Example sentences of "and [adj] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 6 , 1990 , Chevènement announced a re-evaluation of military pay which proposed a series of premiums and indemnities , but was met with some disappointment and scepticism by the military which was increasingly critical of the discrepancy between the growth in spending on military material and that on personnel . |
| 2 | About 300 men and apprentices are employed on new work and 180 on repairs . |
| 3 | This means that rather than having to be deliberately cut down and low on features for fear of competing with its big brother , it can try its best . |
| 4 | He offers heartache loud and clear on songs that are more than just minor vehicles of angst . |
| 5 | This was especially true when he gave an impromptu lecture on the nature of matter in 1844 — the story is that Charles Wheatstone panicked and fled , leaving it to Faraday as chairman to satisfy the audience — and another on ray-vibrations in 1846 . |
| 6 | They were relaxed and puffing on cigarettes ; it was clear that any responsibility for the inert procession which now crocodiled back out of the village failed to bother them . |
| 7 | The impact of the changes on people living in rural areas and dependent on cars for travel was highlighted by the RAC and by several Scottish MPs . |
| 8 | He argued that many organisations ( especially those that were relatively long-lasting and dependent on leaderships for their organisation and continuance ) could be interpreted in terms of the transference of early childhood affections . |
| 9 | I disagree with Ginsburgh and Schwed on econometrics |
| 10 | The ones I 've seen have had startling cluster heads of tiny pink-red flowers , star-shaped on pentas and tubular on ixoras , amid bold , leafy foliage . |
| 11 | At a time when the political parties have all released bulky documents stuffed full of environmentally-friendly policies , when any washing powder that ca n't say it 's CFC-free and untested on animals and made from biodegradable phosphates is likely to be left on the supermarket shelf , golf 's ‘ green ’ credentials seem pretty strong . |
| 12 | Two thousand four hundred and ninety on vacancies . |
| 13 | Yet , without minimising the very real material and political benefits gained by ordinary working-class people in the 1940s , one must recognise the qualitatively ambiguous nature of these welfare innovations : a National Health Service which greatly benefited working-class women and children but also consolidated the power of an elite of consultants ; secondary education for all , but qualitatively differentiated , with selection by and large on grounds of social class , and the independent sector left intact ; a comprehensive social security system , but with benefit rates no higher in relation to average earnings than they had been in the 1930s . |
| 14 | This has been generally well received and is thought to be helpful and informative on matters of chambers administration . |
| 15 | Remind yourself of guidelines 4 and 5 on pages 14–15 concerning house rules and try to avoid trivializing discipline by unnecessary scolding and nagging ( see page 75 ) . |
| 16 | If you need urgent information you are invited to use the following telephone number but , please , only use it between 19.00 and 21.00 on Mondays to Thursdays and only if it is absolutely necessary … |
| 17 | Today in Britain 's N H S we are spending more and more on accountants and fi financial consultants and less and less on health care workers . |
| 18 | that 's why it 's crazy you see it , oh , it does n't make sense that so much emphasis is put on floor area if er less emphasis is put on floor area and more on children |
| 19 | When the elements are set out in the Periodic Table , relationships between those vertically above and below each other , those to the right and left of each other , and those on diagonals become apparent . |
| 20 | There were over 4000 LEA careers officers in the UK in 1985 , of whom about a sixth were in government-funded posts dealing with unemployed young people and those on YTS . |
| 21 | They have been attracted by features such as those shown in this photograph and those on pages 28(F) and 35(A) . |
| 22 | It was clinical white with a spotless red carpet , and full on Sundays . |
| 23 | Market makers can aim to run only modest positions in any group of similar stocks or they can run large but offsetting positions , i.e. being long on certain stocks and short on others such that capital gains and losses can be expected to cancel each other out . |
| 24 | The press conferences held in Tokyo was long on reassurances and short on details of how the companies will operate post-merger . |
| 25 | These are detectable in the concentrate , hardly noticeable in solution and undetectable on surfaces after rinsing . |
| 26 | The company remains committed to worldwide annual spending of about $5 billion in 1993 and 1994 on projects which it expects to yield good returns in future , even if present lacklustre oil market conditions persist . |
| 27 | Also missing in traction : the Fontana showcase with Catherine Wheel , House Of Love and Ocean Colour Scene : the rumoured-to-be-great Grifters and recent On -sters Gigolo Aunts . |
| 28 | As children grow , they become keener and keener on games and puzzles which , in fact , test their developing cognitive skills . |
| 29 | Legally those having less than the minimum of 40s. in goods should have been assessed on wages or ‘ profits for wages ’ , which were often treated as interchangeable , though sometimes carefully distinguished : in Goldspur hundred on the Kentish border assessments on profits were specified in 1524 , but in the next year the assessments roped in more small taxpayers and divided them into fifty-one on wages , forty-six on profits and seven on goods . |