Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stock is the merchandise or goods stored on the premises of the retail outlet where it is to be sold . |
| 2 | The ASB also announced that changes based on the proposals in FRED 2 , Amendment to SSAP 15 — Accounting for deferred tax ( see this issue , p 96 ) , have been adopted with immediate effect . |
| 3 | The German state prosecutor 's office announced on April 8 that tests conducted on the bones of a man who died in Brazil in 1979 confirmed that the body ( discovered in 1985 — see p. 33759 ) was that of Josef Mengele , the so-called " Angel of Death " held responsible for the deaths of 400,000 prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War . |
| 4 | A Navy sailing master was permitted to take over command only for the duration of the brief period when it was necessary for the Simonova to be manoeuvred to allow technical officers to service the weapons and telemetry mounted on the platforms . |
| 5 | Completing the two-year project to time and budget called on the skills of a first-class management team This included project manager Richard Smyth ; project coordinator , Peter Green ; senior agents Robert Vickers , Paul Cadman and Neil Sheddon and agent Barry Kingscote . |
| 6 | They consisted of a historical introduction , a list of stipulations , curses and blessings invoked on the parties , a solemn oath and a religious ceremony to ratify the covenant . |
| 7 | It is all very far removed from that school of painters who specialise in washed-out stencilled flowers and garlands painted on the sides of distressed pine chests . |
| 8 | Coloured streamers , toilet paper , telephone book pages , shredded paper and confetti rained on the players from skyscrapers , while building site workers clambered off scaffolding and others out of office windows to cheer Farr-Jones and his players . |
| 9 | It was dark and rain spat on the cobblestones . |
| 10 | Some parts of the switchgear worked well , such as the forward/reverse toggle , with FWD and REV etched on the sides of the body so the drill did not have to be constantly turned upside down . |
| 11 | ’ ‘ Mon and look at the nice show in the League of Nations place , or thae big battleships and bombers painted on the walls over there . |
| 12 | There was no note in the package ; only Bella 's name and address printed on the customs declaration form . |
| 13 | Dirt and scale deposited on the venturi throat can affect accuracy . |
| 14 | Seaweed glistened on the rocks , waders large and small ran up and down , and gulls and cormorants bobbed on the waves . |
| 15 | The IMF , however , taking into account another failure in the June test , suspended further drawdowns and negotiations commenced on the conditions for further assistance , expected to include a further devaluation . |
| 16 | The quality of and information shown on the maps is a fitting tribute to his hours of work and recording and greatly valued in Manchester . |
| 17 | This speaker and others commented on the differences in the Jamaican and British types of Creole : The sound , the way [ they speak ] — it 's more or less the same , it is the same , same words the same everyfing , but — the way my parents speak it , it does n't sound affected , put it that way , it 's more like me and you speaking now , it 's more fluent , and not so harsh — but when we speak it 's sort of h-heavy tongue , I du n no . |
| 18 | Heavy industry produced not so much the industrial region as such as the company town , in which the fate of men and women depended on the fortunes and goodwill of a single master , behind whom stood the force of law and state power , which regarded his authority as necessary and beneficial . |
| 19 | It was unlikely that even a common language could create a common national spirit to unite Spanish-speaking people divided by the salt , estranging sea , but as long as empires based on the principles of allegiance to a monarch were the dominant form of political organization they were very well adapted to face the problems of expanding and then of ruling new subjects . |