Example sentences of "and on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Industrial relations in the railways have an impact on central macroeconomic policy issues such as inflation , pay policy and employment , and on a wide range of other pressing political concerns such as industrial peace and the continuity of public transport services . |
| 2 | Vieira said on May 13 , 1990 , that the PAIGC had begun the process of creating conditions for the introduction of a multiparty system , adding that it was essential that this process developed in a spirit of dialogue and on a non-tribal basis . |
| 3 | The extraordinary debits of £2.55m charged in the group p&l account , analysed in a note to the accounts , include a £57,000 surplus on disposal of assets of Churchill Safes & Security Products Ltd , a £1.098m loss on disposal of assets of Churchill Safes & Security Products Ltd and Tann Synchronome Ltd , and on a separate line £2.999m purchased goodwill in respect of businesses sold . |
| 4 | Alpha is a group is University of Ulster graduates who feel it would benefit all Northern Ireland graduates in the catering and tourism fields to keep in touch , both socially and on a professional level . |
| 5 | ‘ At a price , of course , and on a temporary basis . ’ |
| 6 | Most of the southern states resisted this and in one particular state one that 's sprung to prominence in recent times , the State of Arkansas er and its capital Little Rock , the then state governor , who was n't then Bill Clinton but a man called Orville Forbus defied the supreme court 's order and on a historic day in nineteen fifty four a little troupe of black children trooped up to the local high school and were met by armed , armed police and turned away . |
| 7 | The region in deoP2 protected by CytR in DNase I footprinting experiments is contained on a 47 bp Mam I- Sfa NI fragment extending from position -41 to position -87 and on a 52 bp Mam I- Sau 3A fragment extending from -41 to -92 . |
| 8 | It is n't just that the repertory is far-removed from that of the harp 's romantic territory — and , to the best of my recollection , of a kind last explored ( more conservatively and on a modern instrument ) in an entire disc by Zabaleta ( Archiv ) over 20 years ago , nor that it is played on two pedal-less early harps , it 's the spirit with and in which it is executed . |
| 9 | Once you have shed your surplus weight you will be able to increase your food intake , and on a normal quota of calories it is n't at all difficult to increase your dietary fibre intake to 40g a day just by becoming aware of the fibre-rich foods as you will during the following weeks . |
| 10 | Four years later she is symptom free and on a normal diet . |
| 11 | And on a typical day when you watch , for how many hours do you usually watch T V ? |
| 12 | And on a wider scale , theorists maintained that life amounted to the survival of the fittest : did not the Beesley hypothesis prove that the ‘ fittest ’ were merely the most cunning ? |
| 13 | The first of the great wheels were tall , and consideration has to be made for the height of the canopy , but there were many adaptations of the walking wheel and the more familiar smaller wheel , at which the spinner sat , soon followed , and on a small gallery like the one at Hodge Hill , the mistress of the house could sit with her tiny flax wheel . |
| 14 | He began experimenting with other drugs in use at the time and , using his extensive knowledge of botany , he investigated the effects of a number of medicinal plants , both on himself and on a small circle of friends and pupils . |
| 15 | Those now providing voluntary humanitarian relief are merely doing of their own free will and on a small scale what we hope citizens of the rich nations will as soon as possible compel their states to do on a massive scale . ’ |
| 16 | In one hand she held an iced tonic water and on a small table beside her was a cocktail plate of spicy-fried chicken wings . |
| 17 | I think the important point I 'd like to make at the outset is that when the review of the requirement was carried out it was carried out both nationally and on a four nation basis , the ministers , once that was complete , the ministers decided that and stated publicly in December ninety two , that we will continue with the existing airframe and engine combination and that each nation er based on a family of aircraft concept could decide from a menu which equipments it would fit according to their individual requirements and their budget and we looked individually at each of the items to see what impact it would have on the operational capability if we were to remove them and what erm was decided in the end and the requirement reflects this , was signed last month by the Chief Surveyor 's staff , is that some nations have decided to remove certain items of equipment but for the U K we felt that it was necessary to keep all the major items and therefore as far as the U K is erm impact on the operational requirement is concerned , there is no significant alteration in its operational capability and therefore in overall percentage terms there is no decrease in the capability at all . |
| 18 | It aims to manage those resources in concert and on a long-term basis for the benefit of the local human population . |
| 19 | On a red square , and on a blue , still some distance apart , stood two pairs of black leather knee-boots mounted in gleaming steel blocks . |
| 20 | He had been here before , and on a hot afternoon . |
| 21 | The jury returned verdicts of not guilty on 52 counts of child abuse but was unable to reach a conclusion on a further 12 such charges against Raymond Buckey , and on a joint conspiracy charge against the two . |
| 22 | European sales jumped by 18 per cent to just over £3billion for the quarter , and on a similar rise the enlarged US activities passed £1billion , the global total moving above £5 billion . |
| 23 | And on a similar subject , not everyone likes to be called ‘ dear ’ or ‘ darling . ’ |
| 24 | Pateman naturally sought , and was given , assurances that his reduced salary , which was only one-half of the National WEA 's prescribed scale of £400 a year for District Secretaries , would be paid in full and on a regular basis throughout the year . |
| 25 | But only days after his statement , and on a regular basis ever since , the newspapers had been full of holiday bargains and talk of overcapacity in an industry in which profit margins are already wafer thin . |
| 26 | A poor attendance rate can signal condoned truancy but it needs to be used with other measures of attendance , and on a regular basis , to help schools to improve pupils ' attendance . |
| 27 | Lee 's offer followed a statement to Taiwan 's National Assembly on May 15 in which he had suggested that there should be dialogue within a " one-China framework and on a government-to-government basis with the two sides having equal status " . |
| 28 | Staughton J considered ( obiter and on a hypothetical basis ) the effect of a term in a contract for the sale of a ship which excluded liability unless the buyer gave the supplier a chance to rectify faults and required the buyer to return it to the shipyard for repair . |
| 29 | With something as desirable as the Bölkow 207 , I did n't need a second offer , and on a thunderstorm-laden day ‘ TE turned finals onto Bourn 's Runway 19 to rendezvous with an eager air-tester and an equally impatient photographer . |
| 30 | Gilt ceilings and old silver certainly make it different from the usual run of East European cafés and on a warm early evening it is pleasant to sit outside and watch and chatter . |