Example sentences of "an [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | An exception arises only where there are concomitant changes that confer an advantage on the rarer types . |
| 2 | If the symbols for mem and gimmel have become differentiated for Hebrew readers during the course of their previous experience with this alphabet , these subjects should be at an advantage on both test tasks — an enhanced ability to discriminate between the two Hebrew symbols should be helpful in both cases . |
| 3 | But , Fisher suggested , if distasteful prey live in family groups , the predator can learn to avoid the distasteful families , thereby conferring an advantage on them . |
| 4 | There is no doubt that Philip had an advantage on occasions like this since he alone represented France while the Angevins were represented by two princes whose interests diverged somewhat and whose differences could be , and were , skilfully exploited by the Capetian King . |
| 5 | Whatever the tribunal and however informal its procedure , representation , whether by lawyer or a skilled layman , in the majority of cases confers an advantage on the represented party . |
| 6 | The result is that the foam comes high up on the neck which is possible an advantage on the back as extra protection to the base of the neck is offered though around the front it feels rather bulky . |
| 7 | I thought of an Alison on it , moving down a gangway with a trolley of drinks . |
| 8 | And any chance of winning an election on proposals for social justice was ‘ realistically ’ denied . |
| 9 | President Walesa , instead of seeking a new coalition , dismissed parliament , called for an election on September 19th and asked Ms Suchocka to lead a caretaker government . |
| 10 | The attacks are designed to disrupt plans for an election on May 23rd . |
| 11 | On 12 November he decided in favour of an election on 6 December . |
| 12 | There then followed the abandonment of the gold standard , which the Government had been formed to preserve , several weeks of parliamentary rancour , and a dissolution on 7 October for an election on 27 October . |
| 13 | When the parties are evenly balanced in the Commons or when the Government has to depend for support upon minority parties , the Prime Minister may well let it be understood that he will not resign or call an election on an adverse vote in the Commons except on an explicit issue of confidence . |
| 14 | They argued that when a party had won an election on a given programme , it showed that the public wanted these measures to be passed . |
| 15 | Perhaps it is the right hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent ( Mr. Foot ) , who fought an election on an honest programme and was defeated . |
| 16 | They did not want an election on 7 November . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister did not call an election on 7 November , because he knew that he would lose it then . |
| 18 | If those on the Opposition Front Bench are right and there is an election on a certain day in April , the Government are right not to allow many hours of debate on the first few clauses so that subsequent clauses are rushed through without sufficient consideration . |
| 19 | In an election on Feb. 14 , 1988 , Georgios Vassiliou was elected President in place of Spyros Kyprianou , and his new Cabinet took office on Feb. 29 [ see pp. 35849-50 ] . |
| 20 | The four divisions of the BEF had moved up to Mons on 22 August , in full expectation of forming part of an offensive on the Allied left wing . |
| 21 | On April 25-29 , government forces conducted an offensive on Karaitivu and Kayts islands , just west of the Jaffna peninsula , claiming success in ending the rebel siege of Karainagar naval base ( attacked by LTTE forces on April 1 ) and killing 126 guerrillas for 31 soldiers lost . |
| 22 | The Iranian news media reported an offensive on May 10 by " mercenary tribesmen in Amarah , Basra and Nasiriyah " against " local Arabs " . |
| 23 | The government had launched an offensive on April 17 , and estimated that at least 330 people had died between then and May 19 , after which there was a noticeable intensification in the fighting . |
| 24 | In truth , as testimonies from both sides bear witness , the combatants felt that the outcome of the conflict was irreversibly decided in favour of the Nationalists in the winter of 1937 – 38 , when Franco 's forces gained control of the town of Teruel , in southern Aragón , and were thus poised to launch an offensive on Catalonia and Valencia . |
| 25 | Employers also launched an offensive on working practices and plant-level bargaining machinery . |
| 26 | The cutting , too , has meaning : fast , significant , hinting , pausing for an instant on an idea then darting away as if to shrink from a risky suggestion . |
| 27 | And when the ā gri goes inside they remain fixed for an instant on the li ga and the ground around it , with the four white bodies , and the separate wide-eyed heads , and the stains of blood going brown already in the trampled grass . |
| 28 | The sun trembled for an instant on the edge of the distant hills , then started to sink behind them . |
| 29 | There was an impairment on visual orientation ( Task B ) but not visual discrimination learning ( Task A ) . |
| 30 | It is equally important , however , to use the basic analysis underlying the location of an SBU on the matrix in order to improve subjective assessments of required SBU yields . |