Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A period of seven years was set as the publication cycle for new editions ; the sixteenth edition thus appeared on time in 1958 . |
| 2 | It was thought that the purchaser automatically took on board liability for all of the employees ' rights except those in respect of pension schemes , save in the case of contractual rights to receive payments into personal schemes which would be unaffected . |
| 3 | The cameraman then came on board and we left the quay ; we returned and he transferred to a motor boat to film us leaving the quay . |
| 4 | A vice-principal of a teachers ' university probably spoke on behalf of many party members in positions of responsibility when he said that some young comrades lacked the ‘ backbone of Marxism-Leninism ’ , especially those studying liberal arts subjects . |
| 5 | The architect then showed on paper what he thought would meet those needs , with both of them relying on the practical knowledge and experience of the builder to know how the works would have to be carried out . |
| 6 | Do n't change your pattern of prayer merely because someone mentions the latest method just arrived on view . |
| 7 | The foolscap sheets of Croxley Script ( ‘ the all purpose paper ’ ) were by now beginning to look like an inventive infant 's representation of woodland scenery illicitly sketched on top of pages already thick with words . |
| 8 | Fans had to wait almost year before the song eventually appeared on vinyl . |
| 9 | The point is that manufacturing really began on greenfield sites without the benefit of central planning . |
| 10 | The six-point joint statement also agreed on co-operation in shipping , communications , scientific surveys , and combating piracy and drug trafficking . |
| 11 | Real income actually fell on average for the five years to September 1978 . |
| 12 | The realisation of this fact slowly dawned on Sun and its chip partner Texas Instruments Inc sometime in September causing them to redesign Viking 's metal masks . |
| 13 | Of course , the effect produced by unbroken lines of gentlemen in evening suits , so outnumbering representatives of the fairer sex , was a rather severe one ; but then again , in those days , the two large chandeliers that hang over the table still ran on gas — resulting in a subtle , quite soft light pervading the room — and did not produce the dazzling brightness they have done ever since their electrification . |