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

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1 The ultrasonic immersion method developed at the National Physical Laboratory uses the measurement of wave velocity on accurately made specimens with parallel sides .
2 The evaluation and assessment of test data on completely new products or packs and the problem of deciding whether they are sufficiently stable or whether they adequately protect the product under market conditions is more difficult .
3 Doctors and health visitors were yesterday sent new guidelines by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths on how to deal with cot death tragedies .
4 John-William insisting on having everything just so , Amabel herself taking time and immense delight in her choice of furnishings , living a dozen delightful dramas every day over Aubusson rugs and inlaid cabinets , the recklessness of silk damask on newly plastered walls , the sheer extravagances of crystal and china which Linnet — the dear child — had encouraged her to commit .
5 The Council 's comments followed the issue of a consultation paper from the Office of Water Services on how households should pay for water after 2000 , when the water companies ' right to use domestic rates as a basis for charging ends .
6 Astrological charts , a couple of crystal balls on oddly clawed stands , litters of long-decayed scrolls , and similar items are scattered about the floor , on a couple of tables , and on stands .
7 They 're gon na think we 're a right bunch of swearing pigs on there !
8 Secondary schools do not always tell primary schools in detail what they do in terms of pupil development on either the curricular or the personal plane nor do primary schools always set out to learn what comes next .
9 The pair set up house at Tidmarsh Mill , Pangbourne , and their relationship developed regardless of love affairs on both sides and Carrington 's marriage in 1921 to Reginald Sherring Partridge ( always called Ralph from 1919 onwards ) , who joined the ménage .
10 Analytic study of surveillance data on sexually transmitted diseases .
11 The American blockade of Cuba threw the latter 's post-revolutionary land-use planning into confusion and caused wholesale cultivation of food crops on very vulnerable steep slopes .
12 What bothered me most after my long absence were the forests of TV aerials on even the humblest dwellings .
13 The steady growth of the grip of family members on so many walks of life had a stifling effect on initiative , which had hardly been encouraged before 1965 .
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