Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through The Scale Hilton hangs his thinking on the pegs of Scriptural texts interpreted as revealing figuratively the nature of spiritual reality . |
| 2 | The gravitational force dominates our Universe on the large scale , binding matter into stars , stars into galaxies , and galaxies into clusters of galaxies . |
| 3 | Spiral cleavage focuses our attention on the role of cell lineage in specifying pattern . |
| 4 | The research continues our work on the development of the LBS model of the UK Economy . |
| 5 | The Queen takes her seat on the River Bus . |
| 6 | SUN INAUGURATES ITS MULTIPROCESSING ON THE DESKTOP CAMPAIGN WITH NEW LINE , CUTS SPARCSTATION 10 TAGS |
| 7 | The sun puts its colour on the curtains |
| 8 | In the discussion document , the committee gives its opinion on the extent to which the provision of these reassurances is the responsibility of boards of directors , the extent to which it is the responsibility of external auditors and the extent to which these reassurances can not be provided by either boards of directors or external auditors . |
| 9 | 2 The striker concentrates his attention on the boards . |
| 10 | Rugby hangs its hat on the international game but that 's also where the funds come from for the grass-roots development . |
| 11 | 5 Now think about what actually happens as your group starts its life on the island sometimes things go well ; sometimes not so well . |
| 12 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
| 13 | The subroutine call instruction places its address on the SJNS ( pushing down all earlier entries ) and jumps to the specified store address . |
| 14 | Once again Britten keeps his grip on the music with the help of a formal scheme , this time a rondo with episodes the third of which alludes directly to Grimes by quoting the two distinct themes of his phrase , " What harbour shelters peace , away from tidal waves , away from storms " [ 10 ] , followed by a pointed combination of his next theme , " With her there 'll be no quarrels " , with one of the most agitated of the semitonal storm motifs ( almost the next time Peter and Ellen meet on stage they do quarrel ) . |
| 15 | This month Anna completes her report on the standard version of this software program with a look at colour patterning . |
| 16 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend give us any estimate of the time that will elapse before the European Court gives its judgment on the matter ? |
| 17 | Willie bangs his stick on the floor . |
| 18 | Locke builds his theory on the idea of people living in a state of nature , in families and loose groups , without any political authority over them . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ we 'll just have to get to the house and start proving that this particular astrologer has her finger on the button , wo n't we ? ’ |
| 20 | While I finish my mug of tea , Jamie loses his pound on the old fashioned pinball table . |
| 21 | That great Scottish pioneer Hugh Miller opens his book on the Old Red Sandstone with advice to young men not to attend Chartist meetings , but to read the Bible and study geology . |
| 22 | ( When I speak of the value of the whole , I mean what Moore calls its value on the whole , that is the values of its parts plus its value as a whole . ) |
| 23 | Egypt and Syria attack Israeli positions but Israel 's victory strengthens its hold on the Sinai and the Golan Heights . |
| 24 | BRITAIN 'S Nuclear Installations Inspectorate , which is responsible for ensuring the safety of nuclear power , this week puts its credibility on the line at the public inquiry into the Sizewell B reactor . |
| 25 | A married 39-year-old manager gives his opinion on the importance of the second attraction on the list : ‘ Face is important . |
| 26 | Ecotopia turns its back on the capitalist treadmill of material progress-not by a return to pre-industrial forms and back to nature " but by developing a " high-tech " society that is designed to be compatible with the biosphere . |
| 27 | In order to deal with the problem of means , the government says , we provide housing benefits and the subsidy , this is the government speaking , the subsidy goes into the demand , it goes into benefit there 'll be no subsidy left if the government has its way on the supply side . |
| 28 | Professor Costall has her finger on the purse-strings and is always mindful that new courses should generate income and be financially viable . |
| 29 | The Labour Party Conference : Livingstone loses his seat on the national executive |
| 30 | This approach concentrates its attention on the behaviour of bureaucrats as maximizers of budgets or staff and seeks to identify ways in which that behaviour can be modified by changing the context of their decision-making . |