Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was still quite a long way from Yatton Farm , but the windmill on its hillock could be clearly seen from the farm . |
| 2 | On its executive could be found such skilful publicists as Michael Foot , M.P. , Kingsley Martin ( editor of the New Statesman ) , James Cameron , a leading journalist of protest , and Priestley himself . |
| 3 | Adam was obviously in trouble , but a wrong move on her part could make things a hundred times worse . |
| 4 | Now doctors who dare not move the slug have warned Nicola that one spin on her feet could dislodge it and instantly blind her . |
| 5 | Morland says most of its tenants are meeting the sales targets but those landlords faced with fines say the lights on their pubs could soon be going out for good .. |
| 6 | Farmers who use illegal growth hormones on their cattle could be banned for life from receiving EC subsidies , according to proposals from the European Commission . |
| 7 | The only influence on their choice could have been differences in the credit terms . |
| 8 | They know that a mistake on their part could send a signal almost as disastrous as the one that Chamberlain sent Hitler at Munich in 1938 . |
| 9 | The general view , extending to some members of the RCM , held that refugees belonged to the lower orders , and that no amount of hard work or intellectual promise on their part could alter their self-evident assumption . |
| 10 | The chief responsibility of the keeper 's council was to keep the king supplied with necessary cash , but no amount of good will and effort on their part could have produced it as promptly and as copiously as the king 's needs demanded . |
| 11 | A free or reduced rate offer on their part could be one solution that would help complete this huge task in less time . |
| 12 | Two of the three I have to see today wear suits on their backs could buy ten grams apiece . |
| 13 | Louis ' men had set their roadblock the far side of the bridge from Trent 's observation point — upended ammunition boxes topped by poles cut from the jungle edge and a square white signboard on which Trent could see red letters made indecipherable by the angle of the board to his line of vision . |
| 14 | Astronomers tend to always think the probability is high because they think there are so many sites on which life could develop , but the biologists take completely the opposite view , that there are so many evolutionary pathways that lead to biological dead ends , that this outweighs the number of sites on which life could develop . |
| 15 | Astronomers tend to always think the probability is high because they think there are so many sites on which life could develop , but the biologists take completely the opposite view , that there are so many evolutionary pathways that lead to biological dead ends , that this outweighs the number of sites on which life could develop . |
| 16 | With its egalitarian traditions of periodic redistribution of the land it provided a basis on which Russia could bypass capitalism and make a direct transition from semi-feudalism to socialism . |
| 17 | With its egalitarian tradition of periodic redistribution of the land it seemed to them to provide a basis on which Russia could bypass capitalism and make a direct transition to socialism . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't see why not , ’ replied Geoffrey , moving through the gloom to a desk on which Loretta could just make out the shape of a lamp . |
| 19 | A specially woven Chlidema Wilton with a border of bows and delicate flower tracery , formed an inviting centre on which visitors could freely circulate . |
| 20 | In an industry where proprietary technical standards are all but history , the cradle-to-grave customer loyalty on which IBM could once depend ( and often enforce ) is also a thing of the past : today 's computer users buy from the best , not the biggest . |
| 21 | These Acts extended the powers of secondary picketing and the ability to negotiate closed shop agreements , and limited the grounds on which individuals could refuse to join a trade union . |
| 22 | If all the syndicates were to be fully reserved on a basis on which Names could be confident of not being called for further sums , Chatset estimates that reserves of £1.5bn would have to be increased to £3.5bn . |
| 23 | The railway station , in its incarnation as latter-day cathedral , castle , and caravanserai , was yet one more gigantic stage on which drama could daily unfold , casts of thousands could cavort , and modern technology could display its marvels and miracles . |
| 24 | Clearly , the precise types of workers who could or should be termed ‘ employees ’ for the purpose of the statute was a matter on which opinion could differ . |
| 25 | In such conflicts , Haigh notes , religious policy , on which obedience could be crucially tested , became both a weapon and a prize . |
| 26 | The group 's philosophy is that computers should increase , rather than decrease , workers ' participation in industry , For example , large cooperatives could install a computer in canteens , on which workers could experiment with different ways of management , or discover various implications of increasing wages , for example . |
| 27 | There was a great crowd , singing , shouting , all very good-humoured — not , I think , because they were taking the situation lightly but because they were buoyed up by the feeling that here was something quite above ordinary political argument , a clearly defined moral issue on which people could stand up and be counted . |
| 28 | The USA had no system of social security against the ravages of sickness or unemployment — no " dole " as in Britain , on which people could fall back in bad times . |
| 29 | Precisely because a bishop 's hold on his diocese could be precarious , he needed to manipulate all the resources at his disposal ; contacts at court , family connections , the canons and the cult of the saints . |
| 30 | ‘ That caps it , that does , ’ said Jack , moving the pick-up so Tom who was coming up on his tractor could get past . |