Example sentences of "on a [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anyone were to suggest that ultra high level languages could produce the requisite speeds , it would be easy to test their claim by requesting a demonstration of a recruitment system with integrated letter writing putting on a hundred applications in an hour , and updating them in an average of 7½ seconds each . |
| 2 | The government argued that ‘ if real progress is to be made in tackling some of the major concentrations of problems , special efforts must be focused on a few cities in the next few years ’ ( HMSO , 1977 , p. 16 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Ye can see me now , more 's the pity , ’ he grumbled as he pushed his way to the back , treading on a few feet in the process . |
| 4 | Durbeyfield walked on a few steps in a dream , then sat down with his basket . |
| 5 | ( The previous premier , General Azhari , had suffered a heart attack on a few weeks in office ) . |
| 6 | Representatives from the 22 North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and Warsaw Pact countries meeting in Vienna on Feb. 21 accepted a NATO proposal to suspend formal talks on a Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) treaty signed in Paris in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] . |