Example sentences of "[noun prp] on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole day had been a great strain and although they had attempted to resolve their differences and clear the air Rachel found herself dreading the prospect of working with David Markham on a permanent basis . |
| 2 | On the standards side , DEC has announced that it is working with International Software Systems Inc ( ISSI ) , Austin , Texas on an architectural definition and implementation plan for the European Computer Manufacturers Association ( ECMA ) Portable Common Tool Environment ( PCTE ) standard . |
| 3 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 4 | Dick Hansen on a cold day in February 1992 , flying his P-40 for the first time . |
| 5 | If you 've never seen the Tan Hill on a bleary winter 's day when winds are driving wet sleet over the hellhole of Sleightholme Moor and the sky and the land are welded together in one sullen , sodden grey , then you 've missed a treat . |
| 6 | The last time I had been on Shunner Fell two years previously I had been walking the Pennine Way and had left Tan Hill on a rainy June day , with heavy clouds following me south as I travelled . |
| 7 | The tramroad enters Fleetwood on a private right-of-way , now paralleled by Radcliffe Road and Copse Road . |
| 8 | Charles Spencer on an improved Howard Brenton |
| 9 | I would n't like to meet Caravaggio on a dark night and who can be sure that Darwin 's life-long illness was really the result of Chagas ' disease ? |
| 10 | A scientist who got his pilots ' licence just last week is off to Indonesia on an extraordinary mission . |
| 11 | Welcome back.A scientist who got his pilots ' licence just last week is off to Indonesia on an extraordinary mission . |
| 12 | The ANC announced on Oct. 22 that a high-level meeting had been arranged with the leadership of Inkatha on an unspecified date . |
| 13 | Imran , 39 , who first injured his right shoulder during pre-World Cup matches in Australia , is due to lead Pakistan on a five-Test tour of England beginning in early May . |
| 14 | Teaching/dissemination activities in selected LEAs on a regional basis |
| 15 | Even though he exhibited less humour than Ibsen on a bad night , the frantic phone calls just mentioned — by the conquering Germans from Oslo to Berlin trying to get the importunate Foerer off their backs — offer clear elements of farce . |
| 16 | ‘ I see no reasons for us to shy away from the concept of a Federal Reserve-type of European Central Bank , operating as in the United States on a decentralised basis ’ , Sir Leon said in a lecture in London . |
| 17 | During 1941 Hillary persuaded the Air Ministry to send him to the United States on a speaking tour . |
| 18 | In response to the many toasts from his American colleagues he had made a light-hearted speech at dinner , which belied his deep disappointment at being sent back to the States on a Public Relations assignment . |
| 19 | A good example is the first movement of the D minor Cello Sonata ( Vol. 1 , Disc 2 , track 4 ) , which has seldom been better done , except perhaps by Tortelier and Jean Hubeau on an old Erato disc which surfaced in the UK on a World Record Club LP about 25 years ago , as well as in Erato 's fine box of Fauré chamber music . |
| 20 | A BRANCH of Harrods on an industrial estate was closed when locals objected to an invasion of the Knightsbridge set . |
| 21 | Buthelezi had repeatedly insisted on a meeting with Mandela on an equal footing and in his capacity as head of Inkatha . |
| 22 | Buthelezi for his part had frequently called for such a meeting , insisting on meeting Mandela on an equal footing . |
| 23 | The asset swap , which was unveiled in Stockholm last night , puts Volvo on an equal footing with the Swedish Government , which previously held an 80 per cent share stake in Procordia . |
| 24 | In spite of everything the Collector felt his spirits lift as he sat down beside Lucy on a sheltered corner of the verandah and watched her making cartridges . |
| 25 | Gusher is proud to announce that they have retained the services of the famous novelist Barbara Heartland so closely chronicle the most searing love story since ‘ Welder on a hot tin roof ’ . |
| 26 | But if no offer proves satisfactory to Rosenthal he will remain at Anfield on a week-to-week contract . |
| 27 | And I believe that if none proves acceptable , he could even remain at Anfield on a week-to-week contract . |
| 28 | Under Lily Laverock 's auspices , she came to Vancouver on an annual concert tour , and when Marjorie Agnew and I approached her on the matter she was delighted to become a sponsor . |
| 29 | Allen Wright on a superb production at Perth Theatre , an apt swansong for outgoing artistic director Joan Knight |
| 30 | There was no uncertainty about Walter Smith 's choice of team , however , the manager playing Andy Goram , Richard Gough and Trevor Steven on a weather-ravaged surface unhelpful to anyone carrying a knock . |