Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | By the end of the day almost all universities were occupied or on strike , as were many hospitals . |
| 2 | For instance , did you know that on average they have increased spending on books and equipment by ninety percent and that sixty percent of schools employ at least one more teacher and many employ more classroom support staff and that morale among teachers is widely reported to be higher , even where before those teachers opposed grant maintained status . |
| 3 | I say that on behalf of the party he beat as opposed to the one that he put into third place — the Conservative party , which was marginalised in that by-election . |
| 4 | I say that on behalf of the permanent year-round staff at Festival House ( 3.5 people for the Festival and 2.0 for QFT ) but also on behalf of the professional staffs of the Grand Opera House , the Lyric , the Arts , the Ulster Orchestra , the Ulster Hall , the Ulster Museum , Stranmillis College , the Old Museum — in fact , all who help make the Festival the great event it is . |
| 5 | It is reported that on discharge from hospital on the thirty-sixth postoperative day " he appeared to have perfectly normal powers of comprehension of the spoken word " and was able to refer to the medical and nursing staff by name . |
| 6 | In another case , headlined as ‘ The Alleged Hooligan Tragedy ’ , a man died after a street-fight and it was reported that on arrival at hospital he had made a statement to the effect that , ‘ I got my injuries in the Borough through being kicked to death by Hooligans . ’ |
| 7 | An in-depth review of 6,000 of the group 's 11,000 free-trade loans found that on top of £10m to be provided against beer profits , a further £37m was needed to cover it against potential problems on 2,000 accounts . |
| 8 | It found that on average , women expect to be taken out to dinner ten times before they 'll have sex with a man . ’ |
| 9 | They found that on average the unit trusts had increased their investments in short-term assets from 9 per cent in 1972 to 27.9 per cent in 1974 . |
| 10 | Marsh found that on average there was a fall of 0.9 per cent for a short period after the shares went ex-rights . |
| 11 | They found that on average , a gastrin concentration of 1000 pg/ml ( -500 pmol/l ) gave maximal gastric acid stimulation . |
| 12 | The brothers found that on average over the six months they had incurred costs for advertising , petrol etc. which amounted to £10 for each bed sold . |
| 13 | In the earlier 5-year plans many environmentally destructive problems arose ; the relocated Indonesians found that on arrival , despite a policy of grass planting on a contour basis , soil erosion had already occurred resulting in nutrient depletion . |
| 14 | It was that smell that on summer mornings most clearly brought back to her the lanes of her Shropshire childhood . |
| 15 | Birkett reported that on occasion a single warrant had been issued to cover a number of names , a practice which the committee criticized as being ‘ undesirable ’ . |
| 16 | It says , The report concludes that on balance , the most appropriate area of research for a new settlement Greater York is the corridor along the A sixty four T on the North East of York . |
| 17 | Now this , is er , also , and this is to do with the interest earned and on revenue balances . |
| 18 | A pupil observation checklist was prepared on which originally , seating plans were included but on advice , largely concerned with difficulty of interpretation , this was removed . |
| 19 | On bail bandits people who offended while on bail he promised to bring in legislation to increase the penalties and set up bail hostels . |
| 20 | Bob Weighill , the home unions secretary , added : ‘ It is not normal for rugby union players to work while on tour . ’ |
| 21 | In these states , the security forces enjoy legal immunity from prosecution for offences committed while on duty . |
| 22 | In 1988 , Brenda admitted to the worry that her husband might be tempted to stray while on tour . |
| 23 | The boy admitted five charges of joyriding and absconding while on bail . |
| 24 | of defendants granted bail were convicted of an offence committed whilst on bail , this means that some 83 to 90 per cent . |
| 25 | probability , at least ) to offend whilst on bail , and ( ii ) that a custodial remand is the only justifiable way of responding to this prediction , lesser methods of prevention ( e.g. through bail hostels or other methods ) being likely to fail ? |
| 26 | I understand the hon. Gentleman 's concern , which is shared by my Department , but I do not think that on reflection he would want the defence industry to be singled out for particular treatment from our other manufacturing industries . |
| 27 | So , in a case where the seller was to build a yacht for the buyer and they agreed that on payment of the first instalment the vessel and all materials used in its construction should become the absolute property of the buyer , the court held that nevertheless no property passed on payment of the first instalment because at that time the boat 's construction had not commenced and the materials to be used had not yet been identified , McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth Ltd. ( 1958 Q.B. ) . |
| 28 | Mitchell has calculated that on average in the 1760s two new towns per year appeared as the source of printed material and that this had grown to an average of seven per year in the 1790s . |
| 29 | The Reform Alliance announced that on top of the agreed agenda , they wanted congress to make a decision on four issues . |
| 30 | I fear that on health , as on other issues , that is all too true . |