Example sentences of "on [noun prp] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had a greater impact on Moscow since it was followed by the declaration on the neutrality of Laos on 23 July adopted by the states which participated in the Geneva Conference . |
| 2 | Was it so much better than anything else I 've read on Hawking because it was written with the sensitivity and understanding of someone suffering from a disability in some ways similar to his ? |
| 3 | Recent health scares over cling-film have had a knock-on effect on Tupperware and it has enjoyed a boom in sales . |
| 4 | The whole thing is a lot tougher on Tod than it is on me . |
| 5 | Tuzla , 50 miles north of the Bosnian capital , declared on Saturday that it would join Sarajevo 's fast for those in eastern Bosnia . |
| 6 | He 's desperate to score one and it was rather curious on Saturday that it was his shot , parried by , a player with an England pedigree should better than the Palace goalkeeper did on that occasion . |
| 7 | it 's usually at the beginning of June , it was n't on Saturday so it must be next Saturday |
| 8 | THE Queen Mother will not be attending Princess Anne 's wedding to Commander Tim Laurence at Balmoral on Saturday because it is feared the 1,000-mile round trip would be too much for her . |
| 9 | Unbeaten Gloucester are their Courage visitors on Saturday and it was Loughborough , previously unbeaten until they met Quins , who stepped out at Sudbury last night . |
| 10 | The show is on Saturday and it 's Wednesday now . |
| 11 | I opened it on Saturday and it was mouldy . |
| 12 | Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , said on Friday that it was now time to change ‘ the tone and mood of Scottish politics ’ and added : ‘ I have always accepted that a referendum could be an appropriate mechanism for sounding out opinion , particularly on constitutional issues . ’ |
| 13 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 14 | Windata Inc announced on Friday that it has formed a subsidiary in Israel , which will develop software for management of local and wireless communication systems : the availability of many experts in telcommunications and wireless communication in Israel make the country an ideal place for such research and development according to Greg Hopkins , Windata 's chief executive ; Israel 's privileged relationship with the European Community will provide more flexibility to the subsidiary in the firm 's efforts to penetrate European markets . |
| 15 | Lotus Development Corp is declining to comment on a report in the US edition of the Wall Street Journal on Friday that it is in talks to add a database management system to its product line by buying privately-held Approach Software Corp . |
| 16 | The city council , backed by the government , announced on Friday that it would stop distributing the food aid that has kept Sarajevans alive during a ten-month siege until convoys reached eastern Bosnia . |
| 17 | he never does that and that , and that 's what we were saying on Friday and it seems like , and I think you 've tried to put all those in but change yourself a bit . |
| 18 | I tell you what I made a printing machine on Friday and it works . |
| 19 | it 's not as nice as the macros on WordPerfect but it 's adequate . |
| 20 | The Italian team 's French driver Jean Alesi posed for photographers in the new model but was unable to demonstrate the lightweight 644-B 's abilities at the car 's unveiling as it had broken down on Tuesday before it could be taken on a test run . |
| 21 | Touche Ross announced on Tuesday that it had formed a new international firm , Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu ( DRT ) without Deloitte UK . |
| 22 | AT&T Co 's plans to buy a big stake in McCaw Cellular Communications Inc still worry Standard & Poor 's Corp despite the company 's news on Tuesday that it would restructure its debt to cut its interest bill ( CI No 2,134 ) : it says it may still cut AT&T 's ratings , because although it will benefit from the move , uncertainties over the planned investment in McCaw will dominate the credit outlook until terms of the transaction and its structure are known . |
| 23 | Sent off for my tickets for the aforementioned match on Monday , only to find out on Tuesday that it 's been postponed ( effin Bright ) . |
| 24 | But he 'd plainly told her on Tuesday that it would take a week or more to get the necessary replacement part , so what was the point in ringing him ? |
| 25 | Acknowledge that today is Wednesday , but tell them that you bought it on Tuesday and it is bad and you want a replacement . |
| 26 | I took two and on Tuesday and it 's been fine since so God knows what 's gone wrong . |
| 27 | I went to see the W.C.W. Wrestlers at the Kings Hall on Tuesday and it was … well , it was an experience . |
| 28 | It is known that Dionysos was worshipped at Pylos shortly after the Minoan period on Crete and it is possible that his orgiastic cult was preceded by a Minoan proto-Dionysian cult . |
| 29 | The struggles in the West Indies in the 1690s were probably less devastating than those of the 1660s , and the French missed a chance to press home an attack on Jamaica when it was at its most vulnerable , just after the great earthquake of 1692 had destroyed the original capital of Port Royal . |
| 30 | He was an engineer and erm he he was he made co , he worked on conveyers and things and then he changed his occupation became a civil servant and he worked at the Admiralty down on Templefields until it closed about ten years , cos my husband has been retired about five years now . |