Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was increased by a further NZ$3.049bn for non-cash costs , mostly unrealised losses on forex liabilities and depreciation ; and reduced by NZ$0.428bn in respect of net capital expenditures . |
| 2 | It sounds a trivial thing — this common pasture right for six months of the year — but it had the most devastating effect on town development , in the Midlands above all . |
| 3 | Hence the theorem can only be valid under rather specific assumptions on industry cost structure . |
| 4 | It took a little time , but er , eventually he got it , and now I 'm delighted to say he 's one of the most organised managers on earth . |
| 5 | And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy . |
| 6 | But he argues that Canadians have one of the most consumer-orientated societies on earth . |
| 7 | Beneath that cool , aloof manner of hers , Gay was the most understanding person on earth , and she never made the mistake of saying too much . |
| 8 | Where are you calling from we 're very loud with callers today I know I 'm not the most exciting thing on radio but you know there must be some callers out there somewhere ? |
| 9 | The Empress Suite was one of the most sumptuous accommodations on board , more like a penthouse apartment than a suite . |
| 10 | Many extremely interesting publications on art currently only exist as a one-off draft . |
| 11 | Could this be the break that Virginia Bottomley is looking for in her battle to rein in public spending on health ? |
| 12 | Of course , Liszt makes somewhat different demands on soloist and orchestra than Schumann , but there is no lack of extrovert virtuosity in the present performance . |
| 13 | By the time the PAC had returned to the negotiating table in April , after boycotting an earlier round of talks within the framework of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa , it had adopted a highly equivocal stand on violence , committing itself to a negotiated settlement but asserting its right to continue the ‘ armed struggle ’ . |
| 14 | The work load on every flight is variable and can be increased to an extremely high level on contact with unexpected or stressful conditions . |
| 15 | At present it is relatively unspoilt with only small scale commercial exploitation ( a youth hostel , a mountaineering hut and a campsite ) , giving it a unique character that attracts those who prefer to visit less developed locations on holiday . |
| 16 | It can be of higher breaking strain than the kiteline itself , as weight and drag will have only minimal effect on performance . |
| 17 | Does the agreement by EEC states , albeit belated and as yet incomplete , to a series of apparently liberal Directives on competition and trade add up to a victory for the British view of what the Single Market should be about ? |
| 18 | Unlike the usual descriptions of repellent and apparently pointless tests on laboratory animals , hers was a wonderfully vivid account of her observations of wild chimps in their natural habitat . |
| 19 | However , there was substantial US Congressional opposition to a free trade pact with Mexico ; the US unions and the citrus and textile industries were drawing attention to the job losses which such an agreement could entail for the USA , while environmental groups lobbied to warn of the implications of Mexico 's less stringent controls on industry . |
| 20 | There could be exhibitions of the best tapestries and textiles , the finest portraiture , the most outstanding silver ; or the best of a certain period drawn together from National Trust houses ; and perhaps linked displays on craftmanship , techniques , restoration and conservation . |
| 21 | These figures are in the report , we are an authority that has an extremely good record on nursery education and I hope that no one will believe the attempt to try and black the good record that the Conservative and that have the Conservatives had have in this area . |
| 22 | The quest for greater knowledge was underpinned by a highly gender-specific discourse on sexuality . |
| 23 | If uniqueness is one quality that is attributed to the English village , then timelessness is the other , but again it is easy to confer an entirely spurious antiquity on village life , and even upon the physical structure of villages , which can be misleading . |
| 24 | We will reform the system for allocating grants to local councils and introduce less centralised rules on capital spending , enabling councils to make prudent long-term investment . |
| 25 | Take it easy , mellow out and generally adopt a less stressful outlook on life . |
| 26 | One of the most elementary and important lessons to be learned from model theory is that , even when we are tightly constrained by external correlations , it is still generally possible to construct a variety of models for a given set of data ( cf. the extremely useful comments on model construction and evaluation in connexion with language in Sternberg , 1963 ) . |
| 27 | During the 1980s , the British tended to buy bigger , high fuel-consumption cars , so increased taxes on petrol ( favoured by Patten ) would be an obvious way of driving them towards smaller , more economical cars with fewer noxious emissions . |
| 28 | Rollin , in particular , is openly critical of utopian pressure : ‘ However well intentioned , an extremely heavy emphasis on replacement is misdirected … . |
| 29 | It was believed that they were to stage yet another demonstration at the Party conference , this time during tomorrow 's crucially important debate on immigration . |
| 30 | And there are highly qualified instructors on hand to advise you . |