Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun sg] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This glove has since fulfilled my requirements for treasure hunting being tough enough , warm enough and dry enough for use on land sites , the beach and — obviously underwater . |
| 2 | ( See below for directive on fitting of catalytic converters . ) |
| 3 | Their study shows that every $10 of interest payments per year and per person means 142 days less of life on average , had life expectancy continued to increase at pre-debt crisis rates . |
| 4 | But in the meantime , some of their researchers think it sufficient to promote sex-tests for unborn babies together with abortion on demand . ’ |
| 5 | It provides an introduction to project work , together with guidance on preparation and evaluation . |
| 6 | No country has managed to do away entirely with reliance on state psychiatric hospitals . |
| 7 | Too crowded — not enough in depth on debt |
| 8 | When we gather together in Church on christmas Day around the alter with the priest we are full of joy . |
| 9 | When we gather together in church on Christmas Day around the altar with the priest we are full of joy . |
| 10 | Yet the Japanese spend less per head on education that we do . |
| 11 | It returns to the sea to lay its eggs , but otherwise it is entirely at home on land . |
| 12 | The Guardian newspaper , in partnership with the Royal Institute for the Blind and associates has launched a system that enables the entire editorial text of the newspaper to be transmitted nightly via Teletext on Channel 4 television 's frequencies to a personal computer , which can read the text in a synthesised voice to blind and partially sighted people : those that can afford an £8,000 Braille terminal can also read the text that way , and it can also be displayed in large print on the screen for those with poor sight ; the text is structured so that readers can scan the headlines and choose the items that interest them ; the paper will be marketed , serviced and supported by Electronic Text Networks Associates Ltd of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , a commercial venture one third owned by the Guardian and the charity ; the other shareholders , each with a third share , are Aptech Ltd , which specialises in computer aids for disabled people , and Intelligent Research Ltd , which made the hardware for the system ; the decoder board for the personal computer is £400 , plus about £500 for a speech synthesizer ; the annual subscription to the electronic paper is £160 and the partners hope that other papers will decide to go onto the system . |
| 13 | After 600 yds keep left at fork ( signposted ) and , where track ends , maintain direction alongside hedge on left to reach gate and footbridge , beyond which turn right ( waymarked ) , very soon alongside ditch on right , then after 300 yds turn left on signposted grassy track . |
| 14 | Different centres of excellence will usually offer courses in their own specialism ; you may find you have to work away from home on secondment if your first choice is limited to only a few specialist centres . |
| 15 | Indeed , the east part of Thurso has a tradition of ‘ travelling workers ’ — men regularly working away from home on construction . |
| 16 | Jonathan Jobson , 16 , from Peterborough , Cambridgeshire , said his condition had improved when he was away from home on work experience and when the nurse , Beverley Allitt , had left . |
| 17 | I had three-quarters of an Assistant Registrar and spent sixty-five nights away from home on Council visits . |
| 18 | A worldwide move away from reliance on fossil fuels could , according to the report , reduce carbon dioxide emissions by between 25 and 50 per cent . |
| 19 | Close ties with a medical publisher had enabled us to monitor early attempts to move from a traditional print-based publishing enterprise to new technologies : laser-disc publication had proved wasteful and made too many demands of staff with no experience in editing or marketing such material , let alone its production ; on-line database publication drawing on the company 's range of printed publications , many of which were in electronic form anyway before imprisonment on paper , proved more compatible with existing operations and more amenable to the skills of existing staff . |
| 20 | Of course his mother kept a place just across road on Road away from the er away from Road , just a bit further on the road towards towards Mill . |
| 21 | Paul Parker and Bryan Robson have already returned home for treatment on hamstring strains . |
| 22 | Today the farm worker often works on his own and drives home for lunch on board his tractor . |
| 23 | Frame shot in viewfinder , preferably with zoom on wide-angle . |
| 24 | The intensity of the moment is always in place on TV and what gets into the media is going to be the thing in people 's minds . |
| 25 | A sixty seven year old woman who was raped as she returned home from church on Christmas day has been talking about her horrifying ordeal . |
| 26 | A pensioner who was raped as she returned home from church on Christmas Day says she feared for her life during her forty-five minute ordeal . |
| 27 | GL & DM still in discussion on job description for Computer Support Officer . |
| 28 | ‘ Fact of the matter is , ’ her father told Artemis when he took her aside before lunch on Boxing Day , ‘ you 're to have a new mother . |
| 29 | It will be noted that London and Manchester universities spend more per head on computing than on libraries . |
| 30 | Compared with their less-successful rivals , the best-performing firms had fewer managers , shorter lines of communication and a higher proportion of skilled workers ; they also spent six times more per employee on education and training . |