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I was a little confused by the following sentence because 条件 is a regular
noun, but looking at examples I see that it means "on the condition of
[object]": `財政危機におちいっているギリシャは、 緊縮を条件に、ヨーロッパのほかの国から支援を受けています`

I'm wondering, was there a verb that just isn't said anymore?

And I'm trying to think of other example constructs like it, but haven't come
up with anything. Is this a common construct?
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Is を[noun]に, as in を条件に, a common construct?
The same construct can be used with other nouns (but not every noun):

  * 緊縮 **を条件に** 支援を受ける to receive aid on the condition of austerity
  * 結婚 **を前提に** 交際する to go out with a person seriously with the idea of getting married
  * 利用者の意見 **を参考に** 使い勝手を改善する to improve usability taking the feedback from users into account
  * 駅 **を中心に** たくさんの商店が集まっている。 Centered around the station there are many stores. (This example is based on an example in “[The meaning of and difference between ～を中心に and ～をめぐって](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/5601/the-meaning-of-and-difference-between-%EF%BD%9E%E3%82%92%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E3%81%AB-and-%EF%BD%9E%E3%82%92%E3%82%81%E3%81%90%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6)” by cypher.)

In these examples, as istrasci wrote in a comment on the question, we could
insert して after に. (I do not know if the version with して is the original form
and the version without して is a contraction of it or not.) However, in the
following similar-looking examples, this is not the case, so I am not sure if
this captures the essence of the construct:

  * 来月中旬 **を[目処]{めど}に** この仕事を終わらせます。 I will finish this work by about the middle of next month. (This example is based on an example in [Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%82%81%E3%81%A9&stype=0&dtype=3&dname=2na).)
  * オリンピック **を最後に** 引退する to retire with the Olympic Games as the last event
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