Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ybreska vaulted over the low , crumbling wall surrounding the old churchyard on to the rough pitted track which led towards Tbilisi . |
| 2 | SAVE 's proposal was to transfer the ‘ air rights ’ of the old building on to the lorry-park site . |
| 3 | But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below . |
| 4 | Despite a lingering tendency to see the Chinese cult of the dead as a simple and direct projection on to the mystical plane of the strict code of filial piety controlling the behaviour of sons towards their fathers , recent studies by Sinological anthropologists are increasingly adopting a wider cosmological perspective which places the dead , where they naturally belong , among the other spirits and forces of traditional Chinese religion . |
| 5 | We sat down and Harvey speared fried chicken on to the three plates . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , Ross … ’ she sighed helplessly as he lowered her damp body on to the cool sheets . |
| 7 | Miss Fergusson , on the other hand , had merely been put into a temper : first by the attempt to thrust some foolish meaning on to the scriptural verse ; and secondly by the priest 's brazen commercial behaviour . |
| 8 | Having forced the Old King on to the defensive , Philip was able , in subsequent negotiations , to demand that Richard stop his harassment of Toulouse . |
| 9 | The ward sister who spends time talking to the patients and is interested in them as individuals will pass this approach on to the junior nurse . |
| 10 | Spread this mixture on to the whole mushrooms and arrange them on a baking sheet or in a fireproof dish . |
| 11 | Thus , if we project this information on to the socio-economic class dimension , the movements of /a/ show a zig-zag ( or a split-level ) pattern from front to back and then from back to front , as in figure 3.4 . |
| 12 | For the purposes of exposition , though it is of necessity an oversimplification , we can say that objects of feeling , particularly other people , encountered in the outer world are mapped subjectively in some way on to the inner world . |
| 13 | Modifying Freud 's understanding of the human agent means first that he is trying to understand the attempt of human beings to place some order on to the natural and social world under conditions of ‘ time-space distantiation ’ . |
| 14 | Thus , unlike social class , social network does not require us to project at the initial stage a fully-fledged theory of social structure on to the linguistic data . |
| 15 | Once I have finished knitting the first side of the neck it is very easy to replace the stitches for the second side on to the correct needles and knit on for a ‘ clean ’ neck every time . |
| 16 | And now the great blade spun to a whine , while the black curtain fell away from the window , directing a blinding beam on to the bright , hungry teeth . |
| 17 | Then , comforted by her father Brian , sister Catherine , 15 , and brothers John , 21 , and Gerard , 19 , the brave 12-year-old led the sad procession on to the Holy Cross Church in Crumlin Road . |
| 18 | Sometimes an old woman clambered mysteriously alone out of the dark silence on to the airy lightness of the Ridgery ; sometimes a friar came out of the trees , mounted to the village and required alms in a confident whining way . |
| 19 | The taxi pulled into her street , the leafy shade of the trees sending dappled moonlight on to the long , sleek black bonnet of a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce limousine . |
| 20 | Folly saw a glimpse of gold , and something that sparkled , then caught her breath as he slipped a narrow band on to the third finger of her left hand . |
| 21 | Words from the letters banged about in Thérèse 's head , just above her eyebrows she pictured them , as she dripped melted butter from the little saucepan on to the yellow puddle of egg yolks . |
| 22 | From the outside it looks uninhabited facing on to the icy , wind-ravaged sidewalks as anonymously as any of the disused warehouse and industrial buildings that litter the once-thriving district . |
| 23 | This legislation on GMOs has come forward in advance of public debate on the environmental risks of genetic engineering , and indeed before widespread debate on on the broader social , economic and ethical implications of the new biotechnologies . |
| 24 | A brief foray on to the upper deck , and Lindsey had retreated back into the warmth . |
| 25 | Conversely , Habitat flew in the face of expert opinion when it introduced pack-flat furniture on to the American market . |
| 26 | Though the tarmac takes a smooth U-turn on to the next straight , rider and machine will not describe such a graceful arc . |
| 27 | Press pieces of white icing on to the remaining green icing , then roll and fold the ends into the centre . |
| 28 | That did it With his well-known temper getting the better of him , he jumped on the fish with both feet The fish was almost spent With both hands locked around the monster 's tail , the gleeful Yanto dragged it through the shallow water on to the hard sand . |
| 29 | Slip the black cone on to the threaded section of the waste outlet , narrow end uppermost |
| 30 | And then , suddenly , there was the Pacific , and the sun , a great crimson ball , like the tuning indicator on a giant music centre , dipping its lower rim on to the hazed line of the horizon . |