Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] on a [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Remembering that anything that bodes to threaten concentration in wood-machining is a prime risk , let us consider a router cutter revolving at anything up to 24,000rpm sitting midway between 12 highly unstably-sprung devices whose proper purpose in life is the support of wet laundry on a clothes line .
2 Erm , I 'd just like to ask Sir Leonard whether the nature of the issues that are dealt with by environmental organisations , erm , indeed arguments such as pays etc. erm , introduces a difference in the nature of the relationship between the private sector and environmental N G Os , particularly when the issues that we promote , such as su the sustainable use of the world resources and the reduction of environmental degradation can have a direct impact on a companies bottom line .
3 Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop .
4 Three men have been jailed for a total of eighteen and a half years for a violent robbery on a jewellers shop .
5 A BRAVE police chief foiled an armed robbery on a jewellers by grabbing the raiders ' shotgun .
6 But there 's a big difference in my view between the sort of regular abuse and assaults on staff in a Casualty Department and somebody walking into what should have been a locked ward on a children 's unit in a hospital at two o'clock in the morning .
7 One , a twenty five year old woman , appeared before magistrates in Dursley this afternoon charged with attempted grevious bodily harm on a police seargeant .
8 Speaking at his home at James Street , Falkirk , Graeme explained that before the incident , he had worked for a short spell on a YTS course with ScotRail , before taking a job as a gardener .
9 On Sept. 18 security forces claimed to have killed 70 guerrillas as they staged an abortive attack on a police garrison to free prisoners held in the El Sepa prison colony situated in Loreto department in the north-east Amazonian region .
10 The emphasis needs to be on alleviating the problems of day-to-day administration , which can exert a disruptive effect on a personnel department because of the large amounts of work created for short amounts of time .
11 The maximum size on a 109″ is 900x 16 .
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