Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US decision was the decisive factor in persuading the military-backed interim government and local business groups to agree on the same day to renewed negotiations with the Organization of American States ( OAS ) . |
| 2 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 3 | AN HOUR to spare on a recent visit to London gave me the opportunity to visit the famous Science Museum 's well-advertised new gallery ‘ Physics and Nuclear Power ’ . |
| 4 | He slipped his arm around her and they walked through the park to sit on a secluded seat there . |
| 5 | And the involuntary malice within the desperate attempts to remain on the safe side of the frontier of madness . |
| 6 | Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell . |
| 7 | In passing the bill Bourassa successfully resisted pressure from the separatist Parti Quebecois for an immediate referendum to capitalize on the post-Meech Lake disenchantment felt by many francophone Quebeckers towards anglophone Canada . |
| 8 | The proclamation will have summoned the Parliament to meet on a specified day and it is up to the victors to turn up on that day at the time prescribed . |
| 9 | But this interpretation is challenged by the observation that a reminder treatment ( foot-shock administered in a different apparatus from that used to train the avoidance response ) will allow the avoidance response to appear on a subsequent retention test . |
| 10 | By the end of the war this culture had been defeated , and the victorious Puritans and their nonconformist allies who had gained control of the reins of central government believed they now had an opportunity to impose on the whole nation the same moral reforms that prior to 1640 they had struggled to instigate piecemeal at a local level . |
| 11 | Instrumentation and instrumental techniques necessary for bringing the laws of the paradigm to bear on the real world will also be included in the paradigm . |
| 12 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposed revision of MPG6 . |
| 13 | We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the proposed revision of MPG6 . |
| 14 | By the 11th ballot on May 19th the failure of the major parties to agree on a common candidate allowed the Northern League 's candidate , Gianfranco Miglio , to poll the highest number of votes , underscoring the potential influence of the League , with its 80 parliamentary seats . |
| 15 | Reporting on his efforts to get the three opposition parties to agree on a common agenda , Mr Christie said he feared the argument that 75 per cent of Scots had voted for constitutional change at the last election lost validity without some unifying factor , enhancing the Tories ' claims of legitimacy . |
| 16 | He once won a scholarship to go on a German banking state tour . |
| 17 | The footstraps being too tight , causing all the weight to fall on the windward side . |
| 18 | He held the piece up and sighted it , squeezing the trigger , allowing the hammer to fall on an empty chamber . |
| 19 | This golfer has allowed his weight to remain on the left side and , worse still , has allowed his right leg to straighten . |
| 20 | With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract . |
| 21 | Once the messenger reached his destination he delivered the mandate to the judges who then proceeded to summon the parties to appear on a stated day at a stated place . |
| 22 | By now the tendency for manufacturers to concentrate on a single site was apparent , and many of the smaller mills , such as Inchbrook , fell into disuse . |
| 23 | Cleese enlisted Royal patronage to work on the top-selling environment number . |
| 24 | One was the American Eagle Andy Dujakovich who set a new aquaplane world record when he slid , in a curtain of spray , from just inside his own half past the opposition 10 metre line in an attempt to swoop on an errant Puma . |
| 25 | The film tells the true story of a Great Western employee called Bob who , along with many of his colleagues , sails to the continent to work on a light railway serving the trenches . |
| 26 | He now works in a group set up by the Bishop of Ely to work on a better understanding of market forces than that shown in Faith in the City , he says . |
| 27 | Although a particular soil may be a specific and well defined chemical substance , or a mixture of a group of chemicals , it is not generally necessary in cleaning practice to elaborate on the exact composition or structure of these materials . |
| 28 | Serious negotiations with the owners of the Greyhound Stadium next to the old ground are under way and are aimed at getting the club to play on a new pitch inside the track there , in a rebuilt 15,000 all-seater stadium . |
| 29 | The School Development Plan emphasises a rational approach to decision-making by encouraging schools to focus on a limited number of priorities and devise action plans to implement and evaluate these . |
| 30 | But perceptions that the Alliance was running second in the polls collapsed in the second week ; and voters ' assessment of Alliance chances of winning a majority or even holding the balance of power dropped sharply in the third week ; while television 's sharp switch to focus on the two-Party Labour versus Conservative battle occurred in the fourth week . |