Example sentences of "on [noun] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two huntsmen on trial after a horse is whipped . |
| 2 | Other events this weekend include Hoylake Sailing Club 's Conway Race and an Optimist Open Meeting at West Kirby on Saturday while a team race between Royal Mersey and Royal Anglesey at Rock Ferry is scheduled for Sunday . |
| 3 | Yet the Adams group worked their way to power in the republican movement in the late 70s out of recognition that the IRA campaign was teetering on defeat unless a political front was opened . |
| 4 | HUNDREDS of children missed out on trips after a coach firm boycotted 15 Liverpool schools . |
| 5 | the game was more of a head on crash than a classic … |
| 6 | ( In their 1988 survey , Mintel noted that ‘ the proportion of consumer expenditure represented by alcohol consumption has fallen steadily , whilst at the same time that spent on leisure as a whole has increased ’ ( Hunt , p42 ) . ) |
| 7 | But it is still against the spirit of the Act to impose restrictions on contact where a child is accommodated by a local authority . |
| 8 | They went on strike after a constable was killed by security forces . |
| 9 | Post office staff have gone on strike after a technician was suspended for refusing to use machinery blacked by his union . |
| 10 | Oliver 's tone , shocked , febrile , had about as much effect on Emmie as a quotation from Habeas Corpus would have on a crowd of hungry cannibals . |
| 11 | Fear of intimacy , especially with the same sex , overdependency on sex as a source of comfort , resorting to forms of physical and emotional bullying are rarely even noticed in many work set-ups , and it 's unlikely they would ever become a real obstacle to career advancement . |
| 12 | Eileen was home on leave when a letter came from Terry to tell them that he was off to France . |
| 13 | Lump sum Convalescence Benefit — £20 per day , also tax-free — for a period of up to one year , payable on discharge when a hospital stay is 21 days or more . |
| 14 | There will be no effect on competition if a natural monopoly is privatised intact . |
| 15 | Retail outlets in towns and busy shopping centres , which face tougher competition , spend more on advertising than a village shop , which may have no competitors nearby . |
| 16 | Hence the social value of a salient feature , in terms of its associated stereotype , may act as a brake on accommodation where a speaker is concerned with preserving his/her own identity , but may promote accommodation where the speaker is eager to identify with the other-dialect speakers . |
| 17 | Tack into suitable gap when at least half the time has elapsed or harden up on port if a big enough gap presents itself |
| 18 | Their song ‘ Happy Days ’ from their indie days was chosen to accompany a lager commercial on TV until a local Scottish tabloid discovered that ( Shock ! |
| 19 | Their song ‘ Happy Days ’ from their indie days was chosen to accompany a lager commercial on TV until a local Scottish tabloid discovered that ( Shock ! |
| 20 | Faldo could also be disciplined after being heard to swear on TV when a spectator took a photograph at the ninth and Faldo scored a six . |
| 21 | And there ca n't be many better ways of passing time on holiday than a long , lingering lunch at the Vieux Moulin restaurant overlooking delightful Port de Centuri harbour . |
| 22 | What is the point of sacking a young lad on £100 when a boss can take a cut ? ’ |
| 23 | Rigid plans that only work if they are adhered to at every step rarely provide the means for getting back on target once a significant deviation has occurred . |
| 24 | while Labour Party ranks are being filled by further education lecturers , men and women with professional training with much the same outlook on politics as a profession as the younger Conservatives . |
| 25 | It is frustrating on occasions when a side puts together an exciting movement of forwards interpassing to be concluded by a piece of driving play which eventually comes to a halt and the opposition get the put-in . |
| 26 | A well-made television programme — ‘ Cathy Come Home ’ is often quoted — may have more effect on policy-making than a scientific assessment of alternative ways of utilising limited resources . |