Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others believe that Mrs Aquino , by making a political decision on grounds of national security , is transgressing her own leadership principles . |
| 2 | The man forgot one issue , the European Monetary Union , it was Mr Major that took us into the Economic Monetary Union at the wrong way , he took us in on a political decision on the last day of a Labour Party Conference in Blackpool and he 's forgotten that . |
| 3 | In many parts of the world , we have developed innovative policies on quality and customer service . |
| 4 | After their introduction on the Fleetwood service , journey time was reduced to 32 minutes on a five-minute headway . |
| 5 | Specialising in engineering design relating to existing offshore installations , the company 's manpower levels reached over 500 personnel on a number of design projects . |
| 6 | She has strong opinions on several subjects , including politics , but not all for public consumption |
| 7 | Indeed , some of their officials expressed strong opinions on the subject at the time but have since decided to wait and , as one put it , ‘ let the team do the talking on the park in Newry . ’ |
| 8 | Cardiff saw the look of glazed horror on Frye 's face , heard him mumbling : ‘ Oh no , no , no , no … ’ |
| 9 | MP wants Scots ban on carrying knives |
| 10 | It should finally be noted that it has also emerged that reliance on markets as a disciplinary device , and in particular on the market for control , is itself far from costless . |
| 11 | In Australia , Canada and the United States during the 1970s inquiries into the political police and internal-security agencies demonstrated clearly that reliance on interviews with chief constables and general assertions of good faith by all concerned would be inadequate . |
| 12 | Ten minutes later there was a loud rat-tat on the heavy iron-fronted door of the warehouse . |
| 13 | The United States saw this war as an opportunity to change things in the Middle East , and celebrated the Lebanese-Israeli Withdrawal Agreement by lifting its year-old ban on the sale of seventy-five F-16 jet fighters to Israel . |
| 14 | This was later to be criticised as imposing an unnecessary conservatism on design ( pp. 104–10 , below ) , but at that time ( with shortages of skilled draughtsmen and engineers , and the overriding priority of speeding up the installation of safe and reliable sets ) it was widely supported by the manufacturers and the CEB as well as in Whitehall . |
| 15 | Certainly there were those , both in the divisions and outside , who felt that the BEA headquarters design policy , in its search for reliability and speed of construction above all else , had imposed an unnecessary conservatism on development . |
| 16 | They are paid for remaining open after normal hours on a rota basis and sums are paid to keep chemists open in remote areas . |
| 17 | I was ( I think you will understand ) initially dubious about a single 10″ driver in such a small box really delivering the goods ( especially with the lower notes on my 5-string ) but was certainly intrigued by the cabinet design , so I was looking forward to giving the little beast some stick on a couple of gigs … |
| 18 | All settings up to about 8 ( out of 10 ) on the master volume elicit a clear , punchy tone , right down to the lower notes on my 5-string , and live it proved well able to compete with two rawk'n'rawl guitar players and a loud drum kit on an R&B pub gig . |
| 19 | Briefly , he touched her face , his strong fingers on her cheek , his thumb beneath her jaw , tilting it upwards . |
| 20 | exert such a strong pull on my heart ? |
| 21 | ELEMENTAL spirits found on the Isle of Man , they have a malicious habit of magnetising stones which mark the road 's edges ; these then exert a strong pull on passing motor cars , causing them to swerve off the road despite the driver 's efforts . |
| 22 | Because it was a Peculiar , the priory church had four wardens — one of their duties was to enforce the wearing of woolly hats on Sundays : failure to comply brought a fine of fourpence . |
| 23 | Finally , Mr. Beloff placed strong reliance on the decision of Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. in E.M.I . Records Ltd. v Spillane [ 1986 ] 1 W.L.R. 967 , which concerned the position of a solicitor , who held a document disclosed on discovery by the opposite party in litigation subject to the usual implied undertaking , when confronted by a notice from the Customs and Excise to produce the document to them pursuant to their wide powers under the VAT legislation . |
| 24 | Both Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson place strong reliance on section 39(11) , but in my judgment an injunction does not qualify as a ‘ reasonable excuse ’ within the terms of that subsection . |
| 25 | Mr. Beloff and Mr. Philipson understandably place strong reliance on E.M.I . Records Ltd. v. Spillane [ 1986 ] 1 W.L.R. 967 , and rightly invite me to pay very careful regard to it . |
| 26 | It was thought that the kind of strong reliance on grammatical structuring used in HARPY was necessary to compensate for the generally poor level of acoustic-phonetic processing achieved during the DARPA project ( see Klatt 1977 ) . |
| 27 | Only a strong working parliament on what Weber took to be the British model , working in committees which make policy and supervise bureaucrats , could generate strong leaders who prove their mettle in parliamentary and electoral combat . |
| 28 | For proof of that , one need only read the CBI 's report which , among other things , stated that recent years have seen ’ a transformation of Britain 's manufacturing base there is now a solid base on which to build . |
| 29 | If the G M B could reg retain the unemployed and redundant , it would give a solid base on which to work . |
| 30 | He had promised her that if anything out of the ordinary happened , any unnecessary flicker on a dial , he would wake her . |