Example sentences of "[adj] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want a patch-through on a secure line to Vice-President Odell , ’ he said , ‘ and I want it now . ’ |
| 2 | Nobody lived like this on a hired hand 's hourly wage . |
| 3 | Although she was astute enough to understand this on a logical basis , it took several sessions of counselling and therapy to convince Myra 's subconscious mind that she was in no way to blame and that she had behaved naturally and in total innocence . |
| 4 | Some companies employ people to do this on a full-time basis . |
| 5 | Would you rather do this on a barnacled tidal ramp in a loaded plastic kayak or a loaded glassfibre kayak ? |
| 6 | The third rhyme on fete isolates the image of the five wounds and modulates into an extended description of this on a new rhyme . |
| 7 | James Heaton of Widnes tried this on a small scale at Langley Mill , Nottinghamshire , but the cost proved too high . |
| 8 | Finding helpers willing to act as car park attendants may be difficult if you intend to do this on a regular basis . |
| 9 | It remains AEA 's intention to achieve this on a voluntary basis to the greatest extent possible . |
| 10 | I write this on a lovely , hot , sunny day and wishing I was on holiday . |
| 11 | Erm you can , something like this on a red mount or something , you can imagine it would be absolutely hopeless . |
| 12 | To do this on a significant scale he had either to supersede another lord or outrank him so that the following of one lord became a component in the retinue of a superior lord . |
| 13 | To do this on a significant scale he had either to supersede another lord or outrank him so that the following of one lord became a component in the retinue of a superior lord . |
| 14 | So I started doing this on a sexual basis . |
| 15 | The effect of this on a nearby fish is devastating . |
| 16 | Researchers who were interested in people 's views on blood sports could either hang around waiting for respondents spontaneously to bring the subject up , or they could ask directed questions about this on a structured questionnaire , taking care to ask everybody exactly the same question . |
| 17 | Is this on an employed basis in n it ? |
| 18 | You 'll remember we do this on an annual basis . |
| 19 | It depends entirely on the goodwill of America and other richer member states to take this on an improvised basis . |
| 20 | Yet wider cultural influences , many of them associated with the decline of the traditional rural way of life , are working to undermine the customary expectations of the farm worker — particularly when we consider this on an intergenerational basis-For example , a large majority of agricultural workers currently engaged by the industry are themselves the sons of farm workers — probably more than two-thirds . |
| 21 | I think it is important that we undertake this on an initial trial basis as there may be problems not yet envisaged . |
| 22 | IT , OT and CTT policies do not include a ‘ more specifically insured ’ exclusion so even if an expensive ring for example , which may be lost or stolen , is separately insured under a Home or All Risks policy we can still only deal with this on an independent liability basis . |
| 23 | The British yacht Sunbeam arrived in 1876 on a round-the-world voyage with its owner Thomas Brassey MP , his wife , children , guests and thirty-two crew members . |
| 24 | Some foreign children are residential on a permanent basis . |
| 25 | ‘ It would be hardly sensible on a quiet day , but you know how they run here . ’ |
| 26 | Stephen Clapham , an analyst at Hoare Govett , said : ‘ It will take time to cut costs in the acquisitions , but they look sensible on an 18-month basis . ’ |
| 27 | In the 138-member Chamber of Citizens ( 108 seats for Serbian representatives , half of them elected on a majority system by constituencies and half on a proportional system by party lists , plus 30 for Montenegrin representatives , six by constituency and 24 proportionally ) the Socialist Party of Serbia ( SPS ) gained 73 seats ; Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro 23 ; Serbian Radical Party ( SRS ) 33 ; League of Communists-Movement for Yugoslavia two ; Democratic Community of Vojvodina Magyars ( DZVM ) two ; independents three ; two seats for Serbia went to a second round of voting , held on June 14 ( together with two second-round polls for the republican assembly ) . |
| 28 | But there are other people also entertaining on a grand scale at the regatta , as part of the corporate hospitality that 's laid on every year . |
| 29 | That proposal is also the preferred option of Israel 's Likud coalition government — as Levy , the Israeli foreign minister , made clear on a recent visit to Washington . |
| 30 | If the reach is fairly broad the fleet often steers a very curved course to the next mark , so it is sometimes worth deliberately keeping well clear on a low course . |