Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A map of plant distribution based on palaeobotanical data suggests that the Late Permian ’ Glossopteris biome' was comparable to the modern ‘ cool temperate ’ Biome , which consists of deciduous angiosperm forests in temperate high latitudes where average daily temperatures are 10 °C for at least one-third of the year . |
| 2 | We presume that the behaviour depends on subcortical pathways involving the superior colliculus , although given the early abnormalities of these brains , anomalous projections to the hemisphere ipsilateral to the stimulus can not be excluded . |
| 3 | In recent years there have been some significant advances in studying the auditory system , especially in the analysis of computational maps that recode intensity and phase differences in the two ears into the representation of auditory space ( Knudsen , DuLac , and Esterly 1987 ) , but this work has focused on subcortical mechanisms . |
| 4 | Israeli officials estimated that this figure would increase dramatically in 1990 , an appraisal which appeared to be based partly on persistent reports of a threat from anti-Semitic groups to the safety of Jews in the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | So was ‘ The Tinker 's Grace ’ , purporting to be Bunyan 's prison musings on Divine Grace , and so was Pedro of Portugal 's rapt and bizarre declaration of love , in 1356 , for the embalmed corpse of his murdered wife , Iñez de Castro , who swayed beside him on his travels , leather-brown and skeletal , crowned with lace and gold circlet , hung about with chains of diamonds and pearls , her bone-fingers fantastically ringed . |
| 6 | The ‘ law ’ of natural evolution or development , especially when popularized by Herbert Spencer and applied to society , was said to parallel traditional Christian reliance on Divine Providence and meant that the expansion of Nonconformity at home and the extraordinary growth of British power and influence abroad could be seen as part of the same phenomenon . |
| 7 | At a public session on 28 October , five documents ( on the Pastoral Office of Bishops , on Priestly Formation , on Religious Life , on Christian Education and on Non-Christian Religions ) were formally voted upon , and promulgated , as were the documents on Divine Revelation and the Apostolate of the Laity on 18 November . |
| 8 | This wider outreach makes the opening words , ‘ The Word of God ’ , perhaps more arresting than the more technical title ‘ On Divine Revelation ’ . |
| 9 | For one thing , the British people at that stage of history were not regarded as a nation still reliant on divine approval for their acts , and for another , they did not have any ancient writings purporting to endow them with territorial rights . |
| 10 | Three giant production centres on 75 acres of land making 254 different varieties of ice creams and lollies . |
| 11 | On 75 days the smog was so bad that schoolchildren were advised to stay indoors . |
| 12 | WYCOMBE took advantage of Colchester 's involvement in the Trophy to draw level with the Conference leaders on 75 points , thanks to a 3–1 victory in front of a 2,236 crowd at Farnborough . |
| 13 | Wycombe and Colchester are both on 75 points . |
| 14 | The outer marker ( OM ) operates on 75 Mhz and is sited up to five miles from the runway threshold . |
| 15 | The middle marker ( MM ) also operates on 75 Mhz and is sited up to one mile from the runway threshold . |
| 16 | Scottish champions Rangers are still keen on 27-year-old Durie who has scored just 10 League goals in 47 appearances at Spurs . |
| 17 | Kenny Dalglish has spent over £5 million on eight players to strengthen Rovers this season , but there was little evidence of improvement as they slumped to their fourth successive defeat . |
| 18 | Kenny Dalglish has spent £5 million on eight players to strengthen Blackburn , but Watford 's mainly home-produced side shone in the sunshine at Vicarage Road as Rovers were beaten 2–1 . |
| 19 | International : Dictator who sold out country to drug barons faces 120 years ' jail After a seven-month trial , Manuel Noriega has been convicted on eight charges . |
| 20 | Buckey was retried on eight charges , although the proceedings lasted less than 12 weeks and involved 40 rather than the 124 original witnesses . |
| 21 | Ernest Saunders , the former chairman of the brewing and distilling company Guinness plc , had been convicted on Aug. 27 on two charges of conspiring to contravene the 1958 Prevention of Fraud ( Investments ) Act , on eight charges of false accounting and on two charges of theft , and was sentenced on Aug. 28 to two concurrent terms of five years and 3@1\2 years respectively . |
| 22 | Winnie Mandela appeared before the Rand Supreme Court on Feb. 4 to face trial with three others on eight charges of kidnapping and assault in connection with the alleged abduction of four youths in December 1988 . |
| 23 | Noriega had been found guilty in April on eight charges following a seven-month trial [ see p. 38857 ] . |
| 24 | And then she 's been average on the last three or four months she 's been on eight stone . |
| 25 | Any advance on eight pounds ? |
| 26 | More recently , the disease had been confirmed on eight sheep premises , believed not to have imported recently . |
| 27 | On eight minutes Armagh outhalf Simon Willis struck the first blow with a simple penalty . |
| 28 | Ballymena soon settled after their indifferent start and they levelled matters on eight minutes with a goal which came right out of the blue . |
| 29 | And they almost went in front on eight minutes , Michael Surgeon beating the Comrades ' off-side trap only to see his well struck 20-yard drive brilliantly tipped over by 'keeper George Cathcart . |
| 30 | Stoke took the lead on eight minutes when Mark Sunley needlessly handled an Ashley Grimes free kick and top scorer Biggins coolly slotted the ball into the net . |