Example sentences of "of [noun pl] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increases in excise tax included increasing the federal gasoline tax from 9 to 14 cents per gallon , the renewal of the tax on airline tickets , increased from 8 to 10 per cent , the doubling of taxes on a six-pack of beer from 16 to 32 cents , increased taxes on wines and spirits , and a tax increase ( from 16 cents a pack to 20 cents ) on cigarettes . |
| 2 | It provides them with an opportunity to spend a short period of time , usually two or three weeks , at work , doing a job , but also asking questions and canvassing a range of opinions on a variety of issues . |
| 3 | The EC labelling will revolve around an international panel , comprising representatives of industry , trade unions , environmentalists and consumers , who will draw up criteria for each group of products on a " cradle to grave " basis . |
| 4 | Sergeant Collier — the prisoners may refresh themselves. , The party was drawing up with a jingle and a grinding of hooves on a cobbled forecourt . |
| 5 | In a collection of essays on a National Curriculum in the United States , published in the American journal Salmagundi in 1986 , Robert Scholes insists that the establishment of a canon , a list of great masterpieces , works of genius , removes the chosen texts from history and from human actualities , placing them forever behind a veil of pieties ; it fosters a reverential rather than a critical approach . |
| 6 | These standards can be established by weighing a sufficient number of coins on a modern balance ( although there are problems in establishing ancient standards from the weight of surviving specimens ) . |
| 7 | At the time it appalled the traditionalists ; now it is winning them round with its logical elegance , nostalgic glamour and atmosphere of cocktails on a Cunard liner . |
| 8 | Conditions may also be imposed to require the caravans to be removed at the end of each season or to require a number of pitches on a site to be reserved for touring caravans . |
| 9 | This programme will be taken up by more of our sites this year , to include details of emissions on a chemical by chemical basis . |
| 10 | Thus an old person who lives alone surrounded by piles of newspapers and plastic bags full of shopping and old clothes may be quite happily engaged in a long-term sorting out of possessions on a scale that may take years to accomplish . |
| 11 | They understood faith to be an assent of the mind as agreeable to reason as assenting to the existence of objects on a table . |
| 12 | In fact the numbers of anemones on a reef location control the population of clownfish to be found there . |
| 13 | De Klerk 's Feb. 2 speech [ see p. 37232 ] announcing the release of Mandela , the unbanning of the ANC and other anti-apartheid organizations , and the start of discussions on a new constitution , created a mood of optimism that the ending of apartheid was at last in sight . |
| 14 | He said his Labour counterparts had earlier ignored similar advice from officers when they approved a development consisting of hundreds of houses on a green field site . |
| 15 | The book is accompanied by a ‘ sound sheet ’ , that is , a set of illustrations on a playable plastic disc . |
| 16 | Negotiations between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union which ended on Nov. 16 were unsuccessful , reportedly because of disagreements on a rate for turning Czechoslovakia 's trade surplus with the Soviet Union into convertible currency . |
| 17 | He was to combine letters of the Hebrew words of a text into new combinations which , Abulafia said , produced a sensation that was similar to listening to musical harmonies , the alphabet taking the place of notes on a scale . |
| 18 | The group subsequently held a preliminary exchange of views on a report by the Director-General , Arthur Dunkel , on ways of achieving greater coherence in global economic policy-making through strengthened relationships with other relevant international organizations , particularly the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank . |
| 19 | They also used loudspeakers to address the pilgrims and collected thousands of signatures on a petition against mining from the crowd , estimated at over 40,000 . |
| 20 | Can you spare a couple of hours on a Tuesday morning six times a year ? |
| 21 | Has anyone said to you ‘ It will not take up much of your time , only a couple of hours on a Friday evening ’ ? |
| 22 | Well — that happened to me when my daughter joined the local Brownie Pack ; they were desperate for help and that ‘ couple of hours on a Friday ’ led to my becoming that pack 's Brown Owl , moving to a Guide Company that was in danger of closing and finally becoming District Commissioner administration four Brownie Packs , four Guide Companies and one Ranger Unit . |
| 23 | This allows us to investigate the depth and stability , the malleability or rigidity of attitudes on a topic which is notoriously difficult to investigate . |
| 24 | From a reading of Gudok for the whole year the impression is received of workers indulging in an endless series of meetings on a range of subjects from pay to culture , the Famine , technical improvement , national and international politics , usually during work hours . |
| 25 | There are , though , a number of waves on a reach and as long as you limit yourself to three distinct pumps with a clear pause before the next set you should be alright . |
| 26 | The sound of gentle stillness reminds me of a field of ripening corn stirred by a gentle summer breeze , or the sound of waves on a sandy beach , some distance away . |
| 27 | The last words were drowned out as four or five people produced as much sound as several shifts of riveters on a super-liner . |
| 28 | They tested the comprehension and recall of matched groups of subjects on a simple passage . |
| 29 | Most people think of maps as hand-drawn paper-and-ink products , but now the production of maps by computer , either plotted on paper or drawn in the form of images on a graphics screen , is becoming commonplace . |
| 30 | If we can be reasonably confident about what the world is like , it is because our different perceptions , and the perceptions of different people , are consistent , and , most important , because if we test our perceptions they are usually confirmed : if I see a pile of books on a table , then there are tangible books - when I walk over to them . |