Example sentences of "on [noun prp] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Supplies of suitable coal in the future can not be guaranteed and unless the current experiments with oil firing are successful then it is likely that steam operation on S.M.R. may have to be abandoned in a few years time . |
| 2 | A few more work experience spells on NME should stand you in jolly good stead for the future . |
| 3 | If fate is against you , you 'll be joining Les ‘ Bay City Roller ’ McKeown for a tragic appearance on Jim 'll Fix It . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel like one of those lucky winners on Jim 'll Fix It , ’ he replied . |
| 5 | Privately , however , some European diplomats conceded that a failure to issue any public statement on Panama would weaken the credibility of EC efforts to develop a united foreign policy . |
| 6 | But a draw against Midlands on Saturday would hand them the Divisional Championship for the first time . |
| 7 | EIGHT hours of athletics at Bebington on Saturday will go a long way to deciding who goes on a two-day trip to Blackpool next month . |
| 8 | Speakers at the seminar on Saturday will include York University Professor Jonathan Bradshaw discussing changing family patterns , and Newcastle Polytechnic senior education lecturer Dorothy Sisterson on children 's rights and parental responsibility . |
| 9 | A final report on Reading 's formation at Leyton Orient on Saturday will determine Hankin 's team selection . |
| 10 | The concerts at 3pm and 7pm on Saturday will mark the second event of its type to be held in Darlington . |
| 11 | ‘ The 5-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday could prove to be a watershed , just like our 9-0 defeat a few seasons ago . ’ |
| 12 | The fortieth anniversary of the founding of East Germany on Saturday could have been a crowning moment in Erich Honecker 's career . |
| 13 | Earlier , Mr Vogel said Mr Honecker 's speech on Saturday must have disappointed reformists in East Germany . |
| 14 | He said someone who was in the area last Friday night or early on Saturday must have seen the two attackers . |
| 15 | If so , Cnut 's attack on Ely may have been after 1016 . |
| 16 | Mild-mannered visitors to the West Cliff on Friday might find themselves behaving like Madonna or Elvis after Adam Night has cast his spell . |
| 17 | NEIL Kinnock 's slightly manic conducting of Men of Harlech at Egglescliffe School on Friday may have come as a mild surprise to the attendant gentlemen of the Press . |
| 18 | Evidence emerged yesterday suggesting that the two boys who abducted James from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle on Friday may have tried to take away two other children an hour before . |
| 19 | Inflation figures due out on Friday should show inflation down slightly from 3.6 per cent in September , leaving Mr Lamont room for a substantial cut . |
| 20 | Residents on the Skerne Park estate , Darlington , say Durham County Council 's plans to reduce the speed limit and introduce speed humps on Lakeside would improve road safety . |
| 21 | In charge on a caretaker basis since the October sacking of John Beck , Johnson had hoped his side 's Coca-Cola Cup defeat of Premier League Oldham on Tuesday would have seen him appointed on a permanent basis . |
| 22 | It will be stored over the weekend at Winfrith and on Tuesday will arrive at Dounreay for reprocessing . |
| 23 | The Lancashire lad has managed to live with the pressures of early success and on Tuesday will make his bid for the game 's top prize against it 's greatest ever player . |
| 24 | Population growth on Crete may have played its part in giving an impetus to the foundation of the colonies . |
| 25 | Fares on InterCity will relate to ‘ what the market can bear , ’ with real increases focused on long distance commuters . |
| 26 | A referendum on Maastricht would give everyone the opportunity both to understand it and to debate its implications themselves . |
| 27 | And they believe a NO vote in Sunday 's French referendum on Maastricht will kill the treaty stone dead . |
| 28 | She said the Edinburgh summit had been a tense time for the family when it seemed all Mr Garel-Jones ' work on Maastricht could have come to nothing . |
| 29 | But the long-term effect on Vivien must have been profound ; already a lonely woman , she was dispatched into a mental asylum by people whom she knew and trusted . |
| 30 | There would be a brief but spectacular meteor shower in Lucifer 's upper atmosphere tonight , he thought , wondering if those on Belial would watch and think of them , as he had thought of Paula Engado when she 'd become a shooting star . |