Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Komatsu Ltd , for example , has recently introduced a robot manipulator for use on construction sites , where it will be used to handle building materials . |
| 2 | Zoe , Hannah and Rebecca made sure they got into the picture too ! and the Bishop tested out his zuchetta for size on some of the smaller children , including Ryan ( left ) |
| 3 | ‘ Either that , or I 'm pointing out that you 've failed on this occasion and will have even less opportunity for success on another . ’ |
| 4 | This allows little opportunity for self-actualization on the part of the majority of organizational members ( those in the lower occupational strata ) . |
| 5 | It is a necessity because it provides the opportunity for reflection on how well you have carried out various tasks and whether there are better ways of doing things . |
| 6 | If the groom had been there for over two years , he must have had plenty of opportunity for revenge on Tamar , if that had been his motive . |
| 7 | This valley , called Cerdanya in Catalan , Cerdagne in French and Cerdana in Castilian Spanish , provides exceptional opportunity for research on ‘ ethnic ’ ( Catalan ) and ‘ national ’ ( French and Spanish ) differences in food choices . |
| 8 | Despite the advantages of the best Unix systems , however , and the enhancements coming with Solaris 2.0 and OSF/1 , Brown reckons the window of opportunity for Unix on the commercial desktop will shut within two years . |
| 9 | About the new Phoenix machine that er we have n't got a er opportunity for business on anywhere . |
| 10 | Durham City Council is to seek planning permission for homes on three acres of land near West Lea , Witton Gilbert . |
| 11 | He said the management at the site had n't given permission for welding on the oil tank . |
| 12 | GE has gone to Ford for ideas on new-product development and employee involvement ; to Hewlett Packard for ideas on partnership with suppliers and quality improvement ; to Digital Equipment for ideas on asset management ; to American Express for ideas on customer satisfaction ; to Honda for ideas on product development . |
| 13 | A decade ago yesterday , British Rail signed a million-pound contract for repairs on the Victorian Darlington Station 's roof . |
| 14 | ‘ At present I look to the judiciary for advice on the time to be served to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence and to the Parole Board for advice on risk . |
| 15 | This potential development value is therefore speculative , but until the individual owners are proved to be wrong in their assessments ( and how can this be done ? ) all owners of land having a potential value can make a case for compensation on the assumption that their particular pieces of land would in fact be chosen for development if planning restrictions were not imposed . |
| 16 | The case for expenditure on health is not in fact furthered by what we are convinced , is the fallacious suggestion that expenditure on health may indirectly help to rehabilitate the finances of the country … . |
| 17 | There is certainly a case for subsidy on the social railway , but I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree with the judgment of the previous Labour Government , who said that there was no case for subsidising inter-urban services , nor was there a social case for subsidy with regard to inter-city services . |
| 18 | The case for Solaris on Intel , however , does not appear a strong one for Stuart at present , ‘ although I could be proven wrong ’ , he said . |
| 19 | Winding up for the Government when the new clause was debated in the House of Commons on 14 April 1948 , Ede faithfully followed the Cabinet 's line , expounding the case for retention on the grounds that public opinion was not conducive to any change , adding as a supporting argument that the unarmed police had to contend with a ‘ class of gangster and armed criminal which hardly existed at all before the war ’ . |
| 20 | Previously this had been the case for interest on development of investment properties , but interest on dealing activities was capitalised . |
| 21 | Other aspects which concerned the public such as the need to retain certain uneconomic railway lines , the use of coal to prevent too fast a rise in unemployment in areas dependent on mining or the case for airports on remote islands in Scotland , could then all be urged from outside on the individual industries and on the Ministry for Nationalized Industries without confusing these social objectives with the normal criteria of operation . |
| 22 | The IMF has spoken of fundamental weaknesses underlying an economy dependent for survival on aid and dragged down by graft . |
| 23 | ‘ Term of years absolute ’ means a term of years … either certain or liable to determination by notice , re-entry , operation of law , or by a provision for cesser on redemption , or in any other event ( other than the dropping of a life , or the determination of a determinable life interest ) ; … and in this definition the expression ‘ term of years ’ includes a term for less than a year , or for a year or years and a fraction of a year or from year to year ; … |
| 24 | 205(1) ( xxvii ) " Term of years absolute " means a term of years ( taking effect either in possession or in reversion whether or not at a rent ) with or without impeachment for waste , subject or not to another legal estate , and either certain or liable to determination by notice , re-entry , operation of law , or by a provision for cesser on redemption , or in any other event ( other than the dropping of a life , or the determination of a determinable life interest ) ; but does not include any term of years determinable with life or lives or with the cesser of a determinable life interest , nor , if created after the commencement of this Act , a term of years which is not expressed to take |
| 25 | Provision for restrictions on future business , trading agreements , sharing of facilities agreements , key employees , etc , as in a sale of shares agreement . |
| 26 | I would have thought that it is the DoT 's responsibility to make some provision for cyclists on main routes like this . |
| 27 | Fixed-term contracts may make provision for employees on leave to have their passage(s) to and from home paid for by the employer . |
| 28 | Foremost among these is the agreement of the Church of England to accept greater consultation with the DoE provision for representation on Diocesan Advisory Committees by local planning authorities and national amenity societies , and the extension of listed building control to the partial demolition of non-Anglican churches . |
| 29 | The group operating profit of £92m is increased by net profit on sale or termination of discontinued operations of £2.2m , less provision for loss on operations to be discontinued of £1.9m , to produce profit on onrdinary activities of £92.3m before interest and other income . |
| 30 | However , these positive steps still did not add up to a radical new direction for farming on the scale that is needed . |