Example sentences of "and [noun sg] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim is to provide a comprehensive range of services and expertise on a national scale to the business community in particular . |
| 2 | The president said Russia 's 150 million people must be allowed to have their say in a 25 April vote of confidence in the presidency and referendum on a new constitution . |
| 3 | By appealing directly to his fellow-citizens and banking on a generous response , the President may just have gambled correctly . |
| 4 | The tyrants of classical Sicily did indeed behave like the kings of hellenistic Greek history , intermarrying ( with a vengeance : they practised polygamy ) , shifting populations around ( Gelon 's transfer of capital and population to Syracuse ) , and building on a heroic scale . |
| 5 | The story is of ersatz oppression and liberation , oppression by domesticity and chips in suburban Liverpool , liberation by sunshine and retsina on a Greek island holiday . |
| 6 | The story is of ersatz oppression and liberation , oppression by domesticity and chips in suburban Liverpool , liberation by sunshine and retsina on a Greek island holiday . |
| 7 | The Soviet navy flag , with red star and hammer and sickle on a white and blue background , is everywhere , but there are no Russian flags of St Andrew or the Ukrainian blue and yellow within sight . |
| 8 | It was of course pure bluff , and rank-pulling on a vulgar scale , but from then on the crew was to become almost irritatingly attentive to our safety , if not to our general well-being . |
| 9 | Where other people run purchase and ledger on a monthly basis , we run purchase and ledger daily from all of our trading locations . |
| 10 | Keynes himself had argued for ‘ the collection and dissemination on a great scale of data relating to the business situation including full publicity , by law if necessary , of all business facts which it is useful to know . |
| 11 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 12 | There 's petty crime and crime on a grand scale , well organised . |
| 13 | You 'll find it full of useful descriptions , information and guidance on a whole range of books … |
| 14 | Of course , it could not come without national repentance and renewal on a grand scale . |
| 15 | Paris-based computer services and distribution group Metrologie International SA said it had an operating loss in the first quarter of 1993 due to a drop in activity and pressures to reduce gross margins : the loss was equivalent to about $3.6m and turnover on a like-for-like basis fell 15.9% to $73.5m . |
| 16 | This often contains the seeds of grass and other plants which before long sprout , like mustard and cress on a damp flannel . |
| 17 | In August 1945 Korea , as with the other parts of the Japanese colonial empire , faced turmoil and uncertainty on a massive scale . |
| 18 | In Blaenafon the mining of coal and ironstone on a large scale began in the 1780s and some of these older workings are connected with Big Pit . |
| 19 | Labour will now be on the line they will have to deal with the axe grinders instead of helping them to sharpen their axes and the difference between ourselves and Mr and I have great respect for Mr and I believe his attempt to keep the debate about the future of Highfields and Moat on a rational basis has been very positive but completely unsuccessful and I believe now that we have to look for a way forward . |
| 20 | He expressed his intention to seek talks with both China and ASEAN on a political solution to the war in Kampuchea through establishing a zone of peace , stability and friendly cooperation in Southeast Asia . |
| 21 | As manufacturers and financial houses take advantage of the new opportunities , consumer organisations are looking , too , at the possibilities of more joint testing and publication on a European scale . |
| 22 | Depreciation is provided on all property , plant and equipment on a straight line basis , taking into account residual values . |
| 23 | Under the revised code new principles were introduced , notably ( i ) the penal responsibility of legal entities of public and private law such as companies , trade unions and political parties ( a measure aimed at new crimes such as fraud , hazardous working conditions and pollution ) ; ( ii ) the concept of an " instigator " of a crime ( who would be liable to criminal prosecution and punishment on a similar basis as the " perpetrator " of a crime ) ; and ( iii ) the extension of " legitimate self-defence " to cover defence of property . |
| 24 | For specialist advice and counselling on a wide range of stress-related problems , from legal worries through to substance abuse , a company can employ an in-house stress counsellor or use outside stress counselling services , such as employee assistance programmes . |
| 25 | But Eleanor too had to travel a great deal , and in his earliest years it was almost certainly Richard 's nurse who provided love and security on a day-to-day basis . |
| 26 | A narrow gauge track ran along the platform surface , its polished rails carrying the 16mm colour film camera and cameraman on a four wheeled dolly , pushed along by manpower and matching the pace of the train . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , Chris is convinced that , with an improvement in the world economy , LASMO will be in a strong position to build an exciting future : ‘ We are involved in exploration and development on a worldwide scale and have an abundance of riches available to us . |
| 28 | The report recommended approval and development on a national basis , but with modifications so as to ensure that those taking the courses were prepared for employment . |
| 29 | And ma'am on a further point which I think is very significant when you 're dealing with proposals in the A sixty four south of York , is you have to take into account not only the impact of the new settlement itself , but the impact of associated infrastructure . |
| 30 | Continuation of inflation at this kind of rate would cause the whole problem to recur in that the value of gold stocks , at the new fixed price , would be regarded as insufficient in relation to the rising value of trade , and speculation on a further gold price rise , against the dollar , would redouble ( as it would have been proved so profitable the first time ) . |