Example sentences of "and on the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These shares are held by the investors , and on the triggering of the ratchet — the achievement of certain projections or market capitalisation on a flotation , for example — all or some of the convertible redeemable preference shares will be redeemed ; but if the results fall short of what is expected then they will be converted into ordinary shares and as a result increase the investor 's share of the equity at the expense of the proportion held by management . |
| 2 | In Polyscope , the faculty newspaper stacked in bins by the Polytechnique 's front doors and on the tables of the cafeteria and the first-floor lounge , a cartoon strip portrayed a classroom of agitated students , toques on and satchels at the ready , held in their seats by a teacher marking on the blackboard IL RESTE 30 SECONDES — ‘ 30 seconds remaining ’ — the end of the academic year ! |
| 3 | There were several chests and one great press , and on the tables were laid out some unfinished drawings and a litter of instruments . |
| 4 | None of this necessarily involved fighting between French and British , but it came at a time when the British Company was revising its policy of relying on the Moghul Emperor and on the successes of Englishmen outside India to protect its position . |
| 5 | The first ten years of the Peloponnesian War , to which we now turn , were to show that he did not , and that Periclean democracy — which was based on the power of money ( ‘ hail in due apportionment of wealth ’ say the chorus of Aeschylus ' Eumenides to Athens , line 996 ) and on the admiration of that power — was more precarious than Pericles had allowed . |
| 6 | The introduction of computer support could have had significantly different effects on the service providers and on the users , and the Needs Analysis was carried out using a different questionnaire for each generic group . |
| 7 | Euroactividade , creators of the exclusive Carvoeiro Clube , offers homes of elegance and style on luxury developments located around the picturesque fishing village of Praia do Carvoeiro and on the Parque da Floresta Golfe & Country Clube on the Western Algarve . |
| 8 | Update 3 reported the encouraging response by centres to SCOTVEC 's invitation to submit proposals for Phase 2 Pilot Schemes and on the consideration of these proposals by Scrutiny Panels . |
| 9 | The author 's art historical understanding is extremely shaky ; in addition to numerous errors of fact and spelling , several pieces of recent literature — on Epstein 's earliest work , the Oscar Wilde Tomb , the W.H. Hudson Memorial ‘ Rima ’ and on the Liverpool commission — are overlooked . |
| 10 | The second , signed on Sept. 18 , was a general co-operation agreement , and the third , signed on Nov. 26 , was an energy accord , with agreements on joint use and development of water resources in Cunene province and on the electrification of southern Angola and northern Namibia . |
| 11 | Our concern is with that huge category of stock which is not issuing well and which fills our valuable storage space : the nineteenth-century biographies ; the classics of politics and philosophy ; the long journal runs ; the multi-volume histories ; the ‘ complete ’ works ; the novels , plays and studies of and by yesterday 's men and women ; the giant topographical histories — the accumulated cultural and historical heritage that lies heavily on the stacks and on the reference shelves . |
| 12 | Most attention focuses here on shifts in Labour policy , on armaments and on the EC , to which may also be added another less publicised shift , namely on attitudes to the US : when Foot became leader of the Labour Party in 1979 , he had not been to Washington since the 1940s ; Kinnock and his associates were frequent , and informed , visitors . |
| 13 | It was a middle-aged face , deeply wrinkled around the mouth and on the forehead , and artificially tanned . |
| 14 | This project will provide an up-to-date study of the impact of such factors on the size and composition of the population of children in care and on the likelihood of children coming into care . |
| 15 | Despite all its fine sentiments , however , the main weakness in the guidance is its lack of clear operational advice on development plan policies and on the matters to be weighed in planning decisions . |
| 16 | These specialized tactile hairs form the whiskers of the upper lips , and are also found on the cheeks and the chin , over the eyes and on the wrists of the forelegs . |
| 17 | Indeed , Anselm 's greatness as an influence in the Christian world must rest almost entirely on his Prayers and Meditations , on his Monologion , Proslogion , and Cur Deus Homo , and on the sanctity which pervaded his whole life after his conversion in 1059–1063 . |
| 18 | Prince Charles may have acquired a good aristocratic county girl , well steeped in the ways of Sandringham life , and at home in the kale fields and on the grouse moors . |
| 19 | But you must wait for good weather to appreciate the mighty Picos de Europa range of mountains , just follow the river Deva through the dramatic La Hermida Defile ravine to the pretty Alpinesque town of Potes and on the Fuente Dé , where a cable car ascends the last 800 metres up to the sheer rock face . |
| 20 | Although the dismissal in August 1990 of the Bhutto government by presidential decree [ see pp. 37652-53 ] did not , as expected , lead to military rule , the event was marked by controversy centring on the President 's arbitrary exercise of power [ see p. 37764 ] and on the haste with which criminal proceedings were brought against Bhutto and some of her former ministers . |
| 21 | Local Christians took over our cinema to show the film Jesus of Nazareth and on the eve of the opening , the resident poltergeist threw a fit behind the closed doors of the projection room . |
| 22 | Many of the families were Ayrshire members of the Free Church of Scotland , led by the Rev. Thomas Burns , and on the eve of departure the minister conducted a service on the shore . |
| 23 | Some three months after the bombing , at the very end of the old year and on the eve of the next one , choosing the date with a certain bitter amusement , Edouard left the house at St-Cloud in the late evening , and drove , alone , into the centre of Paris . |
| 24 | In the scenes before battle Hal and Westmoreland address Falstaff in affectionate prose ( IV.ii.49ff. ) , and on the eve of battle Hal still shares that medium with his old crony ( V.i.121ff . ) . |
| 25 | Foreign capital accounted for half the new capital in industry between 1909 and 1913 , and on the eve of the war 47 per cent of the joint-stock capital in Russian industry was foreign owned . |
| 26 | Few could go so far as Musurus Pasha , who during his thirty-five years as Turkish ambassador in London staffed the embassy entirely with his sons , nephews and sons-in-law ; but even in the most developed states of western Europe and on the eve of the 1914 conflict family influences could still be important . |
| 27 | His comments came as it was revealed that three-quarters of Tory MPs wanted needy people to be protected from the tax on fuel and on the eve of a report , to be issued today , which said families in debt on their fuel bills were already choosing between heating and eating — even before the proposed addition of VAT . |
| 28 | There was a double bed with flowered sheets , and on the pillows a pair of pyjamas and a négligé . |
| 29 | Ipswich were as lethargic at the start of the second half as they had been for the majority of the first and on the hour , in an attempt to liven them up , Lyall brought off Milton and Goddard to introduce Palmer and Johnson . |
| 30 | And on the hour Gill picked up a Hitchcock through ball , controlled it on his chest and fired in a memorable goal . |