Example sentences of "[noun sg] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continuing military stalemate , even after the advent of the coalition governments of 1915 and 1916 , saw the emergence of both populist and radical right resentment , searching for an explanation of the impasse on the western front . |
| 2 | Taken together these two propositions suggest that the traditions of conspiracy are liable to continue into the future on the extreme right , for no better reason than that this is where these traditions have existed and where they presently continue to exist . |
| 3 | Had vocation advisors been around they would doubtless have recommended a commercial future on the scientific side . |
| 4 | At twenty-three he married again , became a Roman Catholic and decided to buckle down to work as best he could and prove by his buildings that ‘ everything grand , edifying and noble in art is the result of feelings produced by the catholic religion on the human mind . ’ |
| 5 | They were capable of a good turn of speed on the straight stretch between South Croydon and Purley . |
| 6 | Yet , during all this period , there has been nothing to prevent the applicant from pressing ahead with all speed on the actual construction of the mink farm on Trondra . |
| 7 | This applies not only to bringing the Springboks up to running speed on the international scene but also , and more crucially , to ensuring that the process of black and white integration stated by the formation of SARFU advances far beyond the fundamentally cosmetic union achieved to date . |
| 8 | Sharpe urged the black stallion on , but the footing under the rye was treacherous ; the soil was damp and still held the shape of the plough furrows , and the stallion could not match the Frenchman 's speed on the paved road . |
| 9 | As a consequence the bid for Distillers was referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission because the combined Guinness/Distillers share of the whisky market was in excess of 35 per cent , which was considered to confer too much market-power on the combined company . |
| 10 | In those early days , its isolation on the distant north-west coast seemed to make it unattainable by anyone who had only feet to get him there and whose opportunities were restricted by a busy working life south of the Border , although later I was to discover that a MacBrayne 's bus made the forty-six-mile journey to and from Lairg every weekday . |
| 11 | There 's an interesting historical paradox in the impact of AIDS on the gay community because without the existence of an international gay community I do n't think AIDS as a disease could have had the rapid impact it 's had on gay men . |
| 12 | ’ Taking its title from this sober standard phrase of the modern obituary column , Norman Rene 's film is an attempt to assess the impact of AIDS on the gay community and at the same time to celebrate the very strong sense of pride and resolve which the disease has paradoxically fostered . |
| 13 | Under the Mental Health Act 1959 patients maintained on guardianship orders knew that drug treatment could be enforced and therefore appeared regularly for depot injection on the right day and at the right time without pressure or demur . |
| 14 | Sometimes there is a complete loss of consciousness , particularly , some have claimed , after injection on the left side ( Serafetinides , Hoare and Driver , 1961 ; but see Rosadini and Rossi , 1967 ) . |
| 15 | The fact that this early lesion is intimal suggests a response to a factor or factors in the blood , and the ‘ response to injury ’ hypothesis is central to current thinking on the atherosclerotic process . |
| 16 | Aranjuez , however , had clarified Napoleon 's muddled thinking on the Spanish question and he had no intention of using the opportunity it presented in order to support a puppet king whose character and intentions he mistrusted . |
| 17 | Economic progress helped spur new thinking on the political direction of the EEC , especially as the Commission , under the forceful presidency of Walter Hallstein , had exceeded the expectations of many in terms of the activist role it had pursued . |
| 18 | While research on the agronomic side of conservation has taken considerable strides during the past fifteen years for all its problems of misapplication , there have also been some advances in the thinking on the socio-economic side of soil erosion and the resulting design of conservation programmes as well . |
| 19 | Although some of these analyses have proved abstruse and others untenable , this collective contribution ( which can be only briefly explored here ) has proved vital in re-orientating thinking on the urban problem and its resolution . |
| 20 | After he had taken his fill and sampled everything , he would then collect a jug of ale from the pantry and depart along the hallway with the tap-tap of his walking cane making an ominous rhythm on the tiled floor ; the sound becoming muffled as he made the difficult journey up the wide ornate staircase to his bedroom . |
| 21 | Among these , according to Fedor Polenov , Head of the Russian Delegation and Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet Commission for Culture , is the intention on the German side to give Russia a number of works from the Bremen Collection for Russian museums , and also to give financial and technical aid for the restoration of the Novgorod Museum and Park , and to help in making up the museums collection which was destroyed during the war . |
| 22 | Short-sighted Mansell , 26 , came to grief on the hard shoulder of the M6 near Pontefract , West Yorks . |
| 23 | In 1958 , 40 million cubic metres of rock fell into Lituya Bay on the coast of Alaska , producing a great surge which destroyed a forest and reached more than 500 m up the mountainside On the far side of the bay . |
| 24 | After four months back in traffic however , the discovery of further traces of blue asbestos on parts of the Pullman underframes , caused the set to be impounded again … at which point InterCity took the initiative to run its own refurbished VIP stock on the Scenic Land Cruise trains , albeit with Pullman Rail contracted to continue booking the trains . |
| 25 | Mount the tanks side by side on the firm base and stick a length of sheet glass over the inside joints with a smear of silicone sealer . |
| 26 | But he gave her a hand and they sat side by side on the hot wood , pouring sea water , steaming . |
| 27 | Californian Wayne Rainey and Michael Doohan , separated by just two points in the title race , start side by side on the front row . |
| 28 | Wayne Rainey and Michael Doohan , separated by just two points in the title race , start side by side on the front row . |
| 29 | At the moment , the gloves and hat were placed side by side on the gleaming wood of the table before her and her hands were folded in an attitude of prayer — although her humour was anything but reverent . |
| 30 | Branson and McLaren stood side by side on the upper deck , incongruous partners in crime , the contrast almost comical — McLaren in drainpipes , Branson with shoulder-length hair tumbling over a multi-coloured sweater of Hobbit-like cosiness . |