Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Atlantic Agreement called " upon the Seamen of all the world for service … to demonstrate practical appreciation of freedom won " , and the American Shipping Act of 1915 had established for seamen on foreign ships a " a right to quit " while in US ports from March 1916 . |
| 2 | Advice through notes on past events available and Pat Palmer , who teachers at this school is willing to liaise if required . |
| 3 | While there is an exact no-arbitrage price for futures on geometric indices , it requires the calculation of y , and this may be difficult and may cause the arbitrage to be risky . |
| 4 | Development on a third of the barrier coast has been controlled by law since 1982 ; no federal flood insurance is available for building on controlled beaches . |
| 5 | A separate Manifesto for Scotland sets out our record in detail and our proposals for building on these achievements . |
| 6 | A separate Manifesto , in both English and Welsh , sets out our full programme for building on these achievements for Wales . |
| 7 | I would have thought that it is the DoT 's responsibility to make some provision for cyclists on main routes like this . |
| 8 | Like them it relied heavily for income on local sources such as gifts , taxes , profits from licences , lotteries , etc . |
| 9 | The union works for musicians on two levels : supporting the individual member , and providing a protective umbrella for all musicians , whether or not they are MU members . |
| 10 | and that maybe something your Lordship may wish to consider , I 'm a little bit baffled as to why my learned friend has gone for cases on interim measures , we 're not seeking interim relief , we have n't sorted interim injunction , erm to suspend the validity of any particular measure that was the basis of all of his case |
| 11 | In the press conference accompanying the 1988 launch , the Prime Minister made a statement reiterating this argument : Action for Cities was not about new resources nor new policies , but about co-ordination and about building on apparent strengths ( Platt and Lewis , 1988 ) . |
| 12 | The Sinhalese were however generally unwilling to work as labourers on large estates . |
| 13 | March : March 5 : United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major had talks in Moscow with Gorbachev on the Gulf conflict and the situation in the Baltic states ; March 7 : the RFSFR and Czechoslovakia signed a trade co-operation agreement ; March 12 : it was announced in Moscow that the withdrawal of the 50,000 troops stationed in Poland would begin in April , although the process would not be completed before 1994 ; March 14-16 : following a tour of the Middle East , US Secretary of State James Baker visited Moscow for talks on the situation in the Gulf and the presentation of a six-point US plan for peace and stability in the Middle East ; March 18-20 : UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd visited both Kiev and Moscow for discussions on British-Soviet relations ; March 22 : Soviet-Romanian treaty of friendship and co-operation initialled in Moscow ; March 28 : Bessmertnykh held further talks in Tokyo in connection with Gorbachev 's forthcoming visit . |
| 14 | The Soviet Defence Minister , Gen. Yevgeny Shaposhnikov , had visited Germany on Nov. 11-13 for discussions on bilateral issues , including in particular the withdrawal of Soviet troops from German soil , and on the rapidly changing security situation in the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | The aid conference included five specialized working groups for discussions on specific issues : food aid , energy , medicines , housing for returning military personnel and technical assistance . |
| 16 | A National Integration Council would be set up as a forum for discussions on these issues . |
| 17 | He has both management ( M ) and educational ( E ) tasks including the following : M — identify members of the group M organize regular meetings M — consult with the group to draw up timetable M — organize observations in classroom E — collate the observations E — consult with group in drawing inferences from observation data E — take responsibility for decision on final changes M — liaise with publishers E — organize and possibly write documentation of new material M — organize editing and rewriting of material E — assume major role in the retrospective evaluation of the unit . |
| 18 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 19 | According to this view you can reach for security through self-help — individual action , or action in small groups of like-minded people — but not through reliance on big bureaucracies . |
| 20 | Clad in a coat which was so stiff with gold wire and seed pearls that he could scarcely bend his arms he rode with his escort beneath a line of arches which were suspended on ropes between houses on opposite sides of one of the main streets . |
| 21 | READER Patrick Stubbs is a Green supporter and he has written this week about policies on key issues . |
| 22 | The old system — by which banks only reported accounts which received more than £500 per annum interest — was scrapped in return for the abolition of composite rate tax , enabling gross interest payments for savers on low incomes . |
| 23 | It means that greater detail is possible , for instance on little figures and for decorative patterns . |
| 24 | Constable Mortimer Twamley , 29 , Liverpool , was committed for trial on three accusations of stealing £13 in Treasury notes from William Riley , tobacconist … |
| 25 | Terhune was an assault specialist solo who had sub-contracted for H-M on several occasions , and Rodriguez was their top Colorado Op , further qualified because he came from the quarry 's home turf . |
| 26 | Tell me a story , my little brother used to clamour , tell me a story about knights on white chargers and damsels in distress . |
| 27 | He was aware of one thing about Ken on these trips : his concern about a lack of education which he made up for with his voracious reading . |
| 28 | The Safety Commission of the International Air Transport Association , IATA , has recommended a partial ban aboard aircraft on electronic devices such as computer games made by Nintendo Co Ltd , to avoid interference with aircraft systems : it calls for a ban on the use of all passenger-carried electronic devices during taxi , takeoff , initial climb approach and landing in a confidential letter written by the committee and obtained by Reuters . |
| 29 | He called for action on two fronts : |
| 30 | The EEC does offer grants to academics for research on approved projects ; but so far it has been unable to help with the major problems of the academic researchers , such as shortage of jobs , lack of mobility of researchers and declining funds for research . |