Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I have a feeling we 're we 're a a little bit low on familiar things , you see , |
| 2 | Change to tension 2 on both carriages . |
| 3 | Such methods will be dealt with more fully in Chapter 4 on social surveys where the Lazarsfeldian conception became most firmly entrenched . |
| 4 | That 's tension 0 on both carriages on standard gauge machine . |
| 5 | This method has been described in Chapter 5 on sequential files ( see p. 119 ) . |
| 6 | That marriage forms and the role of women in society are not ‘ God-given ’ is clearly demonstrated in Chapter 7 on the family and Chapter 5 on sexual divisions in society . |
| 7 | Girls generally did as well or better than boys on questions concerning knowledge of the names of parts of rectangular shapes ( cuboids , rectangles ) but a good deal worse on similar questions relating to 2-D and 3-D shapes with circular sections . |
| 8 | At present , however , there is only limited British research available on such issues and much looks at only parts of the process . |
| 9 | Where all the needles are working , you are knitting full needle rib and the yarn needs to be fine enough and the tension right , to allow the machine to knit I used Bramwell 's 3-ply duo for this at tension four on both carriages . |
| 10 | I thought it was a bit unsafe on two wheels |
| 11 | We tested the Turbo 30 on three lawns . |
| 12 | As interest is paid tax free on National Savings there is a competitive advantage in attracting the savings of those who do not pay tax . |
| 13 | Article 21 , together with article 22 on related actions , is contained in section 8 of Title II of the Convention ; that section is intended , in the interests of the proper administration of justice within the Community , to prevent parallel proceedings before the courts of different contracting states and to avoid conflicts between decisions which might result therefrom . |
| 14 | The other major departure on ‘ Out Of Time ’ is Mike Mills stepping forward to take the lead vocal on two tracks : the cheery garage pop of ‘ Near Wild Heaven ’ and the bloodrush charge of ‘ Texarcana ’ , which evokes memories of the days of ‘ Reckoning ’ . |
| 15 | This pattern has been repeated in Council Directive 92/56 on collective redundancies , which contains detailed extracts from three paragraphs of the Social Charter in its recitals , but which is again made under Article 100 , and therefore unanimously . |
| 16 | It now seems that a solution to the problem may be found in Law 145 of 10 February 1992 , which allocates funding worth L65 billion ( £30.1 million ; $52.2 million ) to be spent over the period 1991-93 on experimental projects to improve the use of museum resources . |
| 17 | The outcome of this project will be a computer simulation routine usable on standard microcomputers designed to assess the response of consumers ' expenditure and VAT revenue to changes in VAT rates . |
| 18 | Keep an eye open on muddy paths or patches of snow for the tracks of hedgehogs . |
| 19 | I am very concerned to read about the proposed restrictions and charges , which will from 16 May onwards ban tandems , tricycles and Rann trailers altogether and will make the charges for an ordinary bicycle payable on all journeys no matter how short . |
| 20 | I am very concerned to read about the proposed restrictions and charges , which will from 16 May onwards ban tandems , tricycles and Rann trailers altogether and will make the charges for an ordinary bicycle payable on all journeys no matter how short . |
| 21 | Beaverbrooks ' payment terms are extremely favourable with nine months interest free credit available on all purchases over £300 . |
| 22 | America has natural beauty in abundance but is a bit short on architectural gems such as St Mark 's or the Rialto . |
| 23 | One option for holders , of course , was to leave the dollars on deposit with a US bank but this was discouraged by US banking regulations which prevented interest from being paid on deposits of less than thirty days and limited the rate payable on longer deposits to less than that obtaining elsewhere . |
| 24 | The Sony Electronic Publishing Co unit of Sony Corp has acquired Liverpool-based computer and video games software developer and publisher Psygnosis Ltd on undisclosed terms . |
| 25 | The Rheidol line offers some of the most spectacular scenery available on Welsh railways and , as far as railway enthusiasts are concerned , the line still has much to offer even though it is still recovering after being reduced to virtual siding status in the last year 's of British Rail management . |
| 26 | This is a versatile and widespread subformation common on all kinds of surfaces , in which crustose and foliose lichens combine with moss cushions to form mats ( in the most favourable conditions , carpets ) several centimetres deep . |
| 27 | It could involve a civil engineering student considering the social effects of a new construction — in other words , taking on a sociological perspective ; it could be a student of English trying to answer the question ‘ What is literature and why do we assume that it is a good thing ? ’ — and so embracing the thinking of moral philosophy ; it might be a student in the performing arts trying to understand how and why a particular tradition had evolved — so embarking on a historical study ; it could be a chemistry student being invited to consider the effects on the natural environment of industrial or agricultural chemicals — so adding a biological approach to the subject ; or it might be a social science student keen on human perspectives being encouraged to look at underlying statistical patterns . |
| 28 | Of course you will appreciate that I am in no sense unbiased on these matters — I have strong and , I believe , correct opinions on these matters |
| 29 | Falsificationism inadequate on historical grounds |
| 30 | As we shall see , a gene may increase in frequency not because it increases the fitness of its carrier but because it associates with other genes that do , or even because it is in a sense parasitic on other genes . |