Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These included an extensive exchange of technical data on new weapons systems , exchange of information on the mobilization of military units , and a ban on military activities involving more than 400,000 troops or 900 tanks more than once every two years . |
| 2 | The collection of historical data on natural hazards is important since it is clear that their spatial pattern varies through time . |
| 3 | Some data on convicted prisoners are available . |
| 4 | However , serious doubt has been cast on the methodology used to collect this data on extra costs , suggesting that it grossly underestimates the true costs . |
| 5 | He examined the published data on 170 compounds tested in rodents by the National Cancer Institute ( NCI ) up to June 1980 . |
| 6 | It should also throw up interesting data on regional differences and preferences as each area , including Scotland , will also be surveyed as a distinct entity . |
| 7 | In last week 's case Jackson was fined a derisory £900 on three charges involving an Austin Montego . |
| 8 | In the case of 44% , it only happened once ; for 29% it happened more than once with the same person ; for 19% there were three or more different people on separate occasions . |
| 9 | France had announced on Dec. 1 that it was to start research on a new generation of high-speed trains capable of 350 kmph , compared with the existing speed of 300 kmph on some routes . |
| 10 | Virginia Bottomley , Minister for Health , has announced that some people on low incomes who also find it difficult to visit their local opticians will be able to get help from the NHS to pay for the optician to visit them at home . |
| 11 | Some people on low incomes , however , would be disadvantaged by this reform . |
| 12 | The general assumption by everyone involved on the Allied side , from 5 Corps up to AFHQ , had been that , in terms of the Yalta repatriation agreement , the " Cossacks " were Soviet citizens , and on that basis the decision in Principle had been made that , however much this may have regretted by some people on humanitarian grounds , the British obligation was to hand them over . |
| 13 | This can also explain why only some people on similar sorts of diet get sick and overweight , while others seem to stay slim and healthy . |
| 14 | For the few people on low incomes who do have credit , paying it off tends to soak up more of their budget than for people with higher incomes . |
| 15 | It is inevitable that much will be omitted in this study but the bibliography lists several larger and more detailed works on specific aspects of Charles and his effect upon European history and culture . |
| 16 | In this issue ( p , 27 ) , a nine-part series on epidemiological pitfalls in medical research begins . |
| 17 | Up to speeds of 70 mph ( 100 mph on N-registered ones ! ) the canopy can be slid back on hot sunny days ; earlier ‘ Coupes with the slide-down windows can also fly in ‘ convertible ’ mode . |
| 18 | The first stage of this argument , however , is to demonstrate the importance of regional and local perspectives on population and to indicate by reference of the lack of official statistics on local populations and migration , how little attention is currently paid by central government to these questions . |
| 19 | The annual population estimates constitute the principal source of official statistics on sub-national populations . |
| 20 | In the period since Swann the collection of official statistics on educational achievements has displayed a slightly greater sensitivity and discrimination . |
| 21 | I am an elected representative of the people of Northern Ireland , three thousand three hundred of our people have been murdered , that 's the equivalent of a hundred thousand people in Britain , it is the responsibility of every elected representative to do everything in their power , everything in their power , to stop that , The least responsibility that they have , the least they can do , is enter into dialogue directly with the people involved and I apologize to no-one for that , and if anybody is telling me that I 'm tainted because I do that , you know , I do n't know what sort of minds they 've got , because I think it 's our responsibility to do everything in our power to bring this violence to an end , and what 's more , what I 'm doing has massive support of ordinary people on both sections of our community because I have never in my twenty years experienced the nature of the support and the way that it 's being expressed to me by people in the streets , by telephone , and in particular by |
| 22 | In addition , a number of smaller scale thematic studies were commissioned to provide national data on urban conditions and trends and to explore selected issues that cut across the city studies . |
| 23 | Caution is needed when attempting to interpret cross national data on psychiatric hospitals because of many confounding factors , demographic and geographical , as well as the pattern and availability of alternative services . |
| 24 | In 1945 , the Miles Aircraft Company was developing a supersonic experimental aircraft , the M 52 , but lack of basic data on supersonic conditions led to the decision in 1948 not to risk a pilot 's life flying it until more was known about the compressibility of air , or the sound barrier . |
| 25 | ERS-1 is expected to return the first quantitive data on these processes at the poles . |
| 26 | All children under two years of age pay a nominal £10 on all holidays plus a cot supplement of £5 per night . |
| 27 | I was truthfully able to award eighteen points out of twenty for the spring onion soup , nineteen for the marinated chicken , nineteen for the mango mousse and the coconut pudding , and a full twenty for the fish curry ( Goans ca n't abide a meal without fish ; and expatriates have been driven to sprinkling dried fish on baked beans ) . |
| 28 | Similar arguments for the need for flexibility were given by employers in the entertainments industry who recruit their seasonal staff on open-ended contracts and , more particularly , by employers In the holiday camps sector . |
| 29 | the business employs 1700 people on six sites . |
| 30 | As a first step in closing this gap , the study brings together into coherent order existing data on informal relationships in Britain , and thus provides a context for future research . |