Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the story rumbled on in France , the New Zealand police prepared to place Mafart and Prieur on trial facing a charge of murder . |
| 2 | In The Ionian Mission , a hilarious account of the crew exercising a rhinoceros on deck has a serious point behind its absurdity : the animal is a diplomatic gift from the British government to one of the most tricky and desirable potential allies in the Eastern Mediterranean . |
| 3 | I 'll be brief chairman er first of all can I say we would accept the chairman , the conservative resolution ; turning to Labour resolution number two we would ask that you take on board to grant a er sales run by schools and other legitimate charities . |
| 4 | The information on board has a safety , health and environmental theme running through it . |
| 5 | When the youth fell overboard from the boat Boy Peter , one of two others on board threw a liferaft towards him but he failed to reach it . |
| 6 | It has been held that a person on foot pushing a bicycle when using a zebra pedestrian crossing was a ‘ foot passenger ’ . |
| 7 | A ‘ foot passenger ’ has been held to include a person on foot pushing a bicycle when using a zebra pedestrian crossing . |
| 8 | For them the critical starting date in human history was the one in 1896 when British law was changed to allow motor-cars to be driven without a man preceding them on foot carrying a red flag . |
| 9 | A glow-globe on stand-by provided a dim orange light . |
| 10 | Pupils look at modern computerised methods of printing and prepare their own news-sheet on computer using a simple newspaper software package . |
| 11 | These texts are held on computer to enable a more scientific approach to the study of the language than has been possible up to now . |
| 12 | When Yorkshire Television 's documentary on asbestos showed a 10-year-old boy dying horribly of mesothelioma probably ( or even possibly ) caused by the asbestos he breathed while watching his father change asbestos-lined brake shoes , it does the asbestos industry no good at all to point out that the risk of contracting mesothelioma is quite low . |
| 13 | For the rest of the year , Dataquest counts on recession to put a damper on growth , and it forecasts that shipment growth rates will slow to an average 13% to 14% for the full year , while total revenue increases very slightly . |
| 14 | The service is well on course to have a paramedic on every emergency vehicle by the end of this year , well ahead of the Department of Health 's 1996 target . |
| 15 | He won the first two frames and seemed on course to avenge a 10-5 defeat in last month 's Belgium Masters final in Antwerp . |
| 16 | WITH ONLY 48 hours to come up with the cash , Michael Knighton 's £20m take-over bid for Manchester United is back on course following a High Court ruling that gives him leave to put together a funding package . |
| 17 | At the end of the third quarter , provider units remained on course to achieve a financial balance this year , as we had reported earlier at the end of the second quarter . |
| 18 | He is on course to secure a clear majority among the union block votes in Labour 's electoral college to give him a clear advantage in the battle to succeed Mr Kinnock . |
| 19 | TWO computer game-crazy brothers are on course to make a fortune after becoming Britain 's youngest national magazine editors . |
| 20 | Additions to the Library 's already strong holdings on photography have a high priority for purchase . |
| 21 | Similarly foreign-exchange and political risks and their relationship to required returns on investment need a proper evaluation as determinants of market attractiveness . |
| 22 | From Maslyukov 's statement it already appeared that the proposed rules on referendums on secession required a vote in the whole Soviet Union , not just in the republic concerned . |
| 23 | Any decision given on review attracts a further right of appeal just like the original decision . |
| 24 | At the end of each film there is a short piece on driving on snow using a 4x4 Jeep . |
| 25 | All those wins , plus being top of the US Money List for 133 days — it was a fabulous run and it is all faithfully recorded , providing on second reading a clue as to why Lyle is now having trouble hitting his hat . |
| 26 | The stance on independence represented a victory for the party 's radical New Tide faction . |
| 27 | Some get about a pound a week , while on girl gets a pound a day , another five pounds a fortnight . |
| 28 | Wolfie puts his political struggle on hold to join a US grunge-rock outfit in another vintage CITIZEN SMITH , then this year 's anti-traveller precautions are finally exposed on SHOW DOWN AT GLASTONBURY . |
| 29 | MAGNUM star Tom Selleck has put his film career on hold to host a series of science documentaries on American TV . |
| 30 | Young Stuart Duncan is back in action after his career was put on hold following a serious knee injury last Christmas and Malone are still hoping that former Irish Schools ' star Scott Kirkpatrick remains at home rather than taking up an option to return to the States . |