Example sentences of "a [noun sg] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Hebbert was there , guide in hand , picking out the classics on the Left Wall ( he reasoned it had to be a route on the left wall to provide a contrast to the big slab route just completed ) . |
| 2 | The principle of effective judicial protection is expressed by a provision on the three Sex Equality Directives ( 75/117 on equal pay , 176/207 on equal treatment in employment and 79/7 on equal treatment in social security ) which requires Member States to introduce into their internal legal order such measures as are needed to enable all persons who consider themselves wronged by discrimination ‘ to pursue their claims by judicial process ’ . |
| 3 | I was on day duty with Jimmy Coutts and I was peacefully plotting a chart on the far side of the chart table , which was hidden from the entry door by the screen which ran nearly the length of the room . |
| 4 | Combine the great cities of Rome , Florence and Venice with each other , or with a resort on the Neapolitan Riviera or the rolling rural countryside of Tuscany and Umbria . |
| 5 | At the former there is a mini retrospective of the artist 's ‘ accumulations ’ ( earliest from 1962 , latest from last year ) while at the latter there is ‘ Cycles ’ not a meditation on the passing stages of an artist 's life but , more prosaically , about the leg-propelled two-wheeled conveyance . |
| 6 | Assign a rating on a ten-point scale as to how important each consideration is . |
| 7 | A decision on a particular business 's standard terms will be a very powerful precedent in a subsequent dispute on those same terms ; however , a decision on a particular clause in one set of terms will not necessarily be a binding precedent in a case on a different set of terms . |
| 8 | Ltd. a case on the corresponding section to s.92(1) ( c ) in the 1875 Act . |
| 9 | For a case on the startling effect of a deed of variation made for CGT purposes see Marshall v Kerr [ 1993 ] STC 360 . |
| 10 | Dee had just opened the two-litre engine up a bit on a dual carriageway and realized how quick the car was . |
| 11 | After all , the bathroom and toilet provision ( one of each per floor ) is hardly luxurious , and you do n't have a bar , so some of the participants are going to feel that the surroundings are a bit on the spartan side . |
| 12 | yeah , well a bit on the other hand . |
| 13 | I think there must be a period for a start when the office or elsewhere is a bit on the nervous and inefficient side as smokers are deprived , but he does not mention this . |
| 14 | ‘ My quadrille footwork 's a bit on the rusty side , ’ Matthew said . |
| 15 | She was your type , maybe a bit on the young side . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's a bit on the defensive , John . ’ |
| 17 | It 's also good I think for , for cricket in general that he 's got a pitch that helps him a bit on the fifth day and that 's how it should be . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's a bit on the small side but very agile and loves fast ground , so we shall have to think seriously about the National , ’ said McConnochie , who at this stage also intends to run Golden Friend , who runs at Haydock on Wednesday . |
| 19 | Her hands , he had complained laughing , were a bit on the small side but they had learned strength and the skill was there already . |
| 20 | A. The tank sounds a bit on the small side to me , which may prove a long term problem , though it does n't seem to be causing any difficulties at present . |
| 21 | The little one 's a bit on the small side . |
| 22 | Stirling Moss remarked that it had six gears but needed 16 , from which you can gather that it was a bit on the peaky side . |
| 23 | Though he could pick up a bit on the stable management , if he 'd a mind . |
| 24 | As a consequence , I do look a bit on the ragged side . |
| 25 | but the age profile of the partnership in this office is a bit on the aged side er and it should be er younger , it would certainly be healthier if it was a bit younger . |
| 26 | Operation Cuckoo was a bit on the hairy side to start with . |
| 27 | I suppose I was a bit on the short side early on in secondary school . |
| 28 | Indeed , my only complaint is that the playing time is a bit on the short side ! |
| 29 | There er twenty one Sharon and I think that might be a bit on the generous side so you 've got to come back next and do the weather forecast for me is that all right ? |
| 30 | I was too scared to speak to her because she was a bit on the large side and had a pair of glasses sitting on the tip of her nose and she struck me as a very bossy , short tempered teacher . |