Example sentences of "on [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To draw a parabola with an included angle exceeding 140° , draw two straight lines and mark on each a series of equal intervals . |
| 2 | Well think , if you concentrated on that a bit more instead of just doing it any where in the air you might get on a bit quicker . |
| 3 | On one wall was a big map of Vangmoor , on another a print of the only painting Constable had ever done of the moor , Loomlade church with Big Allen behind . |
| 4 | On one concert bandstand a quintet played classical music , on another a small jazz band enlivened the air , to the delight of the small groups of people who stood listening . |
| 5 | Gregory and others saw in certain happenings which took place at this time the workings of divine providence : on one occasion the boat carrying one of his opponents sank ; on another a supporter was miraculously freed from prison ; and throughout his trial the princess Rigunth fasted on his behalf . |
| 6 | Each page was decorated with delicate filigree-like scrollwork in a range of dazzling colours : on one page lightly drawn angel figures , on another a priest sprinkling a shrouded corpse with holy water as he committed it to the grave . |
| 7 | I often ask women to put on half a stone for the sake of their hair ’ |
| 8 | Read it aloud half a dozen times then try to set down the framework and some key ‘ trigger words ’ on half a dozen index cards . |
| 9 | For example , a district council in Sussex sought , when granting detailed planning permission on half a site at fourteen dwellings per acre , to maintain the average overall density at ten per acre . |
| 10 | They did n't even like the editorial , which had been written by Packford on half a bottle of Scotch . |
| 11 | But these niggles pale when up against the infuriating fact that Drop Nineteens are n't given real room to perform , their potential smothered by a relentless stream of diving dickwits , sloshed on half a pint of coke . |
| 12 | With them , a P5 multiprocessor can be implemented on half a card . |
| 13 | There was some people round here that were selling gear that were n't smack'eads and they 'd do you a lay on without any rings or surety or nothing and you 'd say , well , ‘ Lay us on half a gram and I 'll sell it , like ’ , and they 'd say , ‘ Alright ’ , and then you 'd go back a coupla days later and say , ‘ Look . |
| 14 | Egged on by her colleagues , she pitched Sir Willie on half a million shares in OTC traded Crane Holdings , at 28p . |
| 15 | However , on half a dozen occasions or more the negotiating teams on both sides gathered , either before or at dinner , to seek to resolve the detailed problems before the Goodman proposals were ultimately embodied in legislation . |
| 16 | The charters of the kings of Kent reveal no trace of Aethelbald 's overlordship , though an Eadberht , king of Kent , consented to Aethelbald 's remission of tolls on half a ship ( probably in London ) for the abbess of Minster-in-Thanet in 748 ( CS 177 : S 91 ) . |
| 17 | Who 'll come across on half a pint of beer . |
| 18 | ‘ All I know is he spun in from five thousand on half a wing . ’ |
| 19 | Like the Exhilarator and he owns leases on half a dozen pubs in the new dockland , and he does a bit of importing — high value stuff like furs or cars . |
| 20 | When it 's available I get by on half a gram a day . |
| 21 | Over a delicious meal of freshwater crayfish in lime butter , and a light-as-air mango soufflé , they 'd held an impeccably detached , wonderfully calm conversation ranging from Caribbean history to ethnic crafts and design , and discovered common ground on half a dozen other topics including a penchant for the Post-Impressionists , an affinity with the work and designs of William Morris , and a liking for cricket . |
| 22 | They were found by detectives during raids on half a dozen barns around Duns Tew near Banbury . |
| 23 | No wonder she puts on half a pound a week . |
| 24 | rhythm , stress you can go on , getting so detailed , that it , as St Steve said last week , you can spend sort of half an hour on half a sentence , if you put it , if you try to put in everything . |
| 25 | On some a small figure , seen from a distance , almost dancing across the platform at the back of the bucking hoverspeeder , spraying arcs of laser light that burst into explosions along the top of the perimeter wall , pausing only to hurl grenades that widened the hot smoking breach in the stonework . |
| 26 | Nothing and no one was safe , least of all Mrs Browning , and as she reflected on this a sense of futility overwhelmed her . |
| 27 | This is done by taking the distribution of scores for children in the standardisation sample of a given age , and imposing on this a numerical scale which has clearly defined characteristics . |
| 28 | But Machiavelli , who one gathers is a favourite source of the author , gave us the lowdown on this a few centuries ago . |
| 29 | Let me enlarge on this a little . |
| 30 | On this a large collection of frosted Lalique glassware captured the light to perfection . |