Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We regularly left a trail of trembling motorists , their vehicles wedged in hedges or marooned on muddy verges after avoiding her antics . |
| 2 | This wo n't work for a single motif , but how about a single motif in black , knitted against a striped background of bright jewel colours , or white on pastel stripes ? ( for this , the card does n't need to be reversed of course . ) |
| 3 | This was to be preferred to the more rigid prescriptions of schools like the large 11–18 Welsh comprehensive which allocated young pupils to sharply divided courses within the school : one group advancing fast to O level in four years , four groups in five years , the next four to CSE ( for which see Chapter 7 ) in five years , four groups following special technical courses , two following general technical courses , two or three on commercial courses , and finally two groups for ‘ low ability ’ pupils . |
| 4 | He has always feared that he looks embarrassed or patronizing on these occasions . |
| 5 | Mr Smith hopes that his campaign will attract the support of all organisations for the elderly or those on low incomes . |
| 6 | Again , deficiency is rare and occurs only in very ill people , newborn children , or those on prolonged courses of antibiotics . |
| 7 | Quick-fire advice down the phone or face-to-face on work-related issues . |
| 8 | But most of the avian predators are rare or absent on those shores and in areas where predation is heaviest the dog-whelks are mostly white ( Feare , 1971 ) . |
| 9 | Nor does the Athenaion Politeia say more than that on certain matters the Boule does not have the final decision ( xlv ) , which is less than a direct and triumphant assertion of the Assembly 's sovereignty . |
| 10 | He estimated that at that time the local wind had become steady at 15 to 20 mph from 300°M , which was less than that on previous occasions when he had operated from the same field . |
| 11 | We have made that clear on many occasions . |
| 12 | Individuals go to bed later or earlier than average on certain occasions , as can be seen by close inspection of Fig. 2.2 . |
| 13 | ( Before I went to work in the morning I would take a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush and deal with the black-and-white chequered marble shop doorstep — in my memory it is a glittering affair , although cold on frosty mornings — because at that time of the day the rising sun often shone full down the High Street where we lived and on me , as I knelt on the cobbled pavement plying my scrubbing-brush . ) |
| 14 | They may be less than satisfactory on both counts . |
| 15 | Would he not join me in urging Sinn Fein to reconsider their position on this and would he also agree with me and confirm to this house that this government will never do what Mr Adams requests and that is become a persuader of the people of Northern Ireland to join a united Ireland and will he , will he recognise from me that many on these benches remain committed to the union of Northern Ireland and Great Britain . |
| 16 | Herodotus can not bring himself to believe in a story which gives as the cause of centuries of rivalry ‘ nothing worse than woman-stealing on both sides ’ ( 42 ) , for he does not think the Greeks could possibly have gone to war over anything so trivial , and indeed he appears to concur with the Persian view that ‘ no young woman allows herself to be abducted if she does not wish to be ’ ( 42 ) . |
| 17 | One outcome of this is that those on low incomes either reduce the amount they eat , or eat food of lower nutritional value , which particularly affects growing children . |
| 18 | The Government 's claim that those on low incomes will be better off under the new scheme , or at least see their financial position protected , is unlikely to be borne out by events . |
| 19 | It will suffice to observe that those on higher assessments were mostly merchants , and the poorer ones manual workers , and to conclude that a tiny farming community was incapable of generating more than a limited demand for their services . |
| 20 | Special provisions will also ensure that those on modest incomes most of which comes from investments , such as people who have been made redundant , do not pay this 9% on their savings . |
| 21 | If the good is a normal one , for example , consumers on higher incomes will buy more units than those on low incomes , all other things equal . |
| 22 | It is people on lowish incomes in that sort of situation who will suffer far more than those on higher incomes . |
| 23 | However , the figures in Table 6.1 indicate that not only have the amounts of extra income received by those on higher incomes been greater than those on lower incomes , but so too have been the percentages . |
| 24 | Their average age is higher than those on other tours , and several walk with sticks . |
| 25 | Naturally , steel is heavier and liable to rust but , at the same time , it is often more study than wood and locking devices are less likely to slip than those on wooded easels . |
| 26 | Naturally , steel is heavier and liable to rust but , at the same time , it is often more study than wood and locking devices are less likely to slip than those on wooded easels . |
| 27 | Although uncompetitive on European events , the Galant is at home on the endless tracks of Africa . |
| 28 | Plants tend to grow big and lush on heavy soils , a feature worth enhancing by going for vigorous species . |
| 29 | There was something else , something that stood , like her , four square and solid on both sides of the shutter . |
| 30 | Some are based on classic recipes and some on contemporary flavours and foods ; some can be made almost entirely from the store-cupboard . |