Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undermanning can make the task nigh impossible on some estates ; on the others the approach is far too casual . |
| 2 | At home working on his Dictionary of Gaelic on Historical Principles , and struggling with The Times Literary Supplement crossword . |
| 3 | Also , the curling schedule of close on two matches per day , coupled with extensive travelling , proved exhausting , and in Calgary we welcomed the pleasant break of a day visit into the Rockies to Lake Louise and Banff — winter wonderlands of snow and ice . |
| 4 | SPAIN is the latest launchpad for Operation BlueLine — an all-out assault on the fishing vessel paint market which is netting results for International on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 5 | ( i ) There is no purely objective way of determining a statistical norm : as a matter of both convenience and practical necessity we have to rely in general on relative norms . |
| 6 | This is the introductory article to an occasional series on Broad Gauge topics , in particular on modern developments centring on the Firefly Project , in which a team at Didcot is building a broad gauge locomotive . . |
| 7 | The crisis grew out of the attention paid by the media of both countries to the bestselling book Notre Ami le Roi , written by French author Gilles Perrault , which detailed notorious scandals under Hassan 's reign and concentrated in particular on human rights abuses . |
| 8 | If the parents of a mentally handicapped child immediately reject the child on realising that it is handicapped , or find that life with the child is so difficult that they feel unable to cope , it falls upon the state to find an alternative place of residence , in particular on local authorities . |
| 9 | Most important of all , their impact falls in particular on those groups of women who have the least recourse to income support ( see below ) . |
| 10 | We will concentrate in particular on compact discs ( CDs ) rather than videodiscs because , while videodiscs undoubtedly have an important and continuing role in multimedia systems , the longterm future rests with the various evolving forms of CD media . |
| 11 | He was working hard , yet he was hard up , and when he became an overnight star , he had appeared in close on twenty films , written six , co-produced three , and edited or assistant edited five . |
| 12 | Dip the chicken in the Thai 7 Spice Seasoning and fry until golden on all sides . |
| 13 | Pour the oil into a frying pan and heat ; add the chicken pieces and sauté until golden on both sides . |
| 14 | Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the pieces of turkey until golden on both sides . |
| 15 | Local councils like Mid-Glamorgan have been presenting plans to British Rail for close on two decades . |
| 16 | In addition to the wins , Lyle was in contention almost permanently and the pressure , for close on 18 months , was immense . |
| 17 | Acknowledging that his friendship with the owner of the ravaged poodle had ended , Signor Boretti said , ‘ We had played dominoes together for close on sixty years . |
| 18 | This has been so for the Cape Verdians for close on 300 years , from the time when the original emigrants first found jobs on the North American whaling fleet . |