Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commodities produced in the new international division of labour are , above all , to be exported and imported either by trade between merchants on the world market or by transfer ( as semi-finished parts of finished articles ) from one branch of a multinational corporation to another branch . |
| 2 | The Atlantic Agreement called " upon the Seamen of all the world for service … to demonstrate practical appreciation of freedom won " , and the American Shipping Act of 1915 had established for seamen on foreign ships a " a right to quit " while in US ports from March 1916 . |
| 3 | Martikainen and Puttonen ( 1992 ) examined the correlations between returns on the stock markets of the UK , USA and the world ( the FT Actuaries World index ) , and returns on the Finnish FOX index and FOX index futures . |
| 4 | Originally intended as an outlet for the excessive number of seconds that were still being produced ( both flawed material and finished items ) , it was selected mostly because of its convenient location for Bernard on his route from London to Clogau . |
| 5 | In his debut for Fulham on Boxing Day 1978 he played a miraculous game against Cambridge United , and the media hype threatened to rekindle itself . |
| 6 | The French government has agreed to act as guarantor on the insurance of loan collections of works of art worth over FFr300 million ( £31.5 million ; $63 million ) in toto , brought into the country for temporary exhibitions organised by ‘ national public establishments ’ , but not local authorities . |
| 7 | Considering we 're paying for personnel on top of it and , and all the other things like telephones and accommodation . |
| 8 | The study also draws on existing published data about current practices and predictions about where growth in jobs is most likely to take place , as a basis for projections on likely trade union growth . |
| 9 | And er my first job I had at Lyness was working for William on the tanks outside , tarmacadam under the tanks . |
| 10 | HOUSE OF PAIN issue their eagerly awaited ‘ Jump Around ’ single through Ruffness on September 28 . |
| 11 | Therefore , after due consideration , the Council sold their powers in the Mitcham Light Railways to the British Electric Traction Co. for £1,000 on 15 January 1902 . |
| 12 | There was a welcome boost to morale at the Sussex-based charity Friends of the Young Deaf when WCUK Maidstone marketing manager , Kim Taylor , presented a cheque for £1,000 on behalf of the George Wimpey Charitable Trust . |
| 13 | About 7,000 people formed a " human chain for peace " stretching through Pamplona on Jan. 27 , recalling the deaths of 31 people killed mainly by ETA over the past 12 months , and demanding an end to all violence by terrorist groups . |
| 14 | In gold shops they also burn off mercury on a huge scale . |
| 15 | Analysts were agreed that the US government , at a time of economic crisis in Cuba , was determined to maintain the pressure on President Fidel Castro Ruz by refusing to allow travel to the USA to be become a safety valve for discontent on the island . |
| 16 | He 's a good sort and the relaxed atmosphere within his race transporter makes it a favoured social gathering point for Germans on the GP circuit . |
| 17 | The leader of the opposition National Democratic Party of Georgia ( NDPG ) , Georgi Chanturia , was arrested at Tbilisi airport as he tried to leave for Moscow on Sept. 16 , together with his wife Irina Sarishvili and another NDPG leader Vakhtang Talakhadze ( who was released the following day ) . |
| 18 | A third consequence of Gandhi 's insistence on the imperfect nature of particular forms of religions is his plea for the spirit of toleration between religions on the grounds that it increases spiritual insight and gives a better understanding of one 's own faith . |
| 19 | Coenwulf and his counsellors reminded Pope Leo that Gregory the Great had originally intended two metropolitan sees , one at York , the other at London , and blamed the decision about Lichfield on papal ineptitude — Pope Hadrian presuming to diminish the authority of Canterbury simply because of Offa 's enmity towards Jaenberht and the men of Kent . |
| 20 | will you turn to page find one , thirty four , What we 're looking at is the accounts for Westcliff on Sea , the year ending thirty first of August nineteen ninety two , last year |
| 21 | Accepting this state of affairs many women are actually grateful to ‘ understanding ’ employers who are ‘ flexible ’ about hours on site , or who provide them with homework , to be done simultaneously with looking after the children . |
| 22 | CCG 's first contract back in 1981 was for catering services for Shell on board the Stadrill . |
| 23 | An action was instituted — the only libel action where I acted for Harold Wilson which came to court — and I thought it wise to brief a member of the Opposition to act as counsel on his behalf . |
| 24 | Marian Krzaklewski was the unexpected choice of a special congress of the Solidarity trade union to succeed Lech Walesa as chairman on Feb. 23 . |
| 25 | This service , which has been provided by Bob Peckford , is available not only to members but to all who have cause to complain about discrimination on account of deafness or hearing impairment . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He argues that ‘ points of light ’ provide a middle way between reliance on the welfare state and the belief that economic growth alone can cure deep poverty . |
| 28 | Threaded through the film are suggestions for beginners on calculating plane loads and river gradients an assessing requirements for clothing , camping and cooking . |
| 29 | There are two new classes being run in the summer term : To prepare for those summer holidays , there is an Italian for beginners on Monday mornings and a five week course on Tuesday evenings set aside for couples and individuals who would like to explore ‘ communication within the family ’ with Jo Jordan , an experienced counselling therapist . |
| 30 | Last week it put out a DCE Developers ' Kit for OpenVMS on VAX platforms . |