Example sentences of "on [det] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one concert bandstand a quintet played classical music , on another a small jazz band enlivened the air , to the delight of the small groups of people who stood listening . |
| 2 | Read it aloud half a dozen times then try to set down the framework and some key ‘ trigger words ’ on half a dozen index cards . |
| 3 | On some a small figure , seen from a distance , almost dancing across the platform at the back of the bucking hoverspeeder , spraying arcs of laser light that burst into explosions along the top of the perimeter wall , pausing only to hurl grenades that widened the hot smoking breach in the stonework . |
| 4 | On this a large collection of frosted Lalique glassware captured the light to perfection . |
| 5 | erm perhaps you could expand on this a little bit . |
| 6 | This is done by taking the distribution of scores for children in the standardisation sample of a given age , and imposing on this a numerical scale which has clearly defined characteristics . |
| 7 | Hackney looked around and decided the type of man he needed as a rough tough sidekick on such a dangerous mission was Middlesbrough Labour MP , Stuart Bell . |
| 8 | He was n't sure he wanted to be in on such a dangerous idea . |
| 9 | Obviously , injecting on such a casual basis , given the fact that the majority will necessarily not possess their own ‘ works ’ , presents a serious problem in terms of the spread of the HIV infection . |
| 10 | To conclude on such a vast subject as this is not easy but I would like to make the following points . |
| 11 | ‘ I brought in the Readers ' Digests , ’ she muttered , unable to apply the brakes when she 'd been on such a powerful roll . |
| 12 | I understand that your institution covers not only Cambridgeshire but also Norfolk and Suffolk , so my welcome is a particular one to those delegates who have travelled here from neighbouring counties today , and I trust that your journey on such a pleasant morning was a really good one and that you 'll find that this symposium is going to be very worthwhile . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly on such a mild afternoon , Iris was in the garden . |
| 14 | How do you keep the material fresh on such a long tour ? |
| 15 | And embarking on such a long trip . |
| 16 | Over the years it has gone on such a long time . |
| 17 | It is argued that disease-carrying insects and other small pests are reluctant to land on such a strange surface , with its intensely white and intensely black patches . |
| 18 | A painstaking job , needing a steady hand , especially on such a famous trophy . |
| 19 | They gradually caught on at other establishments , although not on such a substantial scale . |
| 20 | Second , the Trust is a body committed to conservation on such a wide scale — it is the second largest landowner in Britain — that it also has a clear duty to ensure that it follows good environmental practice in its own affairs . |
| 21 | If we are to continue providing unconditional practical care on such a wide level then we need your support today . |
| 22 | The defendant may apply for directions as to whether any third person with a competing claim should be joined and if that third person fails to appear on such a successful application the court may deprive him of any right of action against the defendant . |
| 23 | Obviously a writer who is happy with ‘ super-refined ’ ( elsewhere he says that Eliot 's ‘ Portrait of a Lady ’ is ‘ extraordinarily sensitized ’ ) is not a critic worth pausing on for long ; and yet when Untermeyer cites all too patent imitations of Eliot 's ‘ Sweeney Among the Nightingales ’ in quatrains by Osbert Sitwell and Herbert Read and Robert Nichols , one can see good reason for him to think that Eliot s reputation , achieved so fast on such a slender body of work , was no more than modish . |
| 24 | With only ten days to go , this was a disaster ( not that I 'm blaming the Council — there was probably misunderstanding on both sides ; I had no idea they worked on such a miniscule budget , and they for their part probably expected expenditure in the hundreds , rather than the thousands . |
| 25 | I hope to show , however , that in concentrating on such a narrow area , issues of wider import can be identified . |
| 26 | ‘ But it is such an easy walk on such a cool day , ’ laughed Um Hamed , lifting her veil off her face and adjusting her mask so that it settled properly on her nose . |
| 27 | For Max , it was perfectly normal , just the way one expected to start out on such a chequered route through life . |
| 28 | She says she is quite ready to serve a jail sentence even on such a petty charge . |
| 29 | On such a philosophical basis there is no room for a ‘ scientific ’ sociology , as distinct from a revealed social theology , unless it is one based on strict scientific verification . |
| 30 | Erm his name James Buchanan James Buchanan was asked to do something about the violations of the Fugitive Slave Law , this is the one that returned slaves back to their owners , erm and Buchanan said , I quote wisely limited and restrained as is the president 's power under our constitution , he alone can accomplish but little for good or for evil on such a momentous question . |