Example sentences of "on a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Vicars family from Portsmouth , Hants , got their hands on a Pounds 50 three-piece suite after waiting outside Allders since Christmas Eve and eating their Christmas dinner on the pavement . |
| 2 | While this is due in small measure to the axing of TOPS awards and the establishment of new courses leading to post-graduate diplomas which have attracted students who would otherwise have enrolled on a DMS course , the main reason has been the decline in the economy which has resulted in few companies being willing to sponsor students to undertake the course . |
| 3 | I still do n't think there 's enough sexual equality because erm , a couple of years ago I studied mechanics , and when I left college I found it very , very difficult to get on a mechanics course so I 'm back again doing computing to try and get a job . |
| 4 | Well , erm , Adrian goes on a Mondays and Tuesdays to nursery , and on a Wednesdays and Fridays to his dad , and Tiffany goes on a Tuesday and Thursday and Friday to nursery . |
| 5 | Erm , I 'd just like to ask Sir Leonard whether the nature of the issues that are dealt with by environmental organisations , erm , indeed arguments such as pays etc. erm , introduces a difference in the nature of the relationship between the private sector and environmental N G Os , particularly when the issues that we promote , such as su the sustainable use of the world resources and the reduction of environmental degradation can have a direct impact on a companies bottom line . |
| 6 | Either he was dead straight , or else he was the sharpest operator-bar none , including the guy she 'd met on a singles ' holiday who 'd almost managed to convince her that he was on his final fling with only ninety days left to live — that she had ever encountered . |
| 7 | The older child , 3 , likes to go out on a waveski , sitting between dad 's legs . |
| 8 | UK , Leeds-based VisonWare Ltd 's mystery announcement ( UX No 389 ) turned out to be a technology partnership with fellow UK company Alex Technologies Ltd , Ealing , West London : the two are working on a Windows version of Alex development environment , which currently allows an X-Windows front end to be added to character-based applications . |
| 9 | A BRAVE police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers by grabbing the raiders ' shotgun . |
| 10 | Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop . |
| 11 | Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop . |
| 12 | Greenalls goes on a hotels buying spree |
| 13 | The strategy which controls the frequency , duration and destination is usually set up on a systems availability base rather than being controlled by the quantity of data to be transferred and its " design delay " costs . |
| 14 | It 's just one more indication of the madness of war that four lads from Montreal or Quebec should lose their lives on a Dales hill . |
| 15 | Great idea , wish them great success , but are they going to provide on site facilities on a stadia format . |
| 16 | After discussing the problem of defining the return on a futures position , the distribution of futures returns is considered . |
| 17 | Next , the issue of whether the return on a futures contract includes a risk premium is examined . |
| 18 | The arithmetic return on a futures contract might be expressed as the change in the price of the future during the period ( F t +1 ; - F t ) , divided by the initial investment ( I t ) . |
| 19 | In consequence , it is not possible to define a rate of return on a futures contract , and some other type of analysis must be used which does not require the use of the sum invested . |
| 20 | The purchase of a call option on a futures contract gives the owner the right to acquire a long position in the futures contract at a set price ( the exercise or striking price ) during ( or at the end of ) a specified time period . |
| 21 | The actual rate of return on a futures position depends both on whether the position is long or short , and on the amount of margin that has to be paid . |
| 22 | However , contracts traded on a futures exchange recognised under the FSA , such as the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ( LIFFE ) , are deemed to be for investment purposes . |
| 23 | The typical individual who is not a private customer because he is carrying on investment business is a " local " on a futures exchange ; ( 2 ) Small business investors , if they are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business . |
| 24 | Holdings of unit trusts plainly are not holdings of money , neither are the periodic bonuses accumulated on a with-profits life assurance policy . |
| 25 | Creatinine concentrations in urine were determined using the modified Jaffé reaction ( Roche diagnostics ) on a COBAS BIO centrifugal fast analyser in the UK , and using a bench spectrophotometer in the Gambia . |
| 26 | on a reredos . |
| 27 | Has to be on a runners on the side as well otherwise it would just fall down . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd already gone on a beginners ’ sailing weekend , and although it was very rough — not beginners ' weather at all — I really loved it . ’ |
| 29 | 12 Learn how to use a map and compass on a beginners ' Pathfinder day organised by the Yorkshire Dales National Park . |
| 30 | There was a bar on the premises , and on a YCs night it would be filled with the laughter and gossip of young drinkers , some below the legal age of drinking . |