Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its six is n't a BMW six — not smooth and eager , but more stolid and insistent , bigger on torque than on power and with no special desire to rev more than it has to . |
| 2 | And one which found that its ambitious expansion plans were rather more difficult in practice than on paper . |
| 3 | But the poem progressed farther in the mind than on paper , and all that survives of it are some verse fragments describing the distant wail of swallows and seagulls , water dripping one Sunday from the miller 's wheel ( perhaps at Kilve ) , the snow blown curling from a wood ‘ like pillars of cottage smoke ’ , and a wild Quantock pony racing in the wind . |
| 4 | A YOUNG Belfast man has been jailed for two years for the manslaughter of a Galway barman while on holiday in Salthill last summer . |
| 5 | Combined with our 450 local departure points , unique airport check-in service and expert guidance while on tour , you will not get better value for money . |
| 6 | At present , if there is an objection to bail on the ground that the young offender may commit another crime while on bail , there are two alternatives . |
| 7 | TOUGHER laws to stem the rising number of juveniles committing crime while on bail in Hartlepool , were called for yesterday . |
| 8 | Ian Dowie , a former missile engineer , was launched into international football by Northern Ireland yesterday — less than 48 hours after he was grounded by a red card while on loan with Fulham . |
| 9 | Hagan 's conviction for rape and murder while on bail has brought calls tonight for the law on the granting of bail to be changed . |
| 10 | A lawyer whose client committed murder while on bail says he 's opposed to a new law which could lead to more people being remanded in custody . |
| 11 | The Home Secretary has unveiled plans to crackdown on people who commit crime whilst on bail . |
| 12 | I personally never rated Ickx as a driver or as a human being and Regazzoni , though a great step upwards from the slick gigolo type that Ickx liked to play , like a second-rate understudy for Jean-Paul Belmondo , always struck me as stronger on brawn and stubbornness than on brain . |
| 13 | In some respects European law is based more on case law than on statute . |
| 14 | Thus , for Scottish legitimate births : Note , however , that in the presence of birth control , fertility is almost more dependent on duration of marriage than on age itself . |
| 15 | Another recent experiment in which rats with broken bones were sent into orbit showed that they are slower to heal in microgravity than on Earth . |
| 16 | His back was cured within a couple of weeks — not , it turns out , as a result of the acupuncture but after a bit of dancing while on holiday . |
| 17 | Our research was designed to ensure that the field-worker was also around a great deal and was stubborn in exploiting the naturally occurring situations of privacy , where natural conversation is inevitable because it is interactionally difficult to abstain from it , such as in the back of vehicles , in the sanger while on guard duty , relaxing in many of the recreational rooms , or off duty . |
| 18 | Philip Giles fell more than thirty feet onto a hillside while on holdiay in California but doctors expect him to make a full recovery . |
| 19 | First , they may have difficulty in obtaining the permission of their employers or colleagues to absent themselves from work while on council business . |
| 20 | Caring for your curls is top priority — on Page 18 we put intensive conditioners to the test while on Page 43 you can win a brilliant Reverso Hairdryer from BaByliss to style your new look to perfection ! |
| 21 | Despite Barbarossa 's will and energy , his plans fell apart immediately upon his sudden death ; the tragedy of such an able ruler drowning while on crusade shook the entire system which he strove to uphold . |
| 22 | How can I safely protect my young children 's skin from the sun when on holiday ? |
| 23 | What is inferred from it is based almost as much on guesswork as on evidence . |
| 24 | With no traffic connections it 's hard to reach any spot in the town except on foot , which is very dangerous . |
| 25 | A SCHOOLGIRL killed in a road smash while on holiday won FOUR A-level passes with A grades , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 26 | Ex-model Kathy , 17 , from Alderley Edge , Cheshire , was said to have lost her job while on holiday . |
| 27 | Has Olsen said that if they play first team whilst on loan — this will count ? |
| 28 | Ernest had been killed in 1940 in an aircraft accident when on duty as a Drogue Operator . |
| 29 | She would make it up as she went along — like a story told to a child at bedtime ; like a clever lie that relies as much on the truth as on deception . |
| 30 | A decision to borrow depends as much on confidence as on affluence . |