Example sentences of "[noun] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , for example , Alexander Gordon of Strathdon came to Elgin on 5 November 1539 to bind himself in manrent to George earl of Huntly , promising to serve him in peace and war , give him counsel , and protect him against harm , he was only one of many hundreds of men throughout the country during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries making such an obligation , and thereby creating strong personal relationships based always in theory and normally in reality not just on mutual self-interest but on mutual loyalty and trust . |
| 2 | At the end of the procedure a 10 or 12 French Cope loop drainage catheter ( Cook Urological ) was left in the gall bladder on free drainage . |
| 3 | To illustrate , we will estimate the fair price of the long-gilt future on 1 April . |
| 4 | Thus it is currently carrying out an environmental audit which will guide its policies in future on such matters as the use of energy , water purification , and fertilisers . |
| 5 | Will the patients charter be guaranteed by public funds or is it to depend in future on private charity ? |
| 6 | There is , however , continuing controversy about the extent to which reductions in mortality , especially in middle age and late life , have depended in the past and will depend in the future on collective measures to control the physical and social environment , or on voluntary , individualistic modifications in personal life-styles . |
| 7 | It may help to remember that you can not build a towering future on inadequate foundations and that the deeper you sink into experience , the higher you can soar . |
| 8 | It is clearly necessary to find a unified and consistent explanation of all these phenomena and by doing so to find ways of doing better in the future on all three points . |
| 9 | Sealink and P&O , with an estimated 80% share of the short-route ferry market , are pinning their hopes for the future on large capacity super-ferries and changes in manning procedures introduced after the last seamen 's strike . |
| 10 | However , the aggregate effect of arbitrage will be to bring the prices of shares and an index future on those shares into some no-arbitrage relationship . |
| 11 | We made two hundred and forty five pounds on Thriller of the Year one hundred and nineteen pounds on Tea for Two but that is after we 've made the three hundred pounds donation to Whiston Hospital we made a thousand and eighteen pounds on the panto Wuthering Heights we lost four hundred and nine pounds , but that was basically that we do costume plays and have to hire the erm fixtures and set pieces from Wrightsons or wherever we 're always going to be in this position and I think it 's the tradition of the Garrick that we continue to do them , and I think we have to accept that we may have losses in future on those particular erm things . |
| 12 | We did , er , we re we were hopeful , that in the next few months , there would be a full scale debate on the future on this building , and that we as the council , will take some initiative in , in actually the , the renewal of the lease . |
| 13 | Whilst to date no formal agreement has been reached with SIB , the institutes have accepted that authorisation to carry on investment business will be dependent in the future on some form of proof of competence of those individuals actually engaged in , for example , the giving of investment advice . |
| 14 | It contended that on " most 'hard' calculations " the British appeared to have a limited future on any measurement of international power , especially if they continued to over-commit themselves . |
| 15 | Phone for your tarot future on 0898 200101 |
| 16 | Phone for your tarot future on 0898 200101 |
| 17 | Neighbourhood Watch The only instances reported were the break-ins on two cars . |
| 18 | Neighbourhood Watch The only instances reported were the break-ins on two cars . |
| 19 | Alternatively you can leave the canal , crossing bridge 13 and follow a bridleway on old drove roads to rejoin the canal at bridge 8 . |
| 20 | But he did not simply dismiss religion on this score ; rather he kept returning to reflect upon it . |
| 21 | No shaman was present to preside or to ask for God 's blessing upon Artai 's reign , Alexei saw , for it was a fact that there was no such thing as organised religion on this world , and even casual superstition was not permitted to interfere for long in the affairs of men . |
| 22 | The compass card will be deflected from horizontal during changes of speed on Easterly and Westerly headings . |
| 23 | ‘ I know McCallen had a quick time late last night when he took the Honda out in the 250cc practice with the number crossed out but , of course , his speed on that occasion was purely unofficial . ’ |
| 24 | We can pick out a vehicle from a line of vehicles and check the speed on that which at the moment we can not do . |
| 25 | Remember to reduce speed on downhill stretches and to watch in the mirror for traffic which may be about to overtake , and which could therefore set up a swing . |
| 26 | Alas , the great mass of weight over the tail also meant that , at high speed on damp surfaces , the 911 had a habit of disappearing off roads , backside first . |
| 27 | Nicholson had feared that his hurdling star might be tapped for speed on faster ground than he likes and around this sharpish track , but Mighty Mogul passed this major test with flying colours . |
| 28 | A loose coupled freight hauled by Nos. 76028/29 was derailed at speed on this point ( featured in our first volume ) and the eastbound track was never reinstated . |
| 29 | They 've a speed on this graph it would be represented by an angle of forty five degrees . |
| 30 | Their pride and joy is the X two thousand , a tilting passenger train that operates at high speed on conventional track . |