Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour party seems to reverse its policies on that issue twice every decade . |
| 2 | On this issue indeed the comparison with Eliot is inescapable , Eliot very early learned and bowed to the English rule that social amenity must not be disturbed — alike in his life-style and , after Poems 1920 , in his poetic style also , he observed this rule punctiliously . |
| 3 | My relations always come on this day once a year . |
| 4 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 5 | Once jurisdiction can properly be established on this basis then the effect of article 5(1) in the light of the Effer v. Kantner decision is that the court has jurisdiction finally to determine the issues between the parties . |
| 6 | In winter , when the level in the canal would tend to be some three inches higher , then some water did splash over the sides of the tanks , but never at any time was the water emptied from the tanks to enable hauling to proceed.9 ; On this basis alone the lift must be judged to have been a technical success . |
| 7 | If anyone has any light to throw on this mystery both the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the BM and the Mayor of Capri would like to hear from them . |
| 8 | ‘ I sang live on Australian TV just a couple of weeks ago . |
| 9 | An entry in the charges register disclosed that it was subject to restrictive covenants imposed by a deed of 1883 but did not reveal what those covenants were , because on first registration neither the deed nor a copy or abstract of it had been produced . |
| 10 | The most versatile item is one that faces in all directions and is suitable for any number of performers , but if the audience is all on one side then the item must play mainly to it . |