Example sentences of "[verb] on [num] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ranch is surrounded on three sides by intensive arable agriculture , split into tiny small-holdings and , for the most part , being worked on land totally unsuitable for the purpose . |
| 2 | The house was entered from the left into a sheltered deck area running its length and surrounded on three sides by louvred shutters . |
| 3 | There was a small rectangle of land beside the jetty , surrounded on three sides by steep clay walls . |
| 4 | The investigation itself requires the test sessions to be repeated as often as possible , say on 5 occasions at each test time , to reduce the effects of variability . |
| 5 | The pier is small , the cottages few and tidily arranged , the little beaches a delight for pebble collectors , the bay a narrow inlet of Loch Torridon landlocked on three sides by gaunt grey hills , and only the cry of seabirds disturbs the silence . |
| 6 | Ceramic tiles are thin slabs of fired clay decorated on one side with coloured glazes , and often with a printed or handpainted pattern too . |
| 7 | Ecstatic , the boy tried on one mask after another , roaring like a lion or mewing like a cat . |
| 8 | In mainland Europe the spacing between tracks and reversible signalling enables engineers to work on one track in complete safety while traffic continues to pass on the other . |
| 9 | When I returned to the palace with my boxes , I was able to stand on one box on one side of the wall and step on to the other box on the other side . |
| 10 | This happens on eight occasions in all ; on three occasions he is thinking about his father and on five occasions he is thinking about his mother . |
| 11 | He was living on two levels at that time . |
| 12 | Music for the celesta is written on two staves like that for the piano . |
| 13 | Skimming along the water-front with the peculiarly flat ride jeeps give when they 're not lurching on one wheel over lumpy terrain . |
| 14 | Ozone levels were recorded which were well above the level which is considered dangerous ; the danger level was exceeded on 10 days in 1992 , compared to only six in 1991 . |
| 15 | Potatoes became an important part of the national diet , grown on 40,000 acres in 1795 and 142,000 in 1851 ( Salaman 1989 ) . |
| 16 | focus on two cases of capital punishment |
| 17 | Robert Sanders reported the " election " meeting on 13 November with evident satisfaction : |
| 18 | See well over 50,000 exhibits collected by Jan and Graham Upton during the past 30 years and now shown on three floors of authentic Victorian style Shops . |
| 19 | Part I , ceramics , silver , antique arms and armour , clocks , scientific instruments , printed maps and views , autograph and printed music , furniture , sculpture , to be offered on 19 May at 2.30 p.m . |
| 20 | For example , go to Piccadilly Circus in London and see the statue of Eros , bow in hand and still balancing on one foot after all this time . |
| 21 | Cumani 's filly had been officially handicapped on three efforts over inadequate trips and should have no problem defying a penalty . |
| 22 | The research concentrates on five countries of Western Europe in which the relationship between communism and single-issue radical movements is particularly salient : France , Italy , Belgium , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom . |
| 23 | The cloisters ( 1172–89 ) of the abbey church are beautiful ; they are enclosed on four sides by coupled columns of stone and marble , inlaid with brilliantly coloured glass mosaic in patterns on the shafts and have richly varied carved capitals . |
| 24 | Its large terraced gardens formed but a part of six and a half acres of land enclosed on three sides by high walls and locked gates . |
| 25 | Faecal fat and faecal bile acid analysis was performed on 17 patients with cystic fibrosis ( five with liver disease ) and wight control subjects . |
| 26 | Hydrogen breath tests were performed on 33 patients with cystic fibrosis including five patients with cystic fibrosis related liver disease and eight control subjects . |
| 27 | It is the aim of this study , in order to maximize this advantage , to focus on one area of financial regulation — the Chinese Wall — where law and economics do interface and where their intersection is one of clear economic dimensions . |
| 28 | On 5–7 May the Schutzkorps took part in the mass exodus via the Loibl Pass into Austria where it formally surrendered on 12 May to 1st Guards Brigade , under 6 Armoured Div , and settled in Viktring camp , a few miles south-west of Klagenfurt , with other Yugoslav refugees ( see below ) . |
| 29 | The Festival ends on 27 October with Great Balls of Fire , Jim McBride 's biopic of Jerry Lee Lewis . |
| 30 | 1 egg poached and served on 1 slice of wholemeal toast OR 2 bananas sliced and topped with raspberry flavoured yogurt |