Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Steed 's defence served on 16 April 1987 pleaded that the transfer was forged . |
| 2 | But secured creditors may not be too happy to see GE 's money spent on unsecured creditors while they lose control of the firm 's smart new jets . |
| 3 | Martin Wood 's course begins on 1 November , running six consecutive Wednesdays at the Greenbank Centre , Eaton Road , Chester , Cheshire , from 6.30pm . |
| 4 | ( 7 ) If the Panel 's decision touches on some novel or important issue it will often publish its findings to serve as guidance to third parties . |
| 5 | Dr Clark 's jaw put on another yard . |
| 6 | The Environment White Paper — ‘ This Common Inheritance ’ announced the Government 's intention to consult on this amendment along with various others proposed to the 1979 Act . |
| 7 | It took from the Edinburgh summit in December nineteen ninety two , when the current Prime Minister first announced the government 's intention to legislate on this issue , until the thirtieth of June nineteen ninety three before the European parliamentary elections bill had its first reading . |
| 8 | Slim Gaillard 's Civilisation begins on 22 October on BBC 2 GIVEN the renewed popular interest in bebop , it might be supposed that drummer Max Roach , who came to prominence playing it , would take a pragmatic view of two movies which helped that resurgence : the Charlie Parker film Bird and Round Midnight , loosely based on the life of the pianist Bud Powell . |
| 9 | The photographer 's glance alights on small details of foliage or suddenly sweeps upwards to the open sky . |
| 10 | The estate 's guidance notes on environmental assessments are called ‘ vague and minimal ’ and some criteria ‘ arbitrary and extreme ’ . |
| 11 | Malawi 's spring began on 8 March , the first Sunday in Lent , when the pastoral letter was read in every Catholic church . |
| 12 | Their only child , Marie , was named in her mother 's testament written on 31 May 1719 . |
| 13 | She was a very experienced psychiatric nurse and Doctor Volkov 's callousness verged on deliberate cruelty . |
| 14 | General de Gaulle 's plan foundered on Dutch fears that the new body would threaten Community institutions . |
| 15 | Two minor points need to be noted — firstly that Charles himself was , in April 1660 , already dating documents ‘ in the twelfth year of our reign ’ , and secondly that although his father 's sovereignty terminated on 30 January ( 1649 ) , his own did not begin as though immediately following . |
| 16 | Pakistan 's flag flies on all government buildings as well as offices of private companies , and even in most houses . |
| 17 | Pringle 's work touched on many fields but was mainly concerned with Carboniferous problems , especially the fauna and flora of the Sanquhar Coalfield . |
| 18 | D. Because a farmer 's business depends on growing things , the farmer has to consider the climate . |
| 19 | ‘ You are just making excuses , ’ complained Anne , recognizing Joan 's reluctance to gate-crash on royal celebrations . |
| 20 | The exhibition presented by the Irish women 's group focused on Irish women 's lives in Ireland and Scotland in the last century , not on ‘ promoting and peddling pro-Irish Republican publications and propaganda ’ ! |
| 21 | In question-answering systems the computer generates answers to the user 's query based on stored information . |
| 22 | More importantly , Mr Ferguson 's team embark on three matches in the next five days knowing that they need a maximum 11 points to lift that elusive championship trophy . |
| 23 | It was conscious of Britain 's economic weaknesses and the public 's desire to concentrate on domestic problems . |
| 24 | So it may be significant that in 1023 the translation of Ælfheah 's body began on 1 June , only about six weeks after the anniversary . |
| 25 | It was in the later days that you gradually got the the buses were then fitted with these , these safes , they 've got the safes on the ticket machines on the buses , whereby every man 's cash working on that bus that day went into a vault on the bus . |
| 26 | The Minister 's wife stayed on dry land while he sailed to Gibraltar with Mona , the count , his sons and two Arab girls . |
| 27 | Charles took on Diana 's mantle speaking on terminal illness , while she prepared to tread the world stage . |
| 28 | The baronial leaders were incensed by these continued tergiversations : when the king 's ordinance was read at St Paul 's in London , there was uproar , and the terms of Edward 's proclamation issued on 25 June showed that he realized the extent and intensity of hostility to the Forest . |
| 29 | Whatever effect Fru Gertlinger 's hint had on poor Miss D — and it was impossible to forecast just what it might be — it would be upsetting . |
| 30 | INTEL 's GROVE WARNS ON PERSONAL COMPUTER PRICE WAR , SEES JAPAN A WINNER IN PORTABLE ASSISTANTS |