Example sentences of "[subord] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One view central to the lawyer/economist is that , in a world where , on the one hand , resources ( all of which have alternative uses ) are limited through scarcity and where on the other hand , there exists the insatiable human desire to consume those resources , then inevitably , trade-offs and choices must somehow be made . |
| 2 | But I do n't think most people , er , would necessarily consider it than now on the European side , they might consider . |
| 3 | I went often , partly because I enjoyed dancing and partly because we were offered the most delicious cakes , of a sort that was almost impossible to obtain except on the black market . |
| 4 | In the central region , the sugar-phosphate backbones superimpose well , except on the right-hand side near the centre . |
| 5 | The settlers ' attempts at agriculture were frustrated , except on the southern steppe frontier , by frozen subsoil and the sub-arctic climate , and as they were carried out by the primitive ‘ slash-and-burn ’ method , were highly destructive of the forest environment . |
| 6 | We have already seen that it leaves unexplained one prominent feature of judicial practice — the attitude judges take toward statutes and precedents in hard cases — except on the awkward hypothesis that this practice is designed to deceive the public , in which case the public has not consented to it . |
| 7 | Except on the odd occasion when the paper tray is empty , the problem only seems to be the inability of the printer to handle data as quickly as the PC can send it . |
| 8 | Baldwin lanced this boil fairly quickly and quietly by an announcement to a party meeting on 11 February : ‘ I do not feel justified in advising the party again to submit the proposal for a general tariff to the country except on the clear evidence that on this matter public opinion is disposed to reconsider its judgment of two months ago . ’ |
| 9 | Open 9.30am-7.30 pm , except on the last day , when the show closes at 5pm . |
| 10 | In some ways it is easy to share the enthusiasm of the Secretary of State for his new schools , financially independent ( except on the direct grant for students from the DES , paid on a per capita basis ) , yet with a rigidly controlled curriculum . |
| 11 | Except on the vital matter of Europe , where the outcome is not yet clear , but where , at least , he is better than his opponents , I am quite confident that he will not do anything damaging to Britain . |
| 12 | I feel that although on the modern piano we may lose a few colours , we ultimately gain more : a wider expressive range , increased dynamics , the possibility to suggest a full orchestra , and much greater ability to permit cantabile in the higher region of the instrument . |
| 13 | Another complicating factor is the large number of organisations that are inevitably involved in all the different aspects of rural development , although on the small scale of Lewis and Harris they would appear already to be somewhat better integrated than in many other places . |
| 14 | The All Blacks would treat such an outmoded approach with the scorn it deserves , although on the other hand they might have been impressed with Bridgend 's contrasting mobility and aggression . |
| 15 | There is n't one , although on the first day the main route is essentially at low level . |
| 16 | The opera was a great success , although on the first evening several very distressing incidents took place . |
| 17 | No wonder the Accademia has been rearranged in anticipation of a siege ; although on the bleak day I went there was no need to queue . |
| 18 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
| 19 | The team was on the mountain — although on the opposite side — at the same time as Ulric and Cathy Jessop , the latter of whom died from pulmonary oedema during a retreat , unbeknown to the south face team . |
| 20 | The causal direction hypothesis predicts that performance will be better on the causal task than on the temporal task . |
| 21 | These results support the causal direction hypothesis , since performance is significantly better on the causal task than on the temporal task for each age group . |
| 22 | The West coast route , however , could not be profitable , with 1960s-vintage equipment which cost more to maintain , and it was less reliable than on the East-coast line . |
| 23 | In the Esso case Lord Reid said " as the whole doctrine of restraint of trade is based on public policy its application ought to depend less on legal niceties or theoretical possibilities than on the practical effect of a restraint in hampering that freedom which it is the policy of the law to protect " . |
| 24 | Almost all the maritime alga-lichen-moss communities are richer in species and more luxuriant in growth than their continental counterparts , more so on the outlying island groups than on Antarctic Peninsula , and more on the northern than on the southern peninsula . |
| 25 | It is clear that data obtained from these questions relied heavily on hearsay rather than on the actual knowledge of others , as well as of the informant . |
| 26 | The first full dress rehearsal occurred on July 10 and 637 aircraft took part , a few less than on the actual event . |
| 27 | Although for Aristotle physics meant the study of motion and change in nature , the main emphasis was placed by him on the states between which change takes place rather than on the actual course of the motion itself . |
| 28 | Conformity of behaviour to specific or particular situations is more likely to depend on the sanctions attached by parents to those particular situations than on the general parent-child relationship . |
| 29 | Profits for the individual firm , they argue , often depend far more on these factors than on the surplus value to be exploited from their own workers . |
| 30 | Here items in short supply are sold at inflated prices — but still generally lower than on the black market . |