Example sentences of "on the back [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Avon Rubber was also buoyant , adding 25p to 435p on the back of a profits recovery . |
| 2 | L-G-17 or the control solution was administered subcutaneously through osmotic minipumps ( ALZET 2 ML1 , ALZA Corp , Palo Alto , Calif , USA ) implanted on the back of the rats under general anaesthesia ( 0.2 ml 100 g/body weight of a solution containing fluanisone 2.5 mg/ml , phentanyl 0.05 mg/ml , and midazolam 1.25 mg/ml ) . |
| 3 | In the nineteenth century , according to André Jullien in his Topography of all known vineyards ( 1824 ) , Mareuil wines were no different from those of Aÿ ‘ and pass , in commerce , as Vins d'Aÿ ’ , hence the village 's name Mareuil-sur-Aÿ , the wines being sold on the back of the wines of Aÿ . |
| 4 | They have quite sharp thorns on the back of the leaves . |
| 5 | The initial reaction had been an assumption that shares would fall on the back of the changes in Advanced Corporation Tax and tax credits on dividends which , to put it simplistically , will suck £1 billion out of Britain 's pension funds , the largest providers of equity for industry . |
| 6 | Once , during a jungle film 1 made a snake by rolling out the plasticine on the back of the seats . |
| 7 | It 's listed on the back of the Chronicles of Narnia ? |
| 8 | The only other white markings on the upper body are two spots on the back of the ears . |
| 9 | And the are the spores on the back of the ferns . |
| 10 | ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter . |
| 11 | I have put the details on the back of the pictures . |
| 12 | His body is not all that promising : the epic blemishes on the back of the hands , the torso loosely robed in flesh smelling of poultry and peppermint , the feet . |
| 13 | Do kneading movements on the body , placing the hands palms down on the back with the fingers meeting at waist level , thumbs pointing forwards . |
| 14 | A number are signed and titled on the original mounts while the majority are signed and titled on the backs of the prints . |
| 15 | On the backs of the ankles of the male platypus there are horny spurs . |
| 16 | The stripy away shirts are dead good , and I 'd say that on the backs of the fans , they outnumbered the white hooped jobs by about 10 to 1 . |
| 17 | The wood for the hedge arrived not on the backs of the hedge-builders but in the boot of their Ford Cortina . |
| 18 | Below us rows of lads have put their winklepickers up on the backs of the seats , their feet crossed at the ankles , perching like a flock of shiny blackbirds with pointed wings . |
| 19 | Apparently the Company did not possess an additional bamboo pole for Selby Road , and the one from the Robin Hood had to be carried there resting on the backs of the seats of the upper deck of a car when required . |
| 20 | As the sun rose higher in the pale sky the temperature climbed steeply and patches of perspiration began to appear on the backs of the men 's shirts . |
| 21 | The faces on the backs of the books were courage personified , I thought . |
| 22 | There was no print on the backs of the tickets at all . |