Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Now that the Government is giving tax relief on private health insurance we took a fresh look at all the schemes which qualify .
2 On lower Second Avenue we passed the Telephone Bar and Grill whose front was constructed from a series of British telephone boxes .
3 It was on that second voyage he encountered the Odonata .
4 If ever afterwards Creggan had been asked at what moment on that journey north he knew he was free he would have been able to answer precisely .
5 On that London road I reached such a point . ]
6 As a matter of fact , before I left on that Friday evening I bought a painting from her — The Blind Gypsy — for my mother 's birthday . ’
7 For had it not been raining so hard on that Tuesday evening I would have arrived at the Philharmonia Hall in good time .
8 Well on that Christmas day you rolled up a big snowman
9 how to be ta er the wheels on that fire engine it had got the registration , had you noticed ?
10 I 'm recording you on that tape machine I think .
11 He has described how on that summer morning he tip-toed alone up the back-stairs to the bedroom where her body lay :
12 For example , it can be conditioned in a hypertonic saline solution so that on absorbing body fluids it increases in size , thus achieving a higher buckle than is possible with a non-swelling implant .
13 FIGURE 1 Working on brown Ingres paper I started to experiment with the graphic qualities of the Chisel-edged pastels by reversing out a basic shape for the hedge
14 Working on brown Ingres paper I started by reversing out a basic shape for the hedge ( Figure 1 ) .
15 The batteries are generally clip-on ( although on some DIY models they are still integral ) and therefore replaceable , allowing spares to be carried and inter-changeability with other tools by the same manufacturer .
16 And in focusing on some problem areas it 's possible to fail to give an impression of the enormous privilege it is to serve the church and her lord in social responsibility .
17 On some disposal assignments it will be necessary to make formal oral and written presentations .
18 They had me brushing out post-holes on some rubbish dump they said was a castle .
19 On some acquisition assignments it will be necessary to make formal oral presentations .
20 The curtains were drawn still and on this winter day it was almost as dark as night in here .
21 It is not impossible that on this sea voyage he was accompanied by Panaetius , who , according to a very fragmentary and dubious passage of the index Stoicorum , apparently travelled by sea with Scipio at about this time ( col. 56 , ed .
22 Just a mi , matter of interest where do you come from because on this dictionary thing I 'm supposed to put down what people 's local accent is ?
23 Already early on this Saturday morning he and his pupils were beginning to prepare for the banquet in the Imperial kitchens .
24 But they were on this bonus system you know , they were you know on the bonus but they were n't quarry men .
25 ‘ Do you realize , Charles , that if these Labour Johnnies go and slap on this gift tax they 're talking about , crimes like young Nigel Steen 's wo n't be worth committing . ’
26 When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’
27 on this restructuring group it 's British Rail , it 's the Treasury , it 's the Department of Transport , it 's the franchise director .
28 In the course of gathering material on Dark Age Cumbria she has come across marvellous stories in medieval languages and has published three novels based on them .
29 To decide what effects such focusing would have on overall recognition sensitivity it is necessary to make assumptions about the information present in the different stimuli :
30 For example , contracts survive to pay for the regular cleaning of the bronzes in Roman temples and where statues are depicted as part of landscapes or street scenes on contemporary wall paintings they are always shown as bronze-coloured , never patinated ( plate 8.1 ) .
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