Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland , Romania and Yugoslavia had all applied for membership as of mid-1991 , while Albania applied for observer status on June 25 , 1991 . |
| 2 | Lewis plans to take a long break — in Britain — after first heading to Las Vegas to commentate for Sky TV on the November 13 title battle between reigning champion Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe that will decide his opponent next April . |
| 3 | More trusts now account for dividend income on an xd basis rather than when the cash is received . |
| 4 | Mellor , 43 , addressed the Commons to explain why he quit as Heritage Secretary on Thursday . |
| 5 | A lengthy diversion is expected for northbound traffic on the A5 wishing to go east on the North Circular — via Cricklewood Lane and Hendon Way . |
| 6 | Gerhard Stoltenberg , 63 , resigned as Defence Minister on March 31 . |
| 7 | Tun Daim Zainuddin , who had resigned as Finance Minister on March 15 , was appointed on Aug. 29 to a ministerial-level post as leader of the Malaysian delegation in talks on setting up a " northern growth triangle " with Indonesia and Thailand to develop economic relations between Malaysia 's northern states , northern Sumatra and southern Thailand . |
| 8 | Branson did not need them to tell him the damage that could be done to the airline 's reputation by a story appearing about engine failure on the day before the inaugural flight . |
| 9 | Investors could be either individual or corporate concerns and should qualify for tax relief on their investment . ’ |
| 10 | However , he is not certain to be suited by this stiffer test of stamina , and anyway has plenty to find with newcomer PURITAN on Flat form . |
| 11 | The humble herring was treated as crude workaday fare , and in our household we might have pickled herring on Sunday , soused herring on Monday , herrings in sour cream on Tuesday , schmaltz herring on Wednesday , and herrings fried in matzo meal on Thursday . |
| 12 | A plane belonging to Indonesia 's state-run Merpati Nusantara Airlines crashed in North Sulawesi on May 10 , killing all 13 people on board . |
| 13 | Cursing rugby toffs in terror rampage on jet |
| 14 | A week later , Gould described the dramatic and exciting moment when , as he and his companions were returning from hunting kangaroo on a distant part of the Namoi plain , they approached a small group of acacia trees , and he met with the bronzewing once again : |
| 15 | Strict standards of pollution control are relaxed for those " offenders " who are committed to spending money on improving methods of sewage treatment . |
| 16 | In today 's preliminary hearings at the High Court a 36-year-old farmer and 25-year-old X-ray technician both claim a right to asylum under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to Refugee Status on the ground that they have a well-founded fear of persecution if they are deported . |
| 17 | A referendum would give the membership views but Council , whilst spending madly on the Hay Report , would no doubt object to spending money on a democratic exercise which might upset cherished opinion . |
| 18 | Moving on to the smaller lifeboats Mr Vernon referred to development work on a 22ft version of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable at the RNLI 's Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes . |
| 19 | Finishes at lunch time on Sunday . |
| 20 | Billy Arjan Singh lives at Tiger Haven on the borders of Dudwa National Park in the Indian province of Uttar Pradesh . |
| 21 | Ince had earlier aggravated the shoulder injury he sustained at Villa Park on Monday , but is expected to be fit to face West Ham at Old Trafford on Wednesday . |
| 22 | The informal proletariat does not have the independence that control over means of production and labour power implies and must survive at subsistence level on casual wages . |
| 23 | As the situation is so delicate and as negotiations with the CODESA committees are currently under way , will he not — please not — do anything to damage that process by precipitate action on sanctions ? |
| 24 | The accused drew by cheque card on a bank balance which had insufficient funds to meet the sum . |
| 25 | Finally , the stimulatory activity in fraction MQ 0.4 was further purified by affinity chromatography on columns containing covalently linked TBP , a method by which TFIIA can specifically be enriched ( 14 , 20 ) . |
| 26 | North of Thornton Gate sidings the tramroad passes between farming land on one side and the playing fields of Rossall School on the other . |
| 27 | After two washes , the stained cells were assayed for fluorescence intensity on a FACScan cell sorter ( Becton Dickinson , Mountain View , CA , USA ) . |
| 28 | Andrew and John were recruited with the objective of being prepared for Shell work on the Brent contract , and have systematically followed a route of planned training , to work for Wood Group Engineering Contractors on a Shell site and installation . |
| 29 | Plans were prepared for trolleybus conversion on a large scale . |
| 30 | Another minor concession was lowering the income limits for tax relief on private health insurance to £8,500 . |