Example sentences of "[noun] on [adj] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 John learned to drive a tractor recently and can already ride a motor bike and drive a car on private la ? d .
2 Gallup in yesterday 's Sunday Telegraph put Labour and the Conservatives neck and neck on 37.5 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on 22 .
3 Other polls ranged from ICM in the Guardian , which put Tories and Labour neck and neck on 38 per cent , to NOP for Newsnight and the Sunday Times , giving Labour a three-point lead .
4 I fucking watched the programme on that Who Who 's the Greatest ?
5 The Grizzled Skipper is supplied with a comprehensive set of drivers on three 3.5″ disks .
6 ‘ Our machines are the first to produce high-quality images on 100 per cent cotton , and non-toxic , durable , images on mugs . ’
7 Motorola Inc 's UDS Motorola in Huntsville , Alabama said it cut prices by up to 25% on several V.32 and V.32 bis modems , effective immediately : the list prices of the V.32L , V.3225L , V.3227L and V.3229L CCITT V.32 and V.32 bis compliant modems , have been cut by $200 each .
8 That was the assessment that we that we did , it did n't show any effect on that er on the A sixty one critical part through the urban area .
9 Earlier Robson 's dramatic arrival — five months after his last competitive encounter — had an immediate effect on United 's performance .
10 in order to allow us to do that examination , I make a recommendation on such erm checking .
11 Just not quite such lowish light on that er , foreground , but certainly interesting detail there .
12 And the big sheets of wrapping paper — with bold designs on 100 per cent recycled paper — are a must for wrapping up gifts .
13 It was cast in heavy metal and er it had er sort of a a sole on one e part of it , and a heel on the other part , and then there was a small children 's sole .
14 Each of the 26 subdivisions returned raw data , having completed questionnaires on 60–100 per cent of their leg ulcer patients : all nine EHA patches were therefore adequately represented .
15 Although he traded in Australian citizenship for an American passport for business reasons , he still has a stranglehold on 60 per cent of Australia 's main newspapers .
16 Do you see what I mean , see most of this has been done for the convenience of the Quick Save Supermarkets on that er , I should say .
17 An i an immediate going out to work on this re remedying the brickwork problem , which is getting , the cracking is significant and , and potentially dangerous at the moment , the full refurbishment of the block , which the grant applications are in for , and the opening er and asking the Recreation Ground Committee to r reexamine the opening of the toilets .
18 HVX is currently in alpha test on uni-processor RS/6000s , but it will only be delivered for multi-processors , Fowler says , because GCOS 6 applications need the power multi-processors can offer .
19 Yes I would n't like to say too much about this you know I 'm I 'm only a farmer I 'm no expert on these thi you know just from things I feel really erm .
20 It is also possible that acid base transport systems regulate cell proliferation not via changes in pH i but via secondary effects on intracellular Na or Cl - concentrations or cell volume .
21 This process , begun in 1946 with the acclaim for Great Expectations , reached its peak with the 1974 publication of Masterworks of the British Cinema , a book that included the script of Brief Encounter but zealously forbade its readers to praise the man who wrote it : ‘ Brief Encounter , indeed , constitutes almost a declaration of independence on Lean 's part from his fruitful but by 1945 no doubt increasingly constricting association with Coward 's writing . ’
22 In terms of votes , the ITN/Harris exit poll showed the Conservatives on 41 per cent compared with Labour 's 36 per cent — much closer to the final result than earlier polls .
23 It puts support for them at 13 per cent ( up five points on last month ) , with Labour in the lead on 41 per cent ( down three ) , SNP on 24 per cent ( down two ) and Conservatives on 21 per cent ( down one ) .
24 The 1982 budget has already fallen short of spending targets — thanks to a prime ministerial freeze on 25 per cent of capital spending .
25 We we think we see eye to eye with the county council on this er provided it is clearly in the the acceptable needs of the district will be met by taking areas of countryside .
26 If the IPR talks had failed , the USA , under Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade Act , would have imposed retaliatory duties on some US$450,000 million worth of Chinese imports .
27 During discussions on the type of fabric suitable for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ sheets she stuck to her insistence on 100 per cent cotton .
28 in the transportation planning committee yesterday , and the , one of the question of opposing them , it was what was going to block , that they , wh wha were they members , gon na get for their pockets and their own patches , and er , I I think , so I mean , I asked a a a councillor , well I asked a question on five per cent for me yesterday , and my response was , yes , precisely .
29 In Denmark pregnant women were entitled to 26 weeks on 90 per cent of salary .
30 It puts support for them at 13 per cent ( up five points on last month ) , with Labour in the lead on 41 per cent ( down three ) , SNP on 24 per cent ( down two ) and Conservatives on 21 per cent ( down one ) .
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