Example sentences of "[noun] on [art] [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Also , a pre-contract discussion can be arranged with the MBA on an individual or band basis .
2 The design depends on the particular stitch on the left or right of the pattern being transferred in the intended direction .
3 If you store incredibly important and confidential data on a portable or laptop computer , you 'll want a heavy-duty security system — especially if you 're prone to leaving your car boot open with the machine inside .
4 Selecting the ‘ Ultra-Low ’ facility releases a forceful bass sound , designed to be at its most effective when using the low E and B on a 5 or 6-string .
5 Generally the rest of this phrase means that the offence is committed if the vehicle or part of it proceeds past the traffic lights on the left or nearside of the approaching vehicle .
6 Variously suggested as Iraqi motives for causing the slick were ( i ) the desire to impede any allied amphibious assault on the Kuwaiti or south Iraqi shore as part of a ground offensive ; ( ii ) the intention of damaging Saudi coastal installations ; and ( iii ) the hope of provoking the allies into launching a full-scale ground offensive ahead of their preferred schedule .
7 But the imbalance grows on you , even if structurally it may not be such a good idea , since some very squat buttresses on the left-hand or north wall had to be built on during a partial restoration of the building in the last century .
8 The lower part of the corps de logis on the southern or river side was built at the same time as the keep , but later raised , when a northern wing was added to it .
9 A further , characteristically modern variation on the pseudo-autobiographical or confessional novel is the interior monologue , as used in James Joyce 's Ulysses , where the reader eavesdrops , as it were , on the actual thoughts and sensations of the character as he or she moves through time and space .
10 Many colleges and courses invite a representative of the RSCM to speak to students on an annual or biennial basis .
11 Siva the Serpent King , patron of the Yogis , possessor of the ultimate wisdom on the earthly or material plane , insists that spiritual evolution through ‘ illumination ’ can occur in a single lifetime , thus eliminating a succession of rebirths .
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