Example sentences of "[noun] on [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly half the songs on Lovesexy explicitly expound Prince 's nebulous ideas about salvation , and the rest of the album is limned with references to a ‘ new power ’ , a positivism that is our answer to the problems of a world that 's going to hell in a handbasket . |
| 2 | Darlington Association on Disability urgently requires the loan or gift of unwanted wheelchairs for its popular wheelchair loan service . |
| 3 | Similarly , estimates based on parish records suggest that in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries on average about 19 per cent of all families with children were lone-parent families ( Snell and Millar , 1987 ) . |
| 4 | And although the majority of materialist philosophers base their belief in the neurophysiological theory of perception on arguments rather than observations , they are , nevertheless , greatly influenced by the apparent successes of neurophysiology . |
| 5 | The numbers used to label the aperture settings on cameras therefore form a series of numbers with a ratio of 2 : 1 , 1.4 , 2 , 2.8 , 4 , 5.6 , 8 , 11 , 16 , 22 , 32 . |
| 6 | Swaying gracefully up the steps on heels even higher than Mrs Frizzell 's came Mrs Stych . |
| 7 | Imagine my father 's feelings , knowing that he 'd probably never set eyes on Venice again , ’ she said , her emotions making the words husky . |
| 8 | She turned puzzled eyes on Isabel again . |
| 9 | Keep your eyes on Guinness Today for reports on how Helen gets on . |
| 10 | For if I have my way , when this custody suit is over you 'll never set eyes on Kirsty again . ’ |
| 11 | He glanced at his mate , then feasted his eyes on Cissie once more . |
| 12 | All the rebels insist defeat on Maastricht tomorrow night would n't sound the death knell for John Major OR his Government . |
| 13 | Whether because of the easing of the general supply situation , or because of the improved coordination , the delays in completing power stations were progressively reduced in the 1950s , with completion on average nearly eleven months behind pessimistic schedules in the early 1950s but down to eight months by the mid-1950s . |
| 14 | Although Betsy and her two younger sisters were reared in one of the better-off families of Saltcoats , she had a love of the sea and ships and from the age of 15 had gone on trips on Clytus as often as her parents allowed . |
| 15 | With a brief push to provide kinetic energy at the start of a walking stride , we humans can swing the rest of the stride on gravity alone . |
| 16 | Also that I described them in car on way home as five most grotesque examples of humanity this side of the swamps of Lousiana . |
| 17 | The disabled person would then hire-purchase or lease his motor car on terms far more advantageous than he could possibly contrive for himself , since the organisation would have the buying power to obtain cheaper cars and insurance , lower interest rates and a number of other concessions . |
| 18 | And now in the er Trophy games this evening , these are the latest scores , Brentford nil Wickham two , Burnley nil Carlisle one , David on target there after forty , Bury one Stockport two , Cambridge against Gillingham , Cardiff against Torquay , Exeter against Plymouth , all goalless , Hull nil Scarborough two , Northampton one Hereford one , Portvale against Wrexham still awaiting the first goals there , Rotherham nil Huddersfield one , and York City one Hartlepool nil . |
| 19 | She struggled to keep her mind on facts instead of letting it career off in confusion , but her whole vision seemed to be swimming with his devilishly smiling face as he hovered over her , waiting for her answer . |
| 20 | So that 's subject to Robert getting confirmation on Sunday then . |
| 21 | In addition to the theories discussed above which are concerned with the effect of arousal on performance generally , there are also a number of theories which consider directly the effects of arousal on memory . |
| 22 | Although more representative of the whole unemployed population than the After Redundancy study , research on unemployment alone is insufficient to judge the specific impact of redundancy , especially on older workers — many of whom do not choose to declare themselves as unemployed , so register only while entitled to unemployment benefit — and the experience of economic insecurity following relatively secure employment . |
| 23 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
| 24 | Parsytec intends to use the same basic design of a 1.6Gflop processing unit as a building block for systems executing up to 400Gflops. the largest computers on sale now can perform tens of Gflops . |
| 25 | Granted that there is always an advantage in having liquid funds available , if the spread is low enough customers may choose to hold large volumes of funds on deposit rather than repay outstanding borrowing . |
| 26 | By Will Rolston RADIO CITY 'S Debi Jones said it with flowers to TV presenter Noel Edmonds on Merseyside today . |
| 27 | Now that he was n't looming over her , she felt more composed , and it would be a very long time before she ever took a stranger on trust again . |
| 28 | ‘ Such as acting as consultant and adviser on antiques generally — or in my case on one period . |
| 29 | The variations in end-user requirements and the differences between the ‘ multicurrency ’ solutions on offer further complicate the selection process . |
| 30 | One is led to the conclusion therefore that the husband should convey as beneficial owner ; he is very often conveying the former matrimonial home as part of an agreement whereby the wife releases her rights to further claims for capital , and as such he could be said to be receiving valuable consideration from her and it is established that a vendor selling under compulsion should stand in the same position as a contractual purchaser under an open contract ( see Re King [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 632 and Emmet on Title above ) . |