Example sentences of "[num] [be] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large crowd bore witness to its popularity although the course record of 68 set by Des Ballintine in 1984 was broken on the tough Prehen course . |
| 2 | The Wedgwood Group business comprises the manufacture , distribution and retailing of high quality bone china tableware and giftware by Wedgwood together with quality earthenware tableware by Johnson Brothers and the distribution of crystal products in world markets other than Ireland and the U.S.A. The Company 's principal subsidiary companies as at 31 December 1992 are listed on the inside back cover . |
| 3 | The rules contained in Sch 4 are based on the Seventh Company Law Directive . |
| 4 | The decision to go chapter 11 was made on the 21st of May — the company 's 10th birthday . |
| 5 | Growth from 1851 to 1911 was concentrated on the few urban industrial regions in which an increasing proportion of the population lived ; these experienced both net immigration and natural increase . |
| 6 | Payment of the disturbance allowance at the Yorkshire Bank is also made in two equal instalments ; one is given on the first available salary pay day after the move to the new house , the other is paid when the bank receives the proceeds of the sale of the employee 's old house . |
| 7 | The small fleet of 37 's used on the Cambrian is being dispersed to Petroleum and other sectors . |
| 8 | In voting for councillors , 38,946 were elected on the first round out of the total of 40,178 , with the NSF winning 15,670 seats ( 40.24 per cent ) , the Democratic Convention 8,088 ( 20.77 per cent ) , the ADP 4,532 ( 11.64 per cent ) , the HDUR 2,606 ( 6.69 per cent ) , independents 2,425 ( 6.23 per cent ) , and the RNUP 1,508 ( 3.87 per cent ) . |
| 9 | The controversy over the Tasaday , a group of 26 allegedly ‘ stone-age ’ cave-dwelling people ‘ discovered ’ in 1971 and pronounced a hoax in 1986 is based on the all-or-nothing ‘ cultural purity ’ argument of anthropologists . |
| 10 | Four are working on the central development of Courses and Units , two in the Management area , one in Computing and one in Electrical and Electronic Engineering . |
| 11 | One was in the cockpit , at the controls ; the other two were standing on the rear platform , firing blasters at random towards the clifftop and overseeing the automatic fire of the hoverspeeder 's cannon . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , an estimated US$4,500 million was spent on the 13th World Youth and Student Festival in July [ see p. 36816 ] . |
| 13 | The other £3 million was spent on the three ferry terminals . |
| 14 | In addition to other recent mineral discoveries , the first significant oil deposits ( other than in the Kutubu oilfield area ) to have been located in the area since the 1950s were discovered on the southern slopes of the Highlands . |
| 15 | The Theft Act 1968 was based on the Eighth Report of the Criminal Law Revision Committee , Theft and Related Offences , Cmnd 2977 , 1966 . |