Example sentences of "[noun] a [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | WARRENDER fitness instructor , gives Citizen readers a few tips on how to trim up for the summer . |
| 2 | Now he 's hoping he gives his new club a good return on their three hundred thousand pound investment . |
| 3 | Before concluding this chapter a few remarks on the subject of doubling strings by wind may be useful . |
| 4 | He reminds us that it is easy to make mistakes with footprints : a few years ago , he said when reviewing a recent book on dinosaur tracks for an educational journal , a track appearing to show long , very fast strides consisted in reality of left footprints only , so the real stride length was only half the apparent one . |
| 5 | for example , would it be appropriate to attribute as an expression of parliamentary intention a ministerial assurance on the effect of a provision which was given and accepted in the Lords when considering a Bill which had already been passed by the Commons ? |
| 6 | The People even financed a year-long secret investigation of football in the early 1960s which brought to light a gambling-ring betting on the results of two or three games , which they ‘ fixed ’ by bribing players . |
| 7 | For the last 18 months a snapped rope on the church flagpole in Middleton Tyas near Darlington meant no colours could be hoisted to celebrate special days . |
| 8 | This applied in particular to the Prior , Father Stephen Bedale , a man of huge stature and extrovert character , and the kind of man who , had he been a layman , might have given the poet a hearty slap on the back in the belief that this would make him feel at home . |
| 9 | By his side a little bird on a stand is singing , and a tiny mouse is searching for fallen bird-food . ) |
| 10 | But MacLaren , who watched the ball very carefully , Kemble and Yates came to the assistance of their county to give the home side a 28-run lead on first innings . |
| 11 | Good ball in they they 've ch changed the tactic a little bit on this one . |
| 12 | The Bourgeois revolutions of 1905 and 1917 seemed to the optimists a natural development on the Russian road to a Western style constitutional state . |
| 13 | ( One massive tome , purporting to change our ideas of the Universe , listed in its bibliography a single work on astronomy — a children s book . ) |
| 14 | Quakers broke out of defence , Cork laying the ball off to give Gaughan a clear run on goal . |
| 15 | There is thus a contractual element in Moscow 's authority — a state of affairs which gives Eastern Europe 's conservatives a potential veto on reforms and experiments which the USSR might be tempted to support . |
| 16 | Degree a major influence on Andrea 's life and work … |
| 17 | The Red Cross was born , its flag a red cross on a white background , reversing Switzerland 's national flag . |
| 18 | If you are selling as well as buying , then the whole business is doubled up — you have to answer pre-contract enquiries from your purchaser , as well as obtaining them from your vendor , your purchaser will have a survey done and institute a local search on your property . |
| 19 | Knighton is ready to offer the Manchester United boss a new deal on the 50.6 per cent shareholding which he sought to buy from Edwards for £10m , and which is now the subject of a damaging legal wrangle in the High Court . |
| 20 | Over the past two decades a substantial literature on the evaluation of educational activities have emerged . |
| 21 | Bettino Craxi , the UN Secretary-General 's personal representative on debt and a former Italian Prime Minister , on July 7 , 1990 , presented at the Palais des Nations in Geneva a further report on the debt crisis . |
| 22 | The first three Gospels each place a heavy emphasis on the ‘ Kingdom ’ . |
| 23 | Elaine gave Stephen a tentative kiss on the cheek , leaving a red lipstick mark which he quickly rubbed off . |
| 24 | To walk to the North Geomagnetic Pole a different location on the map to the geographical and magnetic pole . |
| 25 | There was Bella , her body a crumpled heap on the floor , with injuries that Marie could not bear to visualize : ‘ Do n't be so daft ! ’ said Marie viciously to herself . |
| 26 | He was out cold , his body a dead weight on hers , his face buried in the tangled skeins of her long hair . |
| 27 | in two years a damning verdict on the Government ? |
| 28 | Plans for the extensive use of privatization coupons , reserving 40 per cent of nationalized property for sale to citizens at special low prices , encountered problems when it was revealed on Jan. 20 that up to 6,000,000 of the 8,000,000 books printed ( each worth Kcs1,035 or about US$35 — and exchangeable for shares in state companies — see also pp. 38584-85 ) had disappeared , allegedly bought up by private investment funds promising individuals a tenfold return on their investment after a year . |
| 29 | Her face was flushed , her hair a tumbled mass on the pillow , her breathing quick and uneven , drawing attention to the rise and fall of her breasts . |
| 30 | If this is the case a two-day fast on fruit juice and water will break the cycle . |