Example sentences of "on [noun sg] of a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl died after choking on part of a toy inside one of the eggs . |
| 2 | But the principal purpose of the Forest system was by this time the raising of revenue : in most cases the wardenships were restored to the offenders or their heirs on payment of a fine to the king . |
| 3 | The district judge may determine a dispute as to payment on application on notice on payment of a fee to the court where satisfaction was made ( see Table of Fees ) . |
| 4 | This , coupled with the effect on investment of a fall in interest rates , will cause a multiplied rise in national income from Y 1 to Y 2 . |
| 5 | Confirming orders — paying the manufacturer on confirmation of an order from an overseas buyer and receiving commission , although here the export house is not actually paying the manufacturer but merely confirming liability for payment . |
| 6 | Exhaust giant Kwik-Fit was also ahead , up 5p at 101p on talk of a bid from Kingfisher , owner of Woolies . |
| 7 | Nigel Benn on talk of a rematch with Chris Eubank |
| 8 | Lucas charged ahead by 8p to 132p on talk of an offer from GEC , which unveiled interim figures up from £346m to £356m along with a £1bn-plus cash pile . |
| 9 | Even if the mother is prepared to have an abortion on discovery of a problem with the foetus , the timing with current tests is very tight . |
| 10 | ( 4 ) On receipt of a complaint under this section , the licensing board shall decide whether or not to hold a hearing on the issue and shall inform the complainer of the board 's decision in the matter . |
| 11 | This final phase would be triggered either on receipt of a signal from the two inside — or when the house erupted in flames . |
| 12 | Some computers will perform this function on receipt of a sequence of control characters and in this case you can use VDU or CHR$ to send the appropriate codes . |
| 13 | ( 7 ) On receipt of an application of a kind referred to in subsection ( 6 ) above , and until the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , the clerk of a licensing board shall make the application , together with the documents lodged therewith , available for inspection by members of the public during normal office hours . |
| 14 | On receipt of an application from the member for permission to purchase and use these chemicals on the same basis as farmers and commercial growers , supported by the RSC statement , MAFF would issue a licence to do so . |
| 15 | The total fee will be paid on receipt of an invoice at the end of the engagement . |
| 16 | 1004.3 Procedures on receipt of an enquiry through the ABN |
| 17 | In anesthetised rats , models were developed to study the effects of intra-aortic ( ia ) serotonin on ileocolonic and colonic transit , and the effects on transit of a number of 5HT receptor antagonists . |
| 18 | Amendment No. 55 is consequential and makes clear that in calculating the 12-year limit on membership of a board of management no account is taken of any previous service on a college council . |
| 19 | In any scientific investigation , the extent to which an observed difference is due only to some deliberate perturbation ( internal validity ) and the extent to which such a difference reflects a real difference in the parent population ( external validity ) is dependent on avoidance of a variety of pitfalls . |
| 20 | Similarly the creation of a charge for a fixed amount in favour of the husband , and the repayment of that charge , would not appear to involve any liability for capital gains tax ( Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 , s251 provides that there is no charge to capital gains tax on repayment of a debt to a creditor ) or inheritance tax . |
| 21 | SHARES hit new highs on speculation of a cut in German interest rates at today 's Bundesbank meeting . |
| 22 | Apple Computer Inc , IBM Corp and Novell Inc are reported to have joined forces on development of an alternative to the Microsoft Corp object passing , Object Linking and Embedding 2.0 specification . |
| 23 | Strange he thought , there seems to be a current fad around about dinosaurs , there was one on top of a bottle of bath oil one of his grandsons had given to him for Christmas and another was perched on the handle of a nail brush in the bathroom . |
| 24 | When Appio did not listen to her she would get angry , lift him like a feather and set him on top of a chest of drawers . |
| 25 | She put the bowl down on top of a chest of drawers standing next to the bed and folded her arms . |
| 26 | It really comes into its own , however , when you need to squeeze that last drop of memory out in order to run a stack of network drivers on top of a hose of TSRs . |
| 27 | Despite some misgivings , he persuaded Tom Gray to accompany him on a wander to a nearby burial ground , Lying on top of a heap of bones , ‘ almost asking to be taken , was a femur . |
| 28 | But there was still a estimated overspend of at least the same amount this year , on top of a deficit of £38 million last year , said BBC spokesman Will Wyatt . |
| 29 | There were two GIs in charge — the driver and a sentry guard — and Eric had to sit on top of a pile of waterproof mailbags . |
| 30 | Kinsai was constructed on top of a plug of volcanic rock which rose sheer for almost a thousand metres out of an almost perfectly flat and featureless plain . |