Example sentences of "on a [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Speaking on the BBC 's Election Call , the Education Secretary did not rule out abstaining on a Queen 's Speech from a minority Labour government .
2 It can not , in my opinion , be right to place creditors on a Morton 's fork of that character .
3 The Cam always looks so peaceful , especially so on a winter 's day with no punts or rowing boats in sight .
4 On a winter 's day in the Himalayas , once the sun has disappeared behind the mountains , the temperature drops dramatically .
5 If a child travels on a parent 's passport to Morocco , a photograph of the child suitably endorsed by the Passport Office must be in their passport .
6 The Secretary of State can not interfere on a parent 's behalf over a curricular matter until the complaint has been pursued via the local complaints machinery .
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9 FORMER Middlesbrough rider Daz Sumner is to return to Cleveland Park on a year 's loan from Belle Vue .
10 It is , however , fair to say that the possible restrictions proposed in the consultation paper on a firm 's provision of specialist valuations ( brand valuations , for instance ) to audit clients provide a clear illustration of the approach to ethics the Institutes must maintain .
11 Almost straight from the doorstep of Cairn Edward you can embark on a day 's walking in the Galloway Forest .
12 There 's nothing worse than setting off on a day 's walking after a cold sleepless night when you feel as though you 've been trussed up in a straight jacket .
13 Zoe , on a day 's outing with Ben and Louise to visit their eldest boy at his prep school , was barely aware of the beauty of the Hampshire countryside they were driving through .
14 When the break in the dull , rainy weather came I decided on a day 's search of the river foreshore .
15 Bye-law 76 makes members liable for disciplinary action when they enter an IVA , but whether the Investigation Committee refers cases to the Disciplinary Committee or not will depend on a member 's attitude to the arrangement , rather than on its causes .
16 C … an ex-sharedealer of Harvard Securities , was living in a barn on a friend 's farm in Kent , eking out a gipsy-like living by renovating rusty old cars .
17 Similarly , much military expenditure may have a direct destabilising effect on a country 's balance of payments .
18 LANCASHIRE were facing an uphill battle as underdogs Leicestershire set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work at Grace Road .
19 The home side set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work .
20 Amis takes the reader on a Cook 's tour of Slavonic London with its lethal parade of bores ( ’ Professor Radek …
21 Her fiancé seemed to be on a Cook 's tour of the Middle East , and she had a touching faith in my opinion as to his current safety .
22 Also , I believe most students prefer to be introduced to new ideas which they can explore for themselves with a sense of adventure , rather than be led on a Cook 's Tour with every fact and statistic recited .
23 For Lewis , this was ‘ the personal heresy ’ , a vivid example of which would be the present biography , which seeks to shed light on a man 's work by researching into the recesses of his mind and the outward events of his life .
24 Ironically , David first went out with the woman who was to change his life on a girl 's night in town .
25 This desire to discover can take several different forms , depending on a person 's range of knowledge .
26 This research will examine the effect of marketing strategies and organisational characteristics on a company 's performance by means of a comparative study of British and German machine tool manufacturers .
27 The Institute 's Tax Faculty has issued a guidance note on a company 's exposure to penalties on submitting a corporation tax Pay and File return containing estimated figures .
28 The reason : before that date registration on a company 's file of such a mortgage had effect as if registered as a land charge , thus giving notice to the world .
29 The military also opened fire on a women 's demonstration in the village of Beit Hanoun where a 70 year old woman was beaten by soldiers .
30 Such a viewpoint is mirrored in the legal procedures , which put an emphasis on a child 's return to school via sanctions against parents as the solution to individual cases of truancy .
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