Example sentences of "[coord] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , even though the work described here is certainly concerned with grammar ( and not , for example , based on sociological data or on lexical classification ) , it can not be denied that it is remote from much of modern writing on grammar . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not so easy to buy land or factories , so as soon as someone makes money they spend it on a top-of-the-range Mercedes or on expensive furniture for their flat . ’ |
| 3 | Moreover , federal states , whether they are based on Christian Democratic ‘ subsidiarity ’ theories or on Anglo-Saxon separation of power theories , have been unable to resist the tendency to centralise , from which all states suffer . |
| 4 | Their popularity is due to the lower cost of ‘ consolidated ’ shipments , in which freight forwarders place the cargo of several shippers in the same container or on pre-leased space in a vessel . |
| 5 | Or on Dry Land |
| 6 | Tissue samples were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen or on dry ice in a cryoprotective broth and stored frozen . |
| 7 | ‘ Outside broadcasts ’ are reminders that for years TV was a cumbersome medium , happiest in the studio or on set piece occasions such as the Cup Final , which could be planned well in advance . |
| 8 | Access was provided by one staircase and goods were stored either directly on the platform floors or on low racking . |
| 9 | Where judgment is given for a sum which exceeds £200 and represents or includes damages in respect of personal injuries , or in respect of a person 's death , the court must include in that sum interest on those damages or on such part of them as the court considers appropriate , unless the court is satisfied that there are special reasons why no interest should be given ( ibid , s 69 ) . |
| 10 | A book or set of books giving information about every branch of knowledge , or on one subject , with entries in alphabetical order . |
| 11 | Profuse sweat all over or on one side . |
| 12 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 13 | By the late nineteenth century , peasant farmers were responsible for the great bulk of farm produce , whether on allotment land belonging to the commune or on private land bought or rented from the nobility . |
| 14 | Feelings about these different tasks do not seem to be dependent primarily on temperament or on personal background ; rather they emerge as related to the kind of conditions under which the tasks are performed . |
| 15 | The two tubes are reached through a small cut ( about 1 cm long ) either in the middle , or on each side of the scrotum ( bag holding the testicles ) . |
| 16 | a levy on borrowers either on each credit transaction or on each account . |
| 17 | or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road in that … ( specify defect ) . |
| 18 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 19 | ‘ to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) 'means that the danger or potential danger is sufficient if it applies to passengers or even the driver of the motor vehicle concerned . |
| 20 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to person in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road in that … |
| 21 | Presumably after that we w or on that date we 'll start to get phone calls ? |
| 22 | Liability while the vehicle is in or on that part of an aerodrome , airport , airfield or military base provided for : |
| 23 | Liability while the vehicle is in or on that part of an aerodrome , airport , airfield or military base provided for : |
| 24 | Liability while the vehicle is in or on that part of an aerodrome , airport , airfield or military base provided for : |
| 25 | Liability while the vehicle is in or on that part of an aerodrome , airport , airfield or military base provided for : |
| 26 | The emphasis in some courses is upon contemporary history , or current problems in politics , or on present day dilemmas in morality and ethics . |
| 27 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 28 | Yet it is clear that there is significant and sustained conflict , over some crucial cultural issues , between the state in its simplest form ( as in legislation on obscenity or on official information ) or the ‘ apparatus ’ in its more complex form ( as in religious or educational campaigns against ‘ sex-and-violence ’ or ‘ materialism ’ ) , and the actual profitable operations of the capitalist market . |
| 29 | It has also been suggested that they and other less-fortunately-placed inhabitants provided a reservoir of day-labourers for nearby landowners to help on the land at harvest time or on other labour intensive occasions . |
| 30 | We are not immediately concerned whether they are based on off-line , optical discs or on online technology by way of broadband networks . |