Example sentences of "[noun] on a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emphasis needs to be on alleviating the problems of day-to-day administration , which can exert a disruptive effect on a personnel department because of the large amounts of work created for short amounts of time . |
| 2 | Ask any player who has been unfortunate enough to fire a ball into the thick marram grass of a dune on a links and he 'll tell you there is only one way out — pick it up and start again . |
| 3 | One , a twenty five year old woman , appeared before magistrates in Dursley this afternoon charged with attempted grevious bodily harm on a police seargeant . |
| 4 | KORG A2 or A3 guitar cards to borrow or a system exclusive data on a 3½″ computer disk . |
| 5 | Regional programming sees the return of dumped ITV soccer pundits Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves on a sports debate programme . |
| 6 | After discussing the problem of defining the return on a futures position , the distribution of futures returns is considered . |
| 7 | Next , the issue of whether the return on a futures contract includes a risk premium is examined . |
| 8 | The arithmetic return on a futures contract might be expressed as the change in the price of the future during the period ( F t +1 ; - F t ) , divided by the initial investment ( I t ) . |
| 9 | In consequence , it is not possible to define a rate of return on a futures contract , and some other type of analysis must be used which does not require the use of the sum invested . |
| 10 | The actual rate of return on a futures position depends both on whether the position is long or short , and on the amount of margin that has to be paid . |
| 11 | It 's just one more indication of the madness of war that four lads from Montreal or Quebec should lose their lives on a Dales hill . |
| 12 | Norman met Lester on a Housemartins tour ; out-and-out indie group that expired before James Brown 's Funky Drums became the backbone to every white dance record . |
| 13 | Violent incidents included stone-throwing and attacks on a police station and the Buddhist Association offices . |
| 14 | A BRAVE police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers by grabbing the raiders ' shotgun . |
| 15 | Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop . |
| 16 | Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop . |
| 17 | In addition , even if it does not have a UK office , a non-UK firm nonetheless needs to be authorised for investment business carried on from a non-UK office with customers or counterparties in the UK on a services basis unless the FSA 's overseas person exemption applies ; this indeed also applies to UK firms ( see page 43 below ) . |
| 18 | Like last year , it also seeks a disapplication of the pre-VXKVK rights on a rights issue so as to allow the Directors , when making a rights issue , to exclude or make such other arrangements as may be appropriate to resolve legal or practical problems which might for example arise with overseas shareholders . |
| 19 | Two officers on a police patrol launch stationed just across the river at Westminster Pier saved the youngster 's life . |
| 20 | Cones , like regular lumps on a potters wheel , whirl around and around . |
| 21 | Speaking at his home at James Street , Falkirk , Graeme explained that before the incident , he had worked for a short spell on a YTS course with ScotRail , before taking a job as a gardener . |
| 22 | Remembering that anything that bodes to threaten concentration in wood-machining is a prime risk , let us consider a router cutter revolving at anything up to 24,000rpm sitting midway between 12 highly unstably-sprung devices whose proper purpose in life is the support of wet laundry on a clothes line . |
| 23 | A High Court judge reserved judgment until later this week on a damages claim by the family of Paul Worrell , aged 21 , who hanged himself at Brixton Prison , London , in 1982 . |
| 24 | Since the issue price can be fixed so that it is virtually impossible for the rights price to become negative , companies which pay underwriting commission on a rights issue are making an expensive ex gratia payment . |
| 25 | The modern pressures on a clergy family do not seem to be explained to the laity . |
| 26 | The notice on a men 's urinal at the back of the inn at Hardraw simply announced ‘ Beer Depository ’ . |
| 27 | Erm , I 'd just like to ask Sir Leonard whether the nature of the issues that are dealt with by environmental organisations , erm , indeed arguments such as pays etc. erm , introduces a difference in the nature of the relationship between the private sector and environmental N G Os , particularly when the issues that we promote , such as su the sustainable use of the world resources and the reduction of environmental degradation can have a direct impact on a companies bottom line . |
| 28 | Comparisons are with restated figures to reflect the acquisition of Advanced Telecommunications Corp on a pooling-of-interests basis on December 1992 . |
| 29 | Scandinavia had had even less success in the numerous discussions on a customs union , and the topic had been given no priority in the plans of the Nordic Council . |
| 30 | Teesside licensing justices yesterday delayed a decision on a drinks licence for the £1.25m Anchor International project , planned for Clairville Common , Middlesbrough . |