Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their survey of the remuneration of chief executives in the United States reveals that although on average bonuses represent 50 per cent of salary , such bonuses are awarded in ways that are not highly sensitive to performance . |
| 2 | Each partnership authority has a different spending pattern , but overall expenditure on social projects such as recreation and personal social services accounts for rather more than two-fifths of the total ; that on economic projects , such as site works , accounts for about a third ; and that on environmental projects , such as restoration of derelict land and housing , for a quarter . |
| 3 | It is a fact that the water supplies of the Anglian region , and others besides , are seriously polluted with nitrate and that on present trends this pollution will get much worse . |
| 4 | A commission of inquiry chaired by Englishman Kgabo , looking into land allocations in villages surrounding Gaborone , had reported that Mmusi had been involved in improper land transfers , and that on two occasions he had interceded in favour of Kwelagobe in decisions of the local land board . |
| 5 | With the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds at 8.25% and that on three-month bills at 6.6% , long- and short-term interest rates are now lower than they were at the end of the two previous deep recessions , in 1981 and 1973 . |
| 6 | I pointed out that the ground was once part of Tip Farm and that on rainy days Bob Crudge still used it for artificial insemination . |
| 7 | The hair rig has been a great leveller of angling ability and because on most waters it is self-hooking this can often lead to complacency on the angler 's part . |
| 8 | But when on several occasions there is the right correlation of the child 's behaviour with the child 's use of the term , we conclude that he has mastered its correct use . |
| 9 | Cotton weavers hardly existed before the 1770s , during which decade they do not seem to have been able to command wages above the low norm of weavers in general , for although on some types of cloth as much as 12s ( 60p ) could be earned , the average , like that of bleachers and dyers , seems to have been around 7s ( 35p ) . |