Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [art] [adj] slopes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down at the far end of the valley , there was still snow on the upper slopes of the mountains ; they looked as if they 'd been sugar-dusted , with stone walls showing like fine , black veins above the treeline . |
| 2 | At the end of summer there were still patches of old snow on the sheltered slopes of the Cirque des Pessons , and I wrote my first poem about Andorra : |
| 3 | From their magnificent setting on the gentle slopes of Craigendarroch Hill , the lodges overlook the enchanted world of the Dee Valley … surely one of the most sublime landscapes in the land . |
| 4 | Luckily , in spite of the wind , they were invigorating days of bright sun and we put in some grand scrambling on the heather-covered slopes of the loch . |
| 5 | Try to pick a line through the birch forest on the northern slopes and look out for the wreckage of a World War II aeroplane on the north-eastern side . |
| 6 | MARDEUIL : Belemnite chalk on the middle slopes , running down into alluvial soil , with sand , clay and lignites higher up . |
| 7 | CUIS : Apart from Belemnite chalk on the west-facing slopes overlooking Mancy and on the slopes closest to the D10 between Cuis and Cramant , most vines are to be found on soils derived from clay , sand , sandstone and lignite . |
| 8 | Subsoil Principally Belemnite chalk on the upper slopes , with Micraster chalk on the lower slopes . |
| 9 | They will be competing against teams from Scotland , Wales , the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland over a four and three quarter mile course on the steep slopes of Knockdhu nar Carncastle . |
| 10 | Every other skier on the fashionable slopes of Europe wears the Company 's clothing ; and its carpets bring comfort and elegance to floors from Seattle to Salzburg . |
| 11 | Verzenay is the largest of the grands crus and is the best growth on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims . |
| 12 | Cinchona used to grow in profusion on the eastern slopes of the Andes but over-cropping caused the trees to die out by the mid 1800s . |
| 13 | Our cave on the upper slopes of the Aletschhorn suits her well , but ours is a fugitive life , as I explain to her . |
| 14 | About ten days after the Club dance , my mother and father and I , and Anne and her parents drove up to spend a few days in the Rest House at Kota Belud , a beauty spot on the upper slopes of Kinabalu . |