Example sentences of "an [noun sg] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There then followed the abandonment of the gold standard , which the Government had been formed to preserve , several weeks of parliamentary rancour , and a dissolution on 7 October for an election on 27 October . |
| 2 | They did not want an election on 7 November . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister did not call an election on 7 November , because he knew that he would lose it then . |
| 4 | On 12 November he decided in favour of an election on 6 December . |
| 5 | There was an impairment on visual orientation ( Task B ) but not visual discrimination learning ( Task A ) . |
| 6 | When it spots an insect on overhanging vegetation , it lines itself up and then shoots a jet of water from its mouth to knock the insect out of the air . |
| 7 | David Payne had supported the Palace from the Whitehorse Lane terraces as a boy and joined the club as an apprentice on 1 January 1964 . |
| 8 | However , there would be no total prohibition on the payment out of trust monies subsequent to the death by virtue of the fact that there would be £1M of relevant income ready to be used in an assessment on any beneficiaries under TA 1988 , s740 . |
| 9 | Head of Department : ‘ We make an assessment on three criteria , then combine them to give a mark out of 10 . ’ |
| 10 | Where teaching was unsatisfactory this was because of an over-dependence on formal lectures . |
| 11 | There is an appendix on standard business terminology and abbreviations used in the book . |
| 12 | One night in June her mother twice had to settle the baby , taking up to an hour on each occasion . |
| 13 | We had quite a lot of homework , so that those of us on a train journey involving an hour on either side of the school day , and then a couple of hours work , were not left with much free time . |
| 14 | Half an hour on this beach ( so fresh it could be arrested for harassment ) and it 's up to the slotties . |
| 15 | But in fact most of the vehicles travel at fifty or sixty miles an hour on this crossing . |
| 16 | I talked to them for half an hour on maximum range and fuel economy . |
| 17 | This newsletter gives an update on current activities — I hope you will find it useful . |
| 18 | A look behind the scenes and an update on current issues . |
| 19 | Nor did everyone see the need for an update on current classroom practice . |
| 20 | 's involvement in free range chicken production is proving a highly successful and profitable venture — poultry manager , , gives an update on recent developments . |
| 21 | An update on various reports . |
| 22 | Unlike middle-class children , they are seldom exposed to a parental emphasis on self-control ; instead , there is an accent on physical punishment , and aggressive tendencies are further reinforced by the regular occurrence of intra- and inter-family feuds . |
| 23 | Do you play an acoustic on this tour ? |
| 24 | I had , therefore , hoped to obtain money in the current financial year for this proposal , but , as you 've probably read in the press , the moratorium on expenditure prevented an progress on this proposal . |
| 25 | In Better Schools ( 1985 ) the Government drew attention to the need to reconsider traditional teaching techniques in order to promote and encourage the development of oral skills : ‘ In the majority of primary and middle schools there is an over-concentration on practising skills in literacy and numeracy … much work is too closely directed by the teacher and there is little chance for oral discussion . ’ |
| 26 | The harmonization of laws affecting domestic transactions in member States has an effect on international transactions in that within the field covered by the harmonizing measures these obviate the need to resort to conflict of laws rules and thus achieve one of the objectives of a Convention regulating international transactions . |
| 27 | But if they can only be anticipated at the end of one of the odd periods , they will have an effect on real output because prices are fixed . |
| 28 | An effect on the endogenous natriuretic hormone which may influence vascular tone via an effect on cellular ATPase , modifying the sodium content of vascular tissue , may be important ( De Wardner & MacGregor , 1980 ) . |
| 29 | Television has had as profound an effect on contemporary sport as the railway or the popular press had on Victorian sport . |
| 30 | The curator , John Elderfield , muses on the rival reputations of Matisse and Picasso and suggests that Matisse 's real influence has yet to make itself felt : ‘ I am going to be very interested to see whether this exhibition will have an effect on contemporary painting ’ |