Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family spent the summer of 1948 in the Lebanese hill resort of Aley , living on 7,000 pounds they had taken with them from Palestine . |
| 2 | When exercise is concentrated on specific areas it will help to tone up the muscles faster and so tighten the skin , giving the impression of increased weight loss in the desired areas . |
| 3 | On political questions it is remarkable how little he has to say . |
| 4 | Thus wars result from authoritarian government , while the peaceful conduct of foreign affairs is a function of liberal democracy — for if the people are properly informed on foreign-policy issues they will choose peace over war . |
| 5 | As our first example of deciding on hedonistic grounds we took a choice between two dishes . |
| 6 | This has been the case in the past 30 years , and for those on low wages it has meant a relatively lower contribution has been made towards the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme . |
| 7 | Even on dry days they are kept moist , ready to dissolve and transmit the perception of interesting molecules . |
| 8 | Building on solid foundations it is extremely encouraging to report that last year we saw a dramatic increase in the numbers of candidate entries . |
| 9 | On odd days he would work on the novel . |
| 10 | On economic grounds it is also prudent for both husband and wife to delay and limit childbearing within marriage , and compress the period devoted to childbearing . |
| 11 | In general , on small-scale maps it is of course quite pointless to be too precise . |
| 12 | What they should 've done , instead of having all them machines on that moors they should 've had damn bugger stripped to waist digging it out . |
| 13 | But if the chance for a fair electoral system is lost at least we should have played to what strength there is in a single member system and properly recognised the individual communities of the U K. That chance has been missed without review and on that grounds I do n't believe this review should go through . |
| 14 | To indicate the page we 're on there 's a number centred across the bottom of the page below the rule while on normal pages we 'll have a strap indicating the title and issue date on the outside edge of each page ; recto and verso headings to use the official terminology . |
| 15 | By examining the details visible on surviving coins it is possible to identify coins struck from the same die or dies , for they will show no divergence whatsoever in the details of the designs ( fig. 6 ) . |
| 16 | Something the Wild Geese used to say — the Irish soldiers who had fled Ireland after that big battle at the end of the seventeenth century when they were dying on foreign battlefields they used to say : ‘ Would that this were for Ireland . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah you wan na have subsidies yo that you get on foreign rails you know you get |
| 18 | It was urged into the air again , kicking out with its back legs , seeming to hang there motionless , and then on hind legs it walked several steps forwards . |
| 19 | When boats were travelling on improved sections they would go in pairs . |
| 20 | In conclusion to this section on depositional fabrics it can be seen that a considerable amount of information can be gained from petrographic studies which can be used to supplement field studies and gain insight into the origins of the sediment . |
| 21 | On windy nights they tapped at the windows with woody fingers . |
| 22 | On windy days he finds himself flying over Doncaster , flares a-flap , hair streaming behind him like a curtain . |
| 23 | On free weekends he drove to Chastlecombe on a Saturday afternoon , took Leonora out for a meal somewhere , stayed the night at the Kings Arms in the town , and spent most of Sunday with Leonora before driving home to face his Monday morning clinic next day . |
| 24 | On free afternoons they would choose quieter parts of the library and make towers , animals , castles , chairs and ski-slopes , all out of books . |
| 25 | On high stools they squatted , hunched in their habitual dolour , their snouts inflamed and dripping in the irritant air . |
| 26 | On pleated headings you will need one hook for every pleat and one at each side of the curtain . |
| 27 | On unsteady legs she walked towards the painting , seeing for the first time the mischievous face of a gremlin peeping out beneath the skirt of an old lady bent double , sweeping a woodland path . |
| 28 | On clear days it was like flying over an Atlas map of the British Isles and I picked out all the familiar landmarks in about two hours , which had probably taken me days to cover by sea . |
| 29 | So they 'd say erm write down the I mean if you 're lucky they 'll give perh perhaps on some questions they 'll give it to you and on others they 'll say write it down . |
| 30 | On some waters you can gain a degree of selectability by using harder and larger diameter baits . |