Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On eight minutes Armagh outhalf Simon Willis struck the first blow with a simple penalty . |
2 | Under the terms of the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty , the signatories — NATO and former Warsaw Pact states — have the right to conduct inspections on each others territory . |
3 | Duncan briefed us on what was to take place and we staggered backwards into the harbour , barking like seals and standing on each others fins . |
4 | Farnborough and Crystal Palace , the two skate centres of southern skating , hold friendly comps on each others ramps for the ‘ Whip Lash ’ trophy , Danny Wins . |
5 | One can visualise these gentlemen each with a candle or dim lantern , perhaps totally unused to situations like that , climbing fearfully up the ladders , hard on each others heels , taking comfort from the nearness of each other and climbing awkwardly with the lights they carried which would cast but a feeble glow about them . |
6 | In his work on Spanish cathedrals John Harvey comments on the Spaniard 's national pride , often so abrasive , so aggressive and disdainful of foreign ways , modern ideas of internationalism . |
7 | At the end of his visit Rabin confirmed that Major had agreed to lift an embargo imposed 10 years previously on Israeli arms sales to the UK . |
8 | For further reading on present-day debates readers should refer to the works cited in this introduction , and there is also a very useful and stimulating article by Fran Bennett in Lynne Segal ( ed . ) |
9 | Wales lock Tony Copsey ( left ) gets to grips with Doddie Weir as fellow Dragons Emyr Lewis and Stuart Davies ( obscured ) put the frighteners on Scots back-rowers Dave McIvor and Derek White ( right ) . |
10 | On non-school days children should not work any more than five hours if they are under 15 and on Sundays children can only work two hours . |
11 | I am a second year DipSW student and would be grateful for any information or research on foster carers birth children regarding placement disruption . |
12 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when county hall and Battersea power station were last inspected by English Heritage as his advisers on historic buildings matters . |
13 | The Chinese Premier Li Peng , visited Amman , the capital of Jordan , on July 6-7 and held talks with Masri on regional arms control , the Middle East peace process and ways to boost co-operation between the two countries . |
14 | One of initial 10-second ‘ teaser ’ television spots , to be shown on regional sports networks , notes that the summer of 1994 will see football played ‘ without shoulder pads , helmets or cheerleaders . ’ |
15 | For nigh on fifty years Penicillium had been useless . |
16 | Fine Gael spokesman on foreign affairs Jim O'Keeffe said the government could not feel happy that such an amount of food was ‘ hoarded on this island while millions of people starve ’ . |
17 | The Derry man took the job as Mr Hume 's top aide in 1984 and then spent two years in Washington , working for Senator Edward Kennedy on foreign affairs issues . |
18 | The Ministry of Information said on March 12 that fisheries patrol boats had been instructed to fire on foreign vessels fishing illegally inside the country 's 200-mile exclusive economic zone . |
19 | Much will depend on top marksmen Damian and Jim Robinson , and midfielders Martin Toye and Kieran Rafferty . |
20 | Man on premium bonds theft charge |
21 | The alternative on steepening rock is to begin abseiling , and on popular routes bunches of pegs and slings indicate the points at which such tactics are usually adopted . |
22 | On calm days people dived to inspect the bottom contours . |
23 | EuroExpress will be running weekly charters on Caledonian Airways DC 10-30 until late October , with return fares from £349 . |
24 | At the Trades Union Congress in 1916 Wilson moved a motion , which was carried unanimously , that the government should repatriate all Chinese who could not prove their British nationality and that no Chinese should be signed on British ships west of the Suez Canal . |
25 | Dusseldorf lawmen Ralf Nielebock and Detlef Starck try on British police helmets Picture : JEFF PITT |
26 | In her article on British arts funding ( The Art Newspaper No. 17 , March 1992 , pp.1 2 ) Giulia Ajmone Marsan drew attention to a threat from a Tory Minister for Arts to the Arts Council 's freedom from political control . |
27 | Those who have viewed the Lombardy Plain from a distance will know that even on clear days Milan has its own atmosphere , the way that other cities do , although , in fairness , it is very much less than many others , despite its low-lying position . |
28 | But Evans suggests that on some newspapers speed is valued more than polish and on a busy evening a deskman will find stories arriving faster than he can edit them . |
29 | It 's not always easy to find a compatible crew , so on some dates couples or singles ( not threes , it 's unfair on the odd one out ) may book ‘ Share-a-Yacht ’ . |
30 | On some lines season tickets will go up by eight percent . |