Example sentences of "[adj] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the holder of a valid certificate in a form supplied by the Secretary of State , containing the information required by it , and signed by a medical practitioner to the effect that it is inadvisable on medical grounds for him to wear a seatbelt ; |
| 2 | Bradley , while still cool towards the British on certain issues , agreed that in the event of war some Anglo-American " equivalent " of the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the Second World War would be necessary . |
| 3 | The main headband consists of a lightweight moulded arc and a broad artificial leather strap is set within this on sliding brackets for adjusting to make the most comfortable support . |
| 4 | It 's not merely a false stance though : the only person who knows the real Morrissey , his mother , has proved this on many occasions by telephoning Rough Trade 's office to complain about their handling of her delicate son . |
| 5 | We believe the capitalist state and its institutions to be at the heart of this oppression , and that we must organise and educate women to deal with this on varying levels . |
| 6 | You will only want to do this on rare occasions . |
| 7 | The local team 's reply to England 's 334 for 4 was a not unimpressive 221 for 3 , with a trio of schoolboy prodigies ( 'We could produce them like this on better pitches , ’ Stewart said ) in their line-up . |
| 8 | He based this on certain words and gestures of Dominic 's last night , while you were all three together after dinner . ’ |
| 9 | An Inquiry headed by an Irish High Court Judge , Mr Justice Declan Costello , firmly placed the responsibility for this on two corporations , Total and Gulf , who deliberately decided not to carry out necessary repair work costing a mere £130,000 because they intended to sell the tanker . |
| 10 | An Inquiry headed by an Irish High Court Judge , Mr Justice Declan Costello firmly placed the responsibility for this on two corporations , Total and Gulf , ‘ who deliberately decided not to carry out necessary repair work costing a mere £130,000 because they intended to sell the tanker' ( The Observer 27.7.80 : 2 ) . |
| 11 | I based this on two sets of data . |
| 12 | My dealer suggested I treat them for gill flukes , so I did this on two occasions but it made no difference . |
| 13 | Little more than $200,000,000 for the first year was pledged , however , with some $60,000,000 of this on concessional terms ; further pledges of $150,000,000 were forthcoming for the 1991-93 period . |
| 14 | They blamed this on those circles who obstructed ‘ the restoration of the legal rights of the Peoples ’ Republic of Kampuchea as a participant of the Movement ’ and therefore an ‘ objective approach ’ to the ‘ zone of peace ’ . |
| 15 | So , I 'm sure members of this Committee have heard this on several occasions as we 've introduced the system , but we have had to put in a fairly complex and detailed system of assessing people 's needs , producing care packages to meet those needs , offering choice to those people , and responding to that choice , then doing what the D S S used to do , I E , a financial assessment of their ability to meet the costs of that care , and settling our contribution , and we 're involved therefore in contracting with the independent sector for purchase of that care , and with the collection of contributions from those individuals , with increasing numbers and increasing complexity . |
| 16 | For instance , a businessman could habitually send customers a typed standard contract and then negotiate on that , or , having had his lawyers draw up a special contract on one occasion , he could start to use this on subsequent occasions as if it were a precedent . |
| 17 | The impact of this on local economies could be considerable . |
| 18 | In theory the theatre can hold about 2,800 people , although new security measures limit this on most occasions to around 2,000 . |
| 19 | erm erm Brian calls us experts at the beginning of the programme erm everyone listening knows we ca n't all be experts of course on all these things , we 're just sort of amateurishly trying to be sensible on these questions . |
| 20 | This caution about tackling long-term problems , though very unpopular with the politicians and an impatient press , was obviously justifiable on practical grounds , so long as the war went on . |
| 21 | If , as will be considered next , companies serve the public interest by seeking to maximise their profits , then the shareholders ' rights may be justifiable on functional grounds , that is , by virtue of their role in securing the efficient operation of the business . |
| 22 | The yellow brain fungus Tremella mesenterica is conspicuous on dead twigs and branches at this time . |
| 23 | Railways were also built on Antigua , Barbados , Haiti , and Trinidad , but stations were always rudimentary on these islands . |
| 24 | There is therefore no elaboration in the forum proceedings on hierarchical directives to their faithful on constitutional matters . |
| 25 | It 's entertaining on both levels |
| 26 | They are wrong on all counts . |
| 27 | In this section , I have argued that the inductivist is wrong on two counts . |
| 28 | ‘ Wrong on three counts , ’ said a gruff voice from the door . |
| 29 | The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions . |
| 30 | Pretoria was wrong on both counts . |