Example sentences of "[noun prp] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did the agency consult a commission of independent scientists set up by Congress with the specific task of advising the EPA on such matters . |
| 2 | Only the papers by R. Derby and H.J. Kleintjes on acetylenic glycols serving as surfactants in emulsion and dispersion paints which minimise the water-sensitivity of the final coatings ; the paper by P.J. Moles on zirconium derivatives as cross-linking agents ; and the papers on urethane-polymeric thickeners and ionomer dispersions by J.H. Bieleman and by W.D . |
| 3 | An actor who had written to Meredith on many occasions — always enclosing , as his wife was at pains to point out , his page number in Spotlight and a stamped addressed envelope , without ever once receiving so much as an acknowledgement in return — was unfortunately dead . |
| 4 | He began to redesign and embellish Strawberry Hill on Gothic lines in the 1750s . |
| 5 | It has invaded Angola on several occasions , and has launched punitive raids on alleged African National Congress ( ANC ) bases in a number of neighbouring countries . |
| 6 | Havel visited Moscow on Feb. 26-27 , holding talks with President Gorbachev on bilateral relations and developments in Europe , including the unification of the two German states ( on which the two leaders were reported to hold a very close position ) . |
| 7 | As a new member of Alec 's staff in 1957 , I was grateful to Basil and his art colleagues for welcoming me and inviting , me to take part in their weekend courses at Woolley on many occasions . |
| 8 | Decisions will be made in Brussels on social matters whatever happens and I am not convinced that those decisions would be affected by any new form of regional government . |
| 9 | He 'd been a boarder himself — last year when his parents went to the States on three months ’ sabbatical . |
| 10 | A " common front " with the United States on some issues had its attractions , as is indicated by British disappointment when Washington declined to join the Baghdad Pact with Iraq , Iran and other Middle Eastern states in 1955 . |
| 11 | Who knows where it will all lead ? ’ — Rupert Murdoch on five years of his satellite TV station Sky . |
| 12 | Here , he would have heard of poor Mansfield 's terrible death following a naphtha fire in a derelict building in St Pancras , as well as of G. F. Wilson 's new processes for producing cheap glycerin soaps and ( Price 's patents ) candles from low-grade fats , and of Abel and Spiller 's progress at Woolwich Arsenal on organo-nitrate explosives . |
| 13 | It 's not often that sponsorship pays off so handsomely , and Pick-popper Sanderson Electronics Plc must be feeling pretty pleased with itself , getting to both cup finals : its local team , Sheffield Wednesday , whose players bear the Sanderson name on their breasts , will be contesting the League Cup this weekend and the FA Cup in May — against Arsenal on both occasions . |
| 14 | The Embassy 's letter , from Zvi Rav — Ner , information counsellor , stated that Mr Nathan was charged with breaking the law after having met Arafat on several occasions in 1990 and 1991 . |
| 15 | JOE HYAM On unhealthy obsessions with diet |
| 16 | GTE Corp signed a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of Lynch Corp for the sale of its telephone service area in Kansas on undisclosed terms : GTE put 2,300 access lines in Kansas up for sale in January , where it has three employees serving 13 exchanges in the state ; after the purchase , Lynch will have 10,750 access lines in five states . |
| 17 | He had been violent towards Ann on several occasions . |
| 18 | Ted Smith was a marvellous goalscorer for Crystal Palace on both sides of the Great War and , if that awful event had not reduced the impact of his career with us , it is almost certain that he and not Peter Simpson would have been our leading goalscorer of all time . |
| 19 | Perhaps he saw Erik on those stairs , and wanted to help us . ’ |
| 20 | The United Nations said on Tuesday that three single-engined propeller-driven craft — one biplane and two monoplanes — dropped bombs last Saturday on two villages south-east of the besieged Muslim town of Srebrenica . |
| 21 | The pictures were sent to BAIE News in Dorking on three disks and input into the QuarkXPress file used for the typesetting and artwork . |
| 22 | NEC Corp is now such a star in workstations in the Japanese market that Sanyo Electric Corp , which had developed its own Icon workstations around the MIPS Computer Systems Inc R-series RISC , has decided instead to work with NEC on MIPS-based workstations and buy the resulting products in OEM , the Nikkei Industrial Daily reports . |
| 23 | Championship leaders Ralph Ewing and Kevin McCracken finished fourth in their MG Midget on 45 penalties . |
| 24 | Ken , however , was more than once seen to go into his bed and fall fast asleep — undoubtedly the pressure of working in the theatre at night and recording Beyond Our Ken on other mornings proved too much and was reminiscent of another time when he fell asleep . |
| 25 | He was aware of one thing about Ken on these trips : his concern about a lack of education which he made up for with his voracious reading . |
| 26 | This said , I have recorded Poppea on original instruments for Virgin and enjoyed it immensely . ’ |
| 27 | It has been observed that Christian fortresses in Syria on numerous occasions failed to act as any sort of check on the movement of Muslim armies . |
| 28 | Further fighting was reported in eastern and central Croatia and in Dalmatia on several occasions between March 15 and 24 . |
| 29 | The Donation also claimed that the Emperor Constantine on ceremonial occasions had performed the office of strator ( leading the horse ) and strepa ( holding the stirrup ) for the pope , signifying an almost feudal servility . |
| 30 | This is across Buckinghamshire on two legs ! |