Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandblasting of the Great Slab area at Stanage to remove graffiti painted on over the August bank holiday has had the beneficial side effect of totally cleaning the afflicted area of chalk and rubber marks , and has also increased the friction . |
| 2 | This deals with , among other things , a pantomime put on by the Ralph Gardner High School called Thatcherella , children playing in the streets in front of a burn-out shop and around burnt-out cars , as well as those who queued up to help lessen the EC Butter mountain . |
| 3 | The fiery Scot was first to react when two supporters ran on to The Dell to stage an injury-time protest . |
| 4 | The new IT programme following on from the ESPRIT 11 will be the largest of the Framework lines with a total allocation of 1352 MECU ( £950 million ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Innes Place had been vacant ground for a long number of years , and the planning people insisted that there never had been houses fronting on to the Donegall Road , ’ Mr Smyth explained . |
| 6 | The lectures laid on at the Sorbonne were of an abysmal simplicity , and given by lecturers who grossly though understandably underestimated their audience : they bored her as she had not been bored by work for years . |
| 7 | But there is clearly a power battle going on among the Lancaster Gate mandarins , illustrated by the words of 78year-old chairman Sir Bert Millichip . |
| 8 | I continued to go off and on although I do have some special memories as a youngster running on to the Hillsborough turf to shake John Giles 's hand after beating Birmingham 3–0 in the Cup semi-final ( 1972 ) . |
| 9 | Republicans believe that intelligence passed on by the RUC special branch insider led to the arrest of several of their members recently on serious criminal charges . |
| 10 | In principle , a non-UK firm needs to be authorised under the FSA for investment business carried on in the UK . |
| 11 | Very little is known historically about Roland , but his fame lives on in the Chanson de Roland and legends that arose not long after his heroic death . |
| 12 | He emerged two minutes later with a bulky small man , and the Land Rover turned on to the Cambridge road , making for the headquarters of the regional crime squad . |
| 13 | Another factor is the widespread belief in the industry that when a new product catches on in the States , it will inevitably be adopted in Europe . |
| 14 | More than 45 firefighters were called to the scene at Preston Brook on the M56 in Cheshire after the tanker carrying kerosene crashed on to the Liverpool to London line . |
| 15 | I thought this must be the end for all three of us but in fact all the policeman wanted to do was to stop any traffic going on to the Via Emilia as a big convoy was on its way south towards Parma . |
| 16 | After closing in Virginia , the exhibition moves on to the Frick Art Museum , Pittsburgh ( 19 December-14 February 1993 ) ; the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston ( 13 March-9 May 1993 ) and the Seattle Art Museum ( 3 June-25 July 1993 ) . |
| 17 | Inchoate anger seethed on in the Weald until it exploded in the autumn of 1645 when the ‘ Clubmen ’ appeared , basically a ‘ confederacy with the vulgar multitude ’ of tenant farmers . |
| 18 | We would also like to ask permission to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks to aid viewing . |
| 19 | Jilinski , however , seemed oblivious to Samsonov 's ever more perilous situation , and as late as 26 August — when the hapless Samsonov was just about to be engulfed from all sides — he commanded Rennenkampf to employ two corps for the investment of Königsberg and with the rest of his army to press on to the Vistula . |
| 20 | THE Lawson affair rumbled on in the Commons yesterday with the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , asking the Prime Minister why she did not ‘ tell the truth ’ when she was asked why the former Chancellor of the Exchequer resigned by television interviewer Brian Walden . |
| 21 | As Amrit Wilson points out in the catalogue , Orientalism allows the artist to project on to the Orient ‘ all those aspects of his nature which he has learnt to hate and fear : the contradictions between Judaeo-Christian morality and his own sexuality , between the work ethic and his longing for intense aesthetic and sensuous experiences … ’ |
| 22 | THE Phoenix Players stepped on to the Rialto stage last night with their presentation of O'Casey 's ‘ Juno and the Paycock ’ . |
| 23 | Oil droplets and soot particles falling on to the Gulf waters , already suffering from oil spills , threaten the phytoplankton which supply food for the fish . |
| 24 | The statistical approach follows on from the Lorenz curve type information but recognizes that , for example , studying the income share of the bottom 10 per cent does not indicate how they are doing in relation to the mean or median of the distribution . |
| 25 | In any case , Stephen 's mother uses Hilary as an excuse to stay on at the Manor and I want rid of her . ’ |
| 26 | From Seathwaite follow the access road to Long House Farm ( 1 mile ) but bypass the farm to go on to the Walna Scar Road ( actually a bridleway ) . |
| 27 | Mr Carter droned on about the United States not being strong any more and being too afraid of the Russian bear and being out-traded and so on . |
| 28 | On his first visit to Washington in September , the Second Channel demonstrated his piety by asking for a rug to pray on on the Friday evening ; Craig Coy , wonderingly , lent him his gym towel . |
| 29 | Next morning I was a new woman , quite revitalised and waiting contritely for JTR who I had summoned back up from Edinburgh to get on with the Lewis Ramble . |
| 30 | Truro moves on to the SDR |