Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He died suddenly , 7 October 1969 , in Trondheim while on a lecture tour in Norway . |
| 2 | He also thanked all employees for the tremendous efforts involved in building the new Johnson Matthey and on a day when South Africa was celebrating National Peace Day , he expressed hope that this may be a new beginning in a much broader sense . |
| 3 | The underwater connection of King Pot , in East Kingsdale , and Keld Head , in West Kingsdale , and the subsequent through dive , is a significant landmark in the history of underwater cave exploration in Britain and on a world scale . |
| 4 | It would be fair to say that desktop publishing was undoubtedly the beginning of the revolution ; the programs are just so much easier to use on the Macintosh than on a PC . |
| 5 | I first read Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o while on a visit to Kenya . |
| 6 | On Feb. 23 the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman Cohen had met with opposition representatives and President Déby while on a visit to N'Djamena , and had expressed continued US support for the " democratic process in Chad " . |
| 7 | The author , Giancarlo Ferraris , of course earns our gratitude for his achievement in amassing so much largely fresh documentation on the famous cabinet maker Pietro Piffetti and on a flush of other Turinese baroque and rococo furniture-makers . |
| 8 | Samuel Dale practised at Bocking in Essex , where his garden of curiosities prompted a visit from Petiver and Sherard when on a tour of East Anglia . |