . |
| 4 | Capital employed is down by nearly 6% and turnover by 5% on the January 1987 figures ( see table 1 ) . |
| 5 | He knew because he heard the distinctive , never-forgotten thump and jangle of artillery on the move . |
| 6 | In 1836 he bought the pier and harbour at Newquay on the north coast , convenient for shipping the lead and stone that were being worked inland . |
| 7 | There then followed a winter of rather confused but relatively quiet negotiation manoeuvre , and attempt at compromise on the tariff issue . |
| 8 | The kind of planning which the FBI had in mind — ‘ indicative planning ’ involving the gathering and exchange of information on the development of the economy and the improvement of co-ordination , rather than the formulation and compulsory implementation of a central plan — had already been attempted under the Tories with the formation of the National Economic Development Council ( NEDC ) in 1962 but had effectively remained subordinated to conventional stop-go demand management practice : Labour promised a form of planning which would be ‘ purposeful ’ and ‘ effective ’ , which would ‘ have teeth in it somewhere ’ ( Budd , 1978 , Chapter 6 ) . |
| 9 | There is an inherent tension between range and flexibility of options on the one hand and their simplicity and clarity on the other . |
| 10 | She felt that Brett — and she — would be safer with the added strength and shrewdness of Curtis on the team at Sherman & Grant … or would that now be Sherman , Grant & Curtis , she wondered . |
| 11 | He joined the aircraft firm of Hewlett and Blondeau at Leagrave on the outskirts of Luton before following in his father 's footsteps to George Kent 's . |
| 12 | There are other situations , less evidently or directly Oedipal , which may arise between parent and child with effect on the family . |
| 13 | Would the team please comment on the effect of water supply and type of soil on the cooking properties of potatoes er Mr finds that all the maincrop varieties that he grows seem to boil into the water but the same variety grown commercially it says , does n't . |
| 14 | I would take a coffee to the river wall , and gaze at Greenwich on the other side . |
| 15 | Other duties will include setting up new hardware , installing new software , supervising equipment re-location , and assistance to Stationery on the supply and monitoring of computer consumables . |
| 16 | With a small administrative and professional staff , he quickly imposed his personality and capacity for decision on the chaotic scene of London 's local government . |
| 17 | Assessment of risk involves consideration of the impact and importance of risk on the overall scheme . |
| 18 | In the study of soils it has been argued ( Bridges , 1981 ) that soil geography aims to ‘ record and explain the development and distribution of soils on the surface of the earth ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ The aim of soil geography is to record and explain the development and distribution of soils on the surface of the earth . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The aim of soil geography is to record and explain the development and distribution of soils on the earth 's surface It is a branch of learning which lies between soil science and geography and is of particular importance to both subjects … soil studies are one means of integrating large parts of physical geography in a way which is of immediate relevance to mankind and in this way gives coherence to geography as a whole . ’ |
| 21 | Timeliness and attention to detail on the remaining cropping can be improved and it could allow machinery replacements to be delayed . |
| 22 | The woman was roughly her mother 's age , the face rounder and fatter with hair on the upper lip which her mother did n't have . |
| 23 | Both Ian Allan , chairman of AIR , and I have felt for some time that this division was not helpful to the railway movement and it was agreed at the ARPS Council meeting held on 25th April ( which I missed due to the pleasure of attending my secretary 's wedding ) and the AIR Board meeting two days later that we adopt a proposal put forward by David Madden , a member of ARPS Council and director of operations on the North Norfolk Railway , to set up a joint committee to handle affairs of mutual interest , which we agreed should be called in good railway tradition : ‘ The Railway Clearing House ’ . |
| 24 | This fall largely reflects the technical modernization of the network , particularly the replacement of steam locomotives by diesel and electric , the introduction of power signalling and automatic level crossings , and mechanization of work on the permanent way . |
| 25 | She was seated next to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on the head table while Prince Charles was relegated to a side table . |
| 26 | Interesting , though scarcely decorative , was an early custom of writing the author 's name and title in ink on the fore-edge — a reminder of times when spines carried no information and books were often put on shelves in a way we would consider back-to-front , with the fore-edge outwards . |
| 27 | The programme , part of the larger economic plan announced last week , will redirect government technology research and development from focus on the defence sector . |
| 28 | Both sides will to their ability support the process of security and co-operation in Europe on the basis of the [ 1975 ] Helsinki Final Act … particularly through the establishment of permanent institutions and bodies . |
| 29 | The impact of the war and the dislocation of the British economy and society that it caused greatly expanded the variety and impact of ideas on the sources of fascism . |
| 30 | Even before we are born the shape and pattern of wrinkles on the surface of the two hemispheres of the brain differ to an appreciable extent ( see figure ) -some of the most noticeable asymmetries being found in the regions of cerebral cortex associated with language . |