Example sentences of "[noun prp] on [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Anglo-American special relationship , on the other hand , is as alive as ever , and has made it possible for us to buy advanced US weapon systems like Polaris and Trident on very favourable terms . |
| 2 | At the southernmost tip of the Island — which was n't an island at all , being surrounded by the Thames on only three sides — a little strip of greenery had been preserved as a public park . |
| 3 | It has a top speed of 186mph and can go from London to Monte Carlo on just one tank of fuel . |
| 4 | Since the signing of the 1979 peace treaty , the US has sought to keep the military assistance component of its large foreign aid programme to Egypt and Israel on roughly equal terms . |
| 5 | Although I insisted to the referee that the goal should stand because I had sent Pahdra on as substitute , the ref was not fooled , especially as Mr Singh was still wearing his dufflecoat and brogues . |
| 6 | Alternatively , the supplier could enter into some form of partnership with OUP on mutually acceptable terms . |
| 7 | MIPS says it made a strong effort at the beginning to get the SCO on very favourable terms but the sponsorship just was n't there . |
| 8 | I have seen it — Not long ago , in Moscow on quite another mission , I tiptoed up the great empty staircase and , with a diplomatic passport in my pocket , stood in the eternal dusk that shrouds old ballrooms when they are asleep — With its plump brown pillars and gilded mirrors , it was better suited to the last hours of a sinking liner than the launch of a great initiative . |
| 9 | As a consequence it is possible to extradite Mr Ward on only one of the offences allegedly committed by him — the alleged theft of the £5.2m . |
| 10 | He has already sparred with Michael Bates on virtually all topics . |
| 11 | For Swindon it was shooting practice young Marcus Phillips on as sub for the first time nearly got a goal but it was Torquay who tookover towards the end … |
| 12 | I speak from embarrassed experience , having embarked under the nom-de-plume of Evelyn Hervey on just such a foolish enterprise , though I hope frenzied ingenuity will eventually wriggle me out of too much trouble . |
| 13 | After lunch we began the descent from the top of the Vallee de Berard on wide open , empty slopes . |
| 14 | The Buffalo Skinners is brimming with the ‘ loud , emotive slabs of guitar music ’ that turn Adamson on so much . |
| 15 | Collaborative research with the University of London on exceptionally well-preserved conifers from volcaniclastic sediments in the Etruria Formation of Westphalian C age , has been the subject of external publications and has featured on BBC Radio 4 's Natural History Programme . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend the Member for Southwark and Bermondsey ( Mr. Hughes ) has already said that people in central London on relatively low incomes may live in high-value houses . |
| 17 | I had been to London on comparatively few occasions before coming to Bletchley , and it was still to me a place of awe and wonder . |
| 18 | Well I thought that was funny about that guy that watch Wogan on there last night , that girl that |
| 19 | We examined surveillance data for England and Wales on sexually transmitted diseases . |