Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] on [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ministry of Defence objected on three grounds : the increase in nuclear missiles available to the West was operationally unnecessary and would only add to the existing nuclear overkill ; mixed manning was a formula for military disaster ; and the cost of the British share would have to come out of the already overstretched Defence budget . |
| 2 | A week of action began on 13 June with a mass picket , at which 84 people were arrested and there was large scale police violence . |
| 3 | Effect of loss falling on one party |
| 4 | Although industrial conflict occurs across a wide range of behaviour , there can be little doubt of the massive amount of attention focused on one of its forms : strikes . |
| 5 | The Illington-Lackford type of pottery occurs on 4 per cent of cemeteries and 15 per cent of settlements in East Anglia , strongly suggesting that it was being used for domestic , as well as funerary , use , and it is estimated that undecorated pottery made from the same fabrics outnumber the decorated Illington-Lackford pots by 15:1 . |
| 6 | The first issue of Event appeared on 2 October ; by then , as Branson admits , ‘ Our reason for existence had already vanished . ’ |
| 7 | By a writ issued on 20 July 1988 , amended on 10 April 1989 pursuant to the order of Master Turner of 4 April 1989 , and a statement of claim served on 20 July 1988 , amended and reserved on 10 April 1989 the plaintiff , Gillingham Borough Council , acting under section 222 of the Local Government Act 1972 to promote the interests of the inhabitants in its area , brought an action in public nuisance against , inter alios , the first defendant , Medway ( Chatham ) Dock Co . |
| 8 | At a conference of the Supreme Council of AFPFL commencing on 1 November , Aung San made the inaugural speech . |
| 9 | The first outbreak of mutiny occurred on 3 May , and it spread rapidly until 16 corps were affected . |
| 10 | The House will be aware that the majority of contracts for the development of this aircraft have already been let , including the radar selection which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced on 8 May 1990 . |
| 11 | The day of reckoning came on 19 April 1937 , when Franco issued the Decree of Unification , creating the single party of Nationalist Spain . |
| 12 | Its large terraced gardens formed but a part of six and a half acres of land enclosed on three sides by high walls and locked gates . |
| 13 | Right at the last minute , before the final Court of Appeal hearing on 1 May , evidence alleging torture was adduced . |
| 14 | When the Court of Appeal held that the petitioner was not entitled to appeal as of right , the court was unfortunately and inadvertently and erroneously informed that the cancellation issue had not been finally determined by the judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on 4 October 1991 . |
| 15 | The Court of Appeal sat on 28 October 1991 and gave judgment on 12 November . |
| 16 | Sir Anthony became the new chairman on 1 July , succeeding John Maltby , whose term of office ended on 30 June . |
| 17 | The series of grants which implemented this transfer of power began on 15 May . |
| 18 | The series of grants which implemented this transfer of power began on 15 May . |