Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] on [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there was a significant reduction in ipsilateral neurological events in the group who had endarterectomy , these events included transient monocular blindness and transient ischaemic attacks , which do not necessarily have a major impact on patients ' wellbeing . |
| 2 | Equally as important in keeping a regular check on publishers ' output are those organizations which offer an advisory service for educational users . |
| 3 | As suppliers base the price of the maintenance services they offer on the retail value of their kit — generally between 8% and 10% of costs — this trend will have a negative impact on suppliers ' profits . |
| 4 | The last of these , with its prespecified targets , its programmes of study , and its national testing will exercise a powerful constraint on teachers ' work . |
| 5 | He 's also just chaired a Select Committee on MPs ' working hours , which frequently collide head on with the following day . |
| 6 | This fall in value , plus the scaling down of SERPS , will have a dramatic effect on pensioners ' incomes by the end of the century . |
| 7 | Christ Church JCR in Cambridge has just voted to place a compulsory levy on students ' charges to subsidise tampons and sanitary towels . |
| 8 | The worst episode of foul play was perpetrated by Southland lock Mark Tinnock , whose feet went up and down repeatedly in a tap-dancing motion on Lions ' flanker Richard Webster during a ruck . |
| 9 | Amongst liberals , there has been a tendency to believe that remedying the gender imbalances in these books might have a positive influence on girls ' educational achievement . |
| 10 | Even with stringent controls for partisanship and ideology , multiple regression analyses show that the press , but not television , had a significant influence on voters ' preferences . |