Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A smaller number volunteered to assist the rebels , likewise out of a conviction that on Spanish soil a wider struggle was being fought out . |
| 2 | Programmes likely to produce such action ought , rather , to be spotted within the BBC in advance and either adjusted suitably or else supported by the Governors in such a way that the politicians would be quietly told , in effect , that if they wished to object they risked on this occasion a larger row than they might want . |
| 3 | On all measures a greater proportion of patients in India , Colombia , and Nigeria had better outcomes than their counterparts in Denmark , London , Prague , and Washington DC . |
| 4 | On 1 April a further step in the Library 's plans to automate aspects of its printed collections was achieved with the implementation of the VTLS Serials control module . |
| 5 | While these momentous events were unfolding in Belgium , on 7 August the French had improvidently launched their long-planned assault into Upper Alsace and on 14 August a greater force — the First and Second armies — thrust into Lorraine , south of Metz . |