Example sentences of "[verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven projects were funded under this initiative ; three focussed on multilingual education whilst the other four were concerned with the relationship of ethnic minority pupils with their white counterparts , their teachers and the organisational structure of schools . |
| 2 | Anyway , he will certainly act on good ground . ’ |
| 3 | It is not yet known how the active components of ginseng , compounds called triterpenoidal saponins , achieve these effects , although by analogy with the related steroidal saponins , such as digitalis , they may act on specific cell membranes . |
| 4 | Commercial battles are not always won on technical merit , and at present X Windows is probably winning . |
| 5 | For example , the Oxford Text Archive is a collection of computerised texts , each of which you can buy on floppy disc for the price of a printed copy . |
| 6 | Hornby delivers the expected critical kicking to out-of-touch literary lads Martin Amis and Bill Buford , meditates on fannish obsession and the emptiness of suburban adolescence and finds time to ponder the eternal mysteries ( eg Malcolm Macdonald 's sideburns ) . |
| 7 | The possibility of being attacked on public transport is still low , especially if you avoid the more notorious stations , such as those in Central London and at the southern end of the Northern Line . |
| 8 | as if this were n't enough , we bounced on oversized ball , wielded staves for posture , learnt national dances and songs , explored the mediaeval charms of Coburg and neighbouring Bamberg or wallowed in the thermal baths of Rodach — and of course consumed enormous and excellent meals at the college , supplemented with German cakes in the town ( not to mention German wine … — . |
| 9 | It bounced on initial impact and came to rest inverted . |
| 10 | Most bonds have fixed or variable interest rates and are listed/quoted on major stock exchanges . |
| 11 | Not as good as yesterday evening when I dined on roast chicken , not very well cooked , but certainly much better than this homely fare . |
| 12 | This reduction reflects lower rates of interest earned on short term investment . |
| 13 | The dangers of overtaking on high speed single carriageways are well known . |
| 14 | Although 1988 was characterised by a freer , more open intellectual atmosphere , it was clear that the Party still held ultimate authority and would not tolerate criticism that bordered on political dissent . |
| 15 | A strange band , they rode a jazzy musical offshoot which often bordered on directionless experimentalism . |
| 16 | The largest antarctic seals are southern elephant seals , which breed on cool temperate and antarctic fringe islands ; immature animals appear on antarctic mainland coasts in summer . |
| 17 | You appear on intellectual talk shows . |
| 18 | It focusses on small-scale interaction rather than society as a whole . |
| 19 | City : WMI shares leap on grey market |
| 20 | Certainly he trained at Bologna and was a doctor of civil law by c .1270 , when he was invited to lecture on civil law for a year by the city of Modena in northern Italy . |
| 21 | Through her efforts a mission hall was built , where she started to lecture on moral purity . |
| 22 | Its 135 year-old Gasworks are located on Irish Quarter West , near the centre of the town . |
| 23 | On the other hand the Kingdom might appear like a blaze of lights from a city located on high ground which can be seen from miles around ( Matt. |
| 24 | But after appearing on Central Television the sanctuary has been inundated with calls from people offering the animals a home . |
| 25 | Something similar has started appearing on British television , so if they have to be shown surely the details could be kept to a minimum and shown for the shortest possible time . |
| 26 | This statement and the Declaration as a whole has been claimed on good authority as ‘ the most controversial document of the whole Council ’ ( J. Courtney Murray : Abbott , p. 673 ) . |
| 27 | April 9 : DHC–2 Beaver N9028 written-off when broke through ice after landing on frozen lake at Oak Island , Minnesota . |
| 28 | Landing on various board squares has the following consequences : |
| 29 | ‘ The Graces dwelt on ev'ry Limb : |
| 30 | Poetry , says Jakobson , is ‘ organized violence committed on ordinary speech ’ ( Erlich 1980 : 219 ) , and Formalist work on poetry covers three main areas where this violence is carried out . |