Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] 's [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 11 , 1990 , Czechoslovakia formally applied to join the Council of Europe , and it was granted observer status on May 7 [ see below for Havel 's address on May 10 ] . |
| 2 | What was destined to be the last series of operations of the desert war was another of Stirling 's grand concepts , intended to tie in with Montgomery 's attack on Tripoli and beyond into Tunisia which was to start on 15 January 1943 . |
| 3 | The extent to which liability can be established can be explained , each party putting his version before the court referring to any police report if a road acccident , together with counsel 's opinion on liability if such has been obtained . |
| 4 | Just along from Reid 's Hotel on Estrada Monumental is the most recent firm to be established in madeira wine — Vinhos Barbeito ( Madeira ) Lda . |
| 5 | A famous advertisement for cigars relied almost entirely on Bach 's Air on a G String to create an atmosphere of tranquillity and relaxation . |
| 6 | So we decided to row the boat down to Clara 's house on Wednesday , collect Magwitch , and continue right down the river to Essex , where we could stop one of the foreign ships sailing from the port of London to Germany or Holland . |
| 7 | They returned to the Grand Hotel , ascended together to Harvey 's room on the second floor , drew the curtains and placed a bedside lamp on the floor . |
| 8 | Since McFarlane was an honourable man , North was not unduly worried when he asked him to alter official documents ; and when McFarlane sat down at North 's computer on November 18th to type in ‘ additional input that was radically different from the truth ’ , North still considered he must have had ‘ a darn good reason for not putting the straight story out ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Your room ? ’ he rasped , raising dark brows in exaggerated surprise and glancing pointedly at Peter 's jacket on the bed . |
| 10 | The conclusion might have been that Ealhfrith abdicated in a voluntary acceptance of the religious life were it not for Bede 's silence on the matter and his statement that Oswiu was attacked in the course of his reign by the Mercians , his nephew , Oethelwald , and by his own son , Ealhfrith ( HE III , 14 ) . |
| 11 | The Israeli Cabinet met shortly after Baker 's departure on July 22 . |
| 12 | In a statement issued shortly after Patten 's departure on Oct. 23 , Lu Ping , head of the Chinese State Council 's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office , accused Patten of having violated the Basic Law and also of having reneged on a series of secret Sino-British agreements on " convergence " between Hong Kong 's current political system and its post-1997 status as a special administrative region . |
| 13 | Corbridge , like Carlisle , lies just behind Hadrian 's Wall on the Stanegate , and as with Carlisle there is difficulty in disentangling the military structures from the civilian . |
| 14 | But the game really boiled over with Gorman 's dismissal on 18 minutes . |
| 15 | Unfortunately both Marx and Engels , in their enthusiasm for this confirmation of their theory , also took over from Morgan 's work on the gens several totally unsupportable assumptions which are in fact quite unnecessary for what they were trying to argue . |
| 16 | Find out more about Amnesty 's campaign on the Death Penalty and Juvenile Offenders by sending for our report : USA — The Death Penalty & Juvenile Offenders . £4.50 inc P&P . |
| 17 | Aeroflot Flight 366 lifted off from Pulkovo 's runway on schedule . |
| 18 | He will attach conditions to be met before subsequent annual renewals , probably about China 's behaviour on human rights . |
| 19 | There were shocked protests but the argument degenerated into a disgruntled murmur as people reflected that to cross Riley might mean ending up as Harbury 's assistant on the Girlie patrol . |
| 20 | Wilfish Implexion woke up with Jeopardy 's name on his lips . |
| 21 | According to some observers the growing alienation of Syria and Egypt , which recently reversed its decision to withdraw all its troops from Kuwait [ see p. 38309 ] , was due also to Kuwait 's insistence on Western military guarantees to underwrite its security . |
| 22 | Mr Swanson arrived at the reception area and was shown to the private lift that went straight to Miranda 's office on the top floor . |
| 23 | The first task , to put the ladder up to Catherine 's office on the 4th floor . |
| 24 | I gritted my teeth and hung on for the climb up to Ana 's Cross on the peak of Spaunton Moor . |
| 25 | Discussions are being held up by Germany 's insistance on the involvement of a national body to help decide on any major takeover . |
| 26 | Before moving out of Speaker 's House on Friday , Weatherill had the traumatic experience of disposing of his trappings of office . |
| 27 | Evans made the saving tackle , just as he did when Tony Stanger , having barn-stormed out of Wayne Proctor 's tackle , threatened to bring the house down in a move created by Craig Chalmers ' adroit collection of Mike Rayer 's kick , the irrepressible Armstrong arcing out of harm 's way on a touchline blast and the thumping support of Cronin and Kenny Milne ( one tighthead to the good ) . |
| 28 | Towards midday they drove out to Dobson 's house on Pacific Drive . |
| 29 | The English Cup and league champions brought to an end a 33-match unbeaten home run by Neath , dating back to Pontypool 's visit on 8 March , 1988 , and recorded their first win over Neath since 1983 . |
| 30 | In the parable of the unmerciful servant which ( not without reason ) comes immediately before Jesus 's teaching on divorce , Jesus strongly emphasises the responsibility to forgive from the heart ( Matt. 18:35 ) . |