Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawson insists on high interest rates |
| 2 | Costa Rica and Panama agreed on ecological protection measures for their joint border areas . |
| 3 | It was only sometimes that I 'd wake and find Bernard snoring on one side of me and Uncle Bill giving an occasional snort on the other . |
| 4 | ‘ The Graces dwelt on ev'ry Limb : |
| 5 | When writing the book Alain-Fournier drew on personal experience : at the age of nineteen he had fallen in love with a young woman he saw at the Lycée and with whom , though they exchanged only a few words , he felt a powerful affinity . |
| 6 | CW reported on successful installation of software on new Admin file server . |
| 7 | Now the Palace Stud lives on borrowed time as Indian racing moves up a gear . |
| 8 | President Gorbachev claimed on Soviet television to have found many supporters of perestroika in SED . |
| 9 | And it may be noted that Holman draws on psychological research to emphasise the adverse effects on children of separation from their parents , of the failure to develop relationships at all , and of disruptive family relationships . |
| 10 | In the 1960s , an astronomer named Gerald Hawkins worked on another idea . |
| 11 | Bernice munched on another fibreburger , wiping away the unpleasantly spicy taste with more of the pink drink . |
| 12 | Twice in the six weeks before the referendum President Mikhail Gorbachev went on nationwide television and radio to appeal for a " yes " vote . |
| 13 | China and Taiwan co-operate on radioactive waste disposal |
| 14 | Equally , Penny remains on one level as a deluded fantasist who believes , very like an Iranian woman , that a wife 's duty is to wait for her husband 's return from the wars . |
| 15 | All would be revealed , Mr Gorbachev said on national television , for the Soviet people had a right to know . |
| 16 | But eight years before Roberts sat on that hilltop above the city , there were only 24,000 Jews living in Palestine . |
| 17 | His love of Oscar Wilde and James Dean verged on absolute fanaticism . |
| 18 | Another Epsom first came when Japanese Champion Yokio Okabe scored on Shrewd Partner . |
| 19 | ‘ RUSSIA ATTACKED ON 1,8000 MILE FRONT ’ , screamed the headlines . |
| 20 | Ethel knelt on one knee while Sid stuck his banderillas in her . |
| 21 | Lt Col W Yolland reported on this request to the Board of Trade , for which he was an Inspector of Railways , on 25th December 1865 . |
| 22 | In the Oct. 13 vice-presidential debate , in Atlanta , Georgia , Dan Quayle ferociously attacked Clinton while Al Gore concentrated on Democratic Party policy , and Stockdale appeared uncomfortable and poorly briefed . |
| 23 | Russia warns on German unity hopes . |
| 24 | However , there was a final twist of the knife reserved for us — the sight of Brian Wilson and Alex Salmond rounding on each other , each blaming the other for the disaster . |
| 25 | The vineyards of Villers-Allerand lie on either side of the main Épernay to Reims road as it descends from the Montagne on to the plain . |
| 26 | Let him who is prepared , should McNab decide on another experiment , to have needles driven into his stomach , allow himself to be treated by this charlatan . |
| 27 | With the re-establishment of stable kingship in Kent and among the West Saxons under Wihtred and Ine respectively and the confinement of Mercian power , a period of relatively peaceful consolidation followed which lasted for a quarter of a century during which time kings in southern England embarked on that redefinition of their realms which is embodied in the extant laws of Wihtred and Ine . |
| 28 | Until yesterday , these would have seen Barnes deployed on one flank with Rocastle 's defensive awareness earning him a ninth cap at Waddle 's expense on the other . |
| 29 | A link programme between Britain and Brazil focusing on primary care has resulted in exchange of ideas and staff between the two countries . |
| 30 | Not only do Greece , Portugal and Spain rely on northern employment for their ‘ surplus ’ manpower , they also gain considerably from remittance money in balancing at least in part their serious trade deficits . |