Example sentences of "[adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | the holder of a valid certificate in a form supplied by the Secretary of State , containing the information required by it , and signed by a medical practitioner to the effect that it is inadvisable on medical grounds for him to wear a seatbelt ; |
| 2 | Mr Langdon , of Park Avenue , Redcar , was working for subcontractor Tees Marine on an oil rig module , and was seen to collect the material , but never returned . |
| 3 | She remained entirely controllable on the helm and felt rock steady even in the gusts on a reach . |
| 4 | But narrative on the scale which it demands is impossible in a book like this . |
| 5 | The Japanese , champions of new product development , spend far less than the British on hiring market researchers , relying instead on information obtained by their own managers who get out and talk to dealers and customers . |
| 6 | The utilitarian approach , if it had been applied to the political life of India , would have led to the forcible ejection of the British on the grounds that the greatest happiness or good of the greatest number in India , namely the Indians themselves , would have resulted from it . |
| 7 | But they are n't in a position to harass you as the British on their home ground would be . |
| 8 | Bradley , while still cool towards the British on certain issues , agreed that in the event of war some Anglo-American " equivalent " of the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the Second World War would be necessary . |
| 9 | In a sensitive case like this , where action against foreign nationals might have diplomatic repercussions , it was wise to get the British on your side first . |
| 10 | From 1893 he served on a departmental committee to review the collection and publication of factory statistics , and from 1895 on a committee of inquiry into anthrax among wool sorters . |
| 11 | ‘ I want a patch-through on a secure line to Vice-President Odell , ’ he said , ‘ and I want it now . ’ |
| 12 | The Steelers made it 14–3 on Lipps ' 11 yard scoring grab early in the second period . |
| 13 | The public profile of the CBI 's director general mainly derives from his willingness to pronounce in public on issues of political interest , his fluency and persuasiveness in doing so and the fact that he can claim to speak for British industry . |
| 14 | You get to it by being a Prestel subscriber , so you also have access to everything else that is public on the system ( and it can be a particularly cheap way of buying air fares , for example ) . |
| 15 | Mothers shaved the heads of their daughters and then made them undress to take cold baths in public on the Hill of Calvary . |
| 16 | Although Microsoft has not yet gone very public on it , MSDOS 6 is due by the end of March 1993 , and will include the following utilities : |
| 17 | She will give reasons for her decision in public on Monday . |
| 18 | The Africa Oye workshop band will be performing in public on Saturday afternoon as part of the Big Splash event in Birkenhead Park . |
| 19 | The first meeting of the newly-established York Health Services Trust takes place in public on May 11 at York District Hospital at 9.30am . |
| 20 | Yesterday we saw some criminals being paraded in public on a lorry , and being ‘ criticised ’ by the crowd . |
| 21 | There are 4 , 700 more prison officers , with 1,600 on the way , and 3,000 fewer prisoners , so the prison population has risen by 7 per cent . |
| 22 | They are among the most primitive on bony fish , though their skeleton consists largely of cartilage . |
| 23 | Manzoku and Cool for Cats share a common start before diverging into separate lines ( to describe them as grooves would be a touch too expressive on either side of the crag 's blunt nose . |
| 24 | But traditional catholic moral doctrine would oppose this on the grounds of the legitimacy of the state qua state . |
| 25 | It was not unusual in more buoyant times to see dishes like this on menus at £5-plus . |
| 26 | Since it is usual in training to make circuit patterns from 800 feet or so , inexperienced pilots are often seriously put out if they find themselves unable to do this on a field landing . |
| 27 | ‘ You realise we did this on my last birthday ? |
| 28 | Cameron watched for the effect or this on the sawyer 's face . |
| 29 | You have brought this on your own heads . |
| 30 | ‘ What 's this on the floor ? ’ she asked . |