Example sentences of "on [art] [adj] [noun pl] [subord] the " in BNC.

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1 On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals .
2 On the rare occasions when the Indian does seek to build up a reserve for himself , he squanders it at once .
3 The February and October revolutions seem to have had the same effect on the Russian colonists as the expulsion of the British had on the American colonists in the eighteenth century — a removal of all restraint on the ambitions to despoil native lands and assets .
4 Dr Anne Dawson , senior official in the Department of Health and Social Security on the possible consequences if the Department warned the NHS about the dangers of salmonella We have known that there was salmonella in 60 percent of chickens ' guts for many years .
5 The label ‘ DCE compliant ’ wo n't necessarily appear on the early releases although the technology will form the core of the offering .
6 You can picnic on the spacious lawns whilst the children play happily on the adventure play area , or you may wish to eat in the large cafeteria .
7 There could be no clearer indicator of the indifference and contempt in which the Government hold those on the lowest incomes than the Government 's exclusive concern with our tax proposals , without even a glimmer of a mention of those who will benefit from them .
8 Next season , the old competition will be run on a national league basis - and on the same dates as the divisionals — with early rounds settled in two areas , the North and Midlands and London South-East and West .
9 These were followed by 8-wheel coaches 42ft long on the same lines as the sleeping saloons .
10 The Supplement is constructed on the same lines as the OED .
11 It operates on the same lines as the rest of the prison , with the same rules and system of privileges and punishments .
12 A new course begins in September at the Queen 's Road Centre , Peckham and will run on the same lines as the present course ie nine Friday evenings and one residential weekend per term for a minimum of five terms .
13 Hence it must be obvious that the cure of those diseases must depend on the same principles as the former : from which it is likewise evident that a regular education is necessary to the Farrier ’ .
14 been organized , in many instances , on the same principles as the factory or office production line , and ’ … staffed by serried ranks of detail workers whose pay scales , if they are better than those of factory operatives or clerical workers , are perhaps not so good as those of craftsmen , and who dispose of little more working independence and authority than the production worker .
15 A leather boot built on the same principles as the original Brasher Boot , but updated .
16 Although these work on the same principles as the above they could prove an expensive luxury as well as causing more problems than they solve .
17 The TM operates on the same principles as the MSS , but it has a ground resolution or pixel size of 30 x 30 m rather than 57 x 79 m , and it records ground reflection in six , not four , wavebands .
18 Relatively little is known of the first great temples , which were built between 2000 and 1900 BC and destroyed by earthquakes in 1700 BC , except that they stood on the same sites as the later temples .
19 Prohibition lies to prevent some unlawful action by a tribunal on the same grounds as the granting of an order of certiorari .
20 Lunches and afternoon teas are available in the Brew House which is open on the same days as the house .
21 I know the system is different in New Zealand but the principle is surely the same : why should n't there be league games on the same days as the internationals ?
22 In the event of another company acquiring control of the Company through a takeover or reconstruction , then ( as an alternative to exercising his option as described in paragraph 6 ) a participant may , if the acquiring company so agrees , release his existing option in return for the grant of an option over shares in the acquiring company ( or a parent thereof ) having the same aggregate option prices and the same aggregate market value as the shares the subject of the options released , the new options being generally exercisable on the same terms as the old .
23 This perspective leads to the conclusion that in the absence of clear words to the contrary , the hypothetical letting will be on the same terms as the actual letting .
24 JOHN Major is facing a powerful Tory grassroots demand to govern Northern Ireland on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom .
25 Maintaining confidentiality does not detract , however , from the inevitable effect of ‘ peer pressure ’ on the below-average performers once the conclusions have been published and the ‘ best ’ standards quantified .
26 A number are signed and titled on the original mounts while the majority are signed and titled on the backs of the prints .
27 This hot cloth help ease pain , and we put a new hot one on every two hours until the pain has gone completely . ’
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