Example sentences of "a [noun] on [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it sort of backfired a bit on poor er Ray because he 'd actually written up a bid er for us to do , which was about investors in people to actually h appoint somebody to control that process which would take on board all of the training and |
| 2 | But erm , if I could just erm erm expand a bit on this erm on this erm major awards , er because it was quite interesting , particularly because of the present er , uncertainty about what 's going to happen about students ' grants . |
| 3 | in order to allow us to do that examination , I make a recommendation on such erm checking . |
| 4 | Although he traded in Australian citizenship for an American passport for business reasons , he still has a stranglehold on 60 per cent of Australia 's main newspapers . |
| 5 | It was cast in heavy metal and er it had er sort of a a sole on one e part of it , and a heel on the other part , and then there was a small children 's sole . |
| 6 | John learned to drive a tractor recently and can already ride a motor bike and drive a car on private la ? d . |
| 7 | in the transportation planning committee yesterday , and the , one of the question of opposing them , it was what was going to block , that they , wh wha were they members , gon na get for their pockets and their own patches , and er , I I think , so I mean , I asked a a a councillor , well I asked a question on five per cent for me yesterday , and my response was , yes , precisely . |
| 8 | ‘ The active marketing that a firm like ours carries out requires a lot of staff and it would be impossible to run a business on 1 per cent fees . |
| 9 | A tax on 85 per cent of Social Security benefits paid to upper-income elderly , instead of the current 50 per cent . |
| 10 | Yes I like this business of putting your what 's a name on this d with this you know , the glue on . |
| 11 | No , you 're a wanker on this int ya ? |
| 12 | You can watch a lot on this er , Sky T V |
| 13 | Er it it take a view on that er appeal he will take into account the er development plan forces which were in force at the time . |
| 14 | Part of the deal with the management buy-out team was an option on ten per cent of the new company when it came to the market , no equivalent of which was possible under the terms of any of the outside bids . |