Example sentences of "on a [adj] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had just completed work on a new two-and-three-quarter-ounce trout-rod , and had asked his brother , John , to try it out . |
| 2 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 3 | Features of the new Constitution included the expansion of the National Assembly from 99 to 108 members , to be equally divided between Christians and Moslems ( thereby abolishing the existing system based on a 6:5 Christian:Moslem ratio ) . |
| 4 | Of the 99 deputies elected in 1972 , only 67 remained in the current Assembly , which was based on a 6:5 Christian:Moslem ratio ( although Christians were in a minority within the population as a whole ) . |
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| 6 | The shares were six times subscribed and opened at 193p , staying there for a second or two before going decisively through 200p ; at the year end they stood at 218p , a rise of 70% on the issue price , and were valued on a historic price/earnings multiple of 30.8 ( and yield of 1.4% ) . |
| 7 | Inflation , the effects on your pension , you 've got the engineer on a level er annuity and the headmaster on er an index-linked annuity . |
| 8 | She 's on a full sch music scholarship you know . |
| 9 | The output of the monochromator was detected by a photomultiplier , amplified and then plotted on a wavelength-synchronized x-y recorder . |
| 10 | For example birth control , you see you could use the same argument , you could say oh the Catholics say birth control is unnatural and we know they have a whole position on that and yet the data on infertility shows that in fact most women generate antibodies to some sperm , so the , those datas suggest that actively discriminating against sperm on the part of the women is actually natural and all that is happening in modern birth control technology is that women are developing or building on a natural er foundation that is already there namely to be choosy about when they become pregnant and by whom . |
| 11 | or telephone when vehicles moving except in emergencies , you should only stick your fix or clip on microphone where it will not distract your attention from road , do not stop on a hard shoul shoulder of a motorway to answer or make a call however urgent . |