Example sentences of "on [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By criticizing the Conservative Party mid-term the right-wing press can build up a certain degree of credibility with its readers which it can then use to maximum effect by suspending criticism of the Conservative Party and increasing its attacks on Labour as the election approaches . |
| 2 | Like their Sudanese counterparts , senior medical figures throughout the Arab world are concerned that this decision is based more on political than academic considerations , and they have pointed out that most medical literature is published in English , and that even some Arab medical journals are published in English with a section in Arabic . |
| 3 | When William the Conqueror came to ‘ reform ’ the local church , that transformation may have been based as much on political as doctrinal and ritual considerations . |
| 4 | The paper was to be open and frank on political as well as personal issues ; it was to be investigative and campaigning , internationalist , but also accessible , and radical but clearly independent of any political current or party . ’ |
| 5 | She demonstrated that some women could make their voices heard on political as well as spiritual matters during the Interregnum . |
| 6 | Yeah , cos I did n't go out it was n't , you know it was going on eleven when I left here . |
| 7 | Partly as a result of the methodology chosen , a subsidiary aim was to examine the links between expenditure on durable as opposed to non-durable goods . |
| 8 | And because these services play a more important part in the lives of people on low than on higher incomes , the move is likely to reduce still further the relative living standards of the poor , and particularly the most vulnerable in the underclass . |
| 9 | It is quite at home on dry as well as wet soils . |
| 10 | Although the contact was more social than professional , the two inevitably talked shop when they met , and as Coleman zeroed in on al-Kassar as possibly the key player in the Middle East 's narco-terrorist game , he decided to visit Mayer in his office at the German Embassy one day to see if his friend could be persuaded to take a more generous view of international cooperation than Hurley 's . |
| 11 | METER IN HALL ON RIGHT AS YOU ENTER FRONT DOOR |
| 12 | It also provides a counselling service and a range of literature with advice on emotional as well as practical problems . |
| 13 | In Western society we have marginalized elderly people to a considerable extent , maybe because we place more emphasis on economic than on personal worth . |
| 14 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 15 | Yes Chairman I 'd like to second that and just to erm say very briefly that er erm I , I very much welcome the report and the speed with which the Chief Officer is seen to have addressed most of the issues there are one or two bits that , that were of course were in fact posters , posters er be dealt with erm I have to say I still have some concern erm that the Chief Fire Officer and his team are so well supported on a very broad front on their decision making and their professionalism and yet on other matters of sound advice which has been given by er who are turned aside and just simply not given the proper consideration that they should have as in that er respect Chairman and I , I , I have some concern , erm it , it would not surprise me indeed if the , Her Majesty 's Inspector of er er brigades , when he comes round himself , has some comment to make on that since I think he 's expectations as well are almost as high as mine is . |
| 16 | It 's does smack to me a bit of in-filling and er , Northbrooks is quite a dense area already , a ve , a very dense area erm , and erm I 'm I 'm , you know , I 'd like to see any detailed plans on that before we even look at one in principle . |
| 17 | And in fact if you look at the the comments i i the blue book , erm on page thirty seven of the D O E , they have suggested as Mr has just confirmed , that we really ought to have made progress on that before there is an approved any move towards approving the alteration . |
| 18 | Erm the inertial measurement unit which is er a rather critical piece of equipment er in er a system of this nature initially did not perform to the the full level of requirement that that we we desire so you know , some further development had to be done on that before it would match the system . |
| 19 | Luckily I learnt early on that whereas I might see there are all sorts of emotional issues that the person grieving could work on , they may well choose not to . |
| 20 | Erm it , it did sort of get going but I felt that Maggie held back a little bit on that whereas you , you might have got er you know a bit , a bit more information with open questions . |
| 21 | I got more letters on that than anything else in my early days . |
| 22 | They were lovers now , and he preferred today to dwell on that than on the knottier problems . |
| 23 | you would have more information on that than Milvia would have for that , after they done the SATS and they 're marked reports have to be sent out , we must report at the end of key stage three . |
| 24 | There 's more to be done on that than there is on that , really , cos . |
| 25 | Sir , on that after you 've had food does more fre more often than when you 've had nothing to eat ? |
| 26 | I will not go into detail on that unless pressed to do so by Opposition |
| 27 | I think he 's as far wrong on that as he was on his projections about GM Europe going out of business four years ago . |
| 28 | We sat companionably enough , each ruminating on the nature of existence so early in the morning and contemplating the day 's activity , although Bernard obviously had opinions on that as well , judging by his expression . |
| 29 | Do you want me to comment on that as we go through or |
| 30 | I do not know , I have great reservations on that as long as the policies that have been perpetrated by this government remain . |