Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tempting to compare the role of the Commissioner with that of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality , bodies that are empowered to support individual cases in connection with complaints about discrimination on grounds of sex or race respectively . |
| 2 | I could sit for hours on buses without worrying about how much time I was wasting . |
| 3 | A CASUALTY department where two pensioners died after being left for hours on trolleys in a corridor was condemned yesterday by a Government-ordered inquiry . |
| 4 | It will mean fewer patients need stay in the infirmary for operations on cataracts and squints . |
| 5 | Opening hours are erratic , but the church is open for Mass on Saturdays at 20.00 or ask at the Archbishop 's Palace . |
| 6 | During his three-day visit at the head of a 20-member delegation , Chissano met Rawlings for discussions on issues of mutual concern , including the peace initiatives in Mozambique and Angola . |
| 7 | It is the same spray material that has been used for ages on potatoes and other crops , and can be a great help here also . |
| 8 | In August 1824 Hickman produced a pamphlet entitled A Letter on Suspended Animation , containing experiments showing that it may be safely employed during operations on animals , with a view of ascertaining its probable utility in surgical operations on the Human Subject , addressed to T. A. Knight Esq . |
| 9 | After the summer 's inquiries , MPs decided to commit Mr Papandreou and a handful of ex-colleagues for trial on charges of ordering telephone tapping and accepting bribes . |
| 10 | The Labour spokesman , John McFall , the MP for Dumbarton , claimed that the increases in cost of legal aid represented an artificial blip because the recession was forcing lawyers ' offices to press for payment on accounts . |
| 11 | for money on Mondays . |
| 12 | By selectively applying pesticides to , say , the outer part of a crop canopy , much lower dosages will control exposed pests , such as aphids on cereals . |
| 13 | None the less there is a need to consider three countervailing social control forces , which appear to have some effect on persons contemplating ‘ conventional ’ crimes , to see if they act as brakes on persons contemplating corporate crime . |
| 14 | It is possible , through concentration on parts and aspects of science , or by way of the refutable assumption that the word " cause " does not turn up in it ( Suppes , 1970 , pp. 1–2 ; cf. |
| 15 | er , six erm , I 've made a list of all the different words that are used for crap on reports right ? |
| 16 | The group operating profit of £92m is increased by net profit on sale or termination of discontinued operations of £2.2m , less provision for loss on operations to be discontinued of £1.9m , to produce profit on onrdinary activities of £92.3m before interest and other income . |
| 17 | which published guidelines for research on embryos last year ( New Scientist . |
| 18 | Excellent facilities exist for research on animals used for work purposes . |
| 19 | • Establish effective collaboration with other centres of excellence for research on mechanisms of resistance and application of biotechnology to plant disease management . |
| 20 | No wonder that comparisons between questionnaires on attitudes and direct observations of behaviour have produced few significant results : in one study , for example , there were fewer correlations between the two than one would expect by chance ! |
| 21 | Cabinet battling for deal on pits |
| 22 | With losses in the fourth quarter of $40.1m lower at $42.1m ( 1991 : $82.2m loss ) the UK underwriting deficit at the full year was reduced by almost a half from $341.9m to $175.2m as action on rates and operating costs proved increasingly effective . |
| 23 | Can you just talk about indicators on roundabouts ? |
| 24 | In particular , human performance within systems is impossible to predict with any precision and details of this performance as it occurs in practice or on simulators is the only basis for prediction on matters such as safety and system reliability either for the current system or for future systems . |
| 25 | Those with a recent interest in politics , who found the election interesting but did not have a general interest in politics at other times , gave PEBs high ratings for usefulness on leaders , issues , and voting choice . |
| 26 | He read voraciously , developing his early appetite for books on visits to the shop in Crediton kept by his Aunt Susannah . |
| 27 | Concepts deriving from organisational studies — such as research on areas like leadership , strategic management and organisational decline — will provide the focus for nine in-depth case studies . |
| 28 | And the Attorney-General can only act if there is a complaint about sentence within 28 days of the verdict and can only refer it for review on grounds of leniency . |
| 29 | I was just telling our Daniel , I was right put off by what passes for tea on t'railways these days : I could n't stomach no more . |
| 30 | In other words , the continuing fall in the demand for labour on farms has prompted a growing proportion of even the locals to live in the village and work in towns . |