Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additions to the Library 's already strong holdings on photography have a high priority for purchase . |
| 2 | Similarly foreign-exchange and political risks and their relationship to required returns on investment need a proper evaluation as determinants of market attractiveness . |
| 3 | A leopard will on occasion tackle a sambar , the largest of the Asian deer . |
| 4 | So , the insects which feed on nectar need a very well-developed time sense if they are to secure a meal easily . |
| 5 | On top come a further 250m tons of ’ hazardous ’ waste : anything ( whether solid , in the non-experts ' sense , or not ) containing substances that require special treatment . |
| 6 | Few people would be sold a new car without a handbook , or even attempt to grow cabbages without reading up about it first , but the same people will on impulse buy a new puppy without the foggiest idea of what is involved |
| 7 | Given his scepticism about our ability to penetrate to the real essences of things , it is not surprising that he finds that none of the much-discussed contemporary theories on offer provide a satisfactory answer , and concludes that we are simply ignorant about this . |
| 8 | White men on average earn a good deal more than black men , although the earnings differential between different groups of women is much less . |
| 9 | Some books on conveyancing have a chapter on searches such as Conveyancing by I R Storey ( Butterworths ) geared to the Law Society 's conveyancing course and examinations . |
| 10 | Works on show include a ‘ Virgin and Child ’ by Badile ; a ‘ Road to Calvary ’ by the Bolognese Aureliano Milani ; an ‘ Apollo and Marsyas ’ of circa 1805 by Cammerino ; a ‘ Bacchus and Ariadne ’ by Pelagi , probably from an album of around 1802 made for the Accademia della Pace ; and a red chalk study of a hand by Lorenzo Tiepolo . |
| 11 | Almost all of the 32 works on view have a collage of inserts taken from the world of advertising among their drawn work as they continue their extended storylines . |
| 12 | Other holograms on display cover a wide range of subjects from human portraits , to priceless relics of the past including a hologram of the famous ‘ Pete Marsh ’ the body in the bog ; York 's famous ‘ Coppergate Helmet ’ and many of the holograms featured on the BBC 's ‘ Tomorrow 's World ’ . |
| 13 | Further items on display include a large bound pattern book from Lockett , Crossland & Co of Strangeways , which dates back to 1952 , containing over three and a half thousand samples of printed cotton fabric together with listings of the client firm for which it was produced . |
| 14 | The Sun is certainly 5000 million years old , and by stellar standards it is no more than middle-aged ; not for another 5000 million years at least will anything drastic happen to it , so that we on Earth have a long reprieve ( unless , of course , we decide to indulge in another major war , which would not destroy the world but would certainly wipe out the human race ) . |