Example sentences of "an [noun sg] on [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We once spent an afternoon on our favourite Don beat , between Slatestone and Holly Bush Pot , by splendid Paradise Wood . |
| 2 | Well , the Levers will have a vacancy for an economist on their personal staff . |
| 3 | Well one of the , you see , one of the strange things that happened at that time , traditionally engineers , and I think I said this in my previous statements to you , for example in where there was no bonus ever adhered to , er our members looked at their , the daily production er er routine , that any interference as far as time was concerned , by the management you know , would be an intrusion on their sacrificial rites , and therefore it was n't tolerated . |
| 4 | Even if we restrict the process to include only lagged values of s and f , it is highly likely that longer lags in s and f will have an effect on their current values . |
| 5 | A lingering concern ( given great prominence in the press ) is whether the violence to which children are exposed in countless images on the small screen has an effect on their own behaviour . |
| 6 | Erm again I i would n't have thought that you know odd days here and there would have any effect but if if it 's going to more long term and the you know the amount increases then it could have an effect on your premature retirement compensation . |
| 7 | Drink never loosened his tongue , though it did have an effect on his sizable nose which , like Bardolph 's , was a beacon in the dark . |
| 8 | It is , of course , a pre-condition under the Act that the deceased would have been entitled to maintain an action on his own behalf and recover damages if he had survived . |
| 9 | Although no one spoke of it , not a soul in the hall failed to be aware that Paul Arkwright , possessing one of the most brilliant minds of the century , had died in a mental asylum after having , many years ago now , made an attempt on his own life . |
| 10 | Prison authorities on the Rock said he was taken to hospital after guards spotted him about to make an attempt on his own life early on Sunday . |
| 11 | From that moment , he appeared as a political intriguer , and an intriguer on his personal account also . ’ |
| 12 | Two great , but quite contrasting , literary loves manifested themselves early on , both of which were to have an influence on his later Doctor Who career . |
| 13 | In contrast , although few people believe that the poor should starve , the extent to which incomes or resources should be redistributed from the ‘ haves ’ to the ‘ have-nots ’ to increase the degree of vertical equity is an issue on which different people take very different positions . |
| 14 | The Royal Flying Corps was established in 1912 , in which year the tragic sinking of the ocean liner Titanic took place on hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage , with the loss of over fifteen hundred lives . |
| 15 | The ability to keep an eye on oneself-a critical eye , at that — is the taken-for-granted sine qua non of a higher education . |
| 16 | The Crnojevići attempted to win Venetian support for a determined stand against the Turks , but the astute Italians , with an eye on their future prospects , chose not to offend the increasingly powerful Muslims in the interests of a tiny Christian principality . |
| 17 | He has to keep an eye on his own kind as well as anybody else . |
| 18 | From inside , he could keep an eye on his own house where nothing much seemed to be happening . |
| 19 | Do n't ask to borrow their pencil , and keep an eye on your own possessions . |
| 20 | Keep an eye on your local press for details , or phone the Events Unit on during working hours , Monday to Friday , for further information . |
| 21 | The court may disallow an amendment on its own motion or on application , and shall do so where satisfied that if an application for leave had been applied for under Ord 15 , r 1 it would have been refused ( Ord 15 , r 2(3) ) . |
| 22 | An emphasis on its own policy for research was to be one of the CNAA 's most tangible responses to the development of a public sector of higher education . |
| 23 | And this means , or this has an impact , this dual role as head of state and head of government , has an impact on what any president can do . |
| 24 | First , the class , religious and ethnic backgrounds of judges are likely to have an impact on their general attitudes , which in turn may be translated into particular views on certain legal issues . |
| 25 | I think I can claim that the whole last part is bound to make an impact on our musical public ; at least , if I compare it with what has been said recently on the same problem by Hanslick and others … |
| 26 | But as long as there was a chance of helping Amy , Theodora resolved she would do her best , even if this meant an encroachment on her precious holiday . |
| 27 | Those scumbags at the Public Health office sprang an inspector on us last Wednesday . |
| 28 | Mr Brown 's trip to Harlem has brought us into an urban landscape known to tabloid headline writers as Beirut-on-Hudson , an advance on their earlier versions of , first , Naples-on-Hudson , and then Calcutta-on-Hudson . |
| 29 | I propose an advance on your future status that will assist you at this point and hold you fast to our mutual course . |
| 30 | This is quite an advance on his initial assumption that poor Julian Darcy , the Rasputin of Bridport , economic theorist and prisoner of his nation 's conscience , victim of its guilt , indolence and fear , is the motivating force behind Darcy 's Utopia . |