Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pron] [adv] [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 On an average tour it will make the band up to £20,000 profit , a figure they rarely reach on ticket sales .
2 The high-performance team idea was explained through a programme which again relied on key personalities , regular meetings and frequent use of the language of the approach — such as ‘ flexible working ’ , ‘ product ownership ’ and ‘ front to back responsibility ’ .
3 There 's a beauty special offering 50 tips on how to look good this summer and a piece I particularly liked on the importance of laughing .
4 Ted Dexter , England 's chairman of selectors , last year appealed to counties to give their international players time off after tours — a request which mainly fell on deaf ears .
5 But I have a feeling you actually plan on doing very little tutoring . ’
6 The ruler continued to enjoy , unless he were unusually vicious or unlucky , a respect which sometimes verged on worship .
7 It was early on in their friendship that Joe Orton realized that Ken was ideal for the alleged policeman , Truscott — a man he freely based on Det.
8 A clause which merely imposes on the parties an obligation to renegotiate prices from time to time , once an initial period has elapsed , will simply turn the agreement , on the lapse of the initial period , into an agreement to agree , which is then void for uncertainty .
9 Yes I think it depends on what kind of a message you actually have on your recorder to start off with .
10 It is important to realize that the scope of a scheme which apparently focuses on a relatively narrow area may be quite wide by the time all fringe topics ( which are relevant to or have some impact upon the core area ) have been noted .
11 A player who usually played on an instrument with a check would easily have produced stuttering , unclear notes .
12 However , if those who successfully gain the top , with or without the burden of living-room furniture , feel blessed with the exhilaration and wonder of their surroundings then I am happy for them , and glad they are able to share an emotion I regularly enjoy on the hills .
13 The internal management rule does not assist a third party which has dealt in good faith with an organisation which then defaults on its debts .
14 And as England found to their cost only last month , it is an ideal which still thrives on the Continent , Norway 's equaliser coming as it did from a 30-yard out-of-the-blue effort .
15 Farming journalists and politicians who visit New Zealand come back convinced life without subsidies is not just attractive but a realistic option — an argument they generally base on claims that British farmers by conventional standards are amongst the most efficient in Europe .
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