Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [art] line " in BNC.
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| 1 | If apartheid is a thing of the past why did President de Klerk put his political future on the line in his fight against right-wing extremists who are determined to retain apartheid ? |
| 2 | Indeed , the Ramblers Association has gone further than my hon. Friend has suggested in connection with that line , and has stated that , if British Rail increases the speed on a line , it will also be reducing the safety on it . |
| 3 | Many are just sharks , keeping the enquirer on the line at premium rates , says the Telephone Information watchdog ICSTIS . |
| 4 | In practice a question to the defendant on the lines of ‘ Is there any reason why you are n't wearing your seat belt ? would cater for the cases where he or the vehicle is exempt . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mind putting my neck on the line when I have to , or when there 's a percentage in it , but anybody who fools with the Severn in these parts just for the hell of it , is an idiot . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It is a dangerous sport , every time you go out there , you put your neck on the line , and working together in that kind of atmosphere does make you closer . |
| 7 | I thought it was appropriate to put my neck on the line with the trade and say , ‘ I think this guy is really great and has got what it takes to be the next Lena Kennedy ’ . |
| 8 | Board 's neck on the line |
| 9 | We then went on the Underground on the line to Victoria where we caught the 08.35 train to Hayward 's Heath . |
| 10 | For a totally different experience , try legering with a redworm with the minimum of weight on the line . |
| 11 | British Telecom will disconnect your phone at the exchange while you are away , so that callers will hear the discontinued number tone , suggesting that you 've changed the number , did n't pay the bill , or there 's a fault on the line — BT wo n't tell them . |
| 12 | They still had some close escapes , the most important of which came after 49 minutes when midfielder Michael Thomas beat the keeper with his cross-shot only to see the ball come off the foot of a defender on the line . |
| 13 | While there are some featherweight kites that will rise in calm air on thermal currents , or elevate when the flyer applies tension on the line by pulling as with the Eastern fighting kites , our concern is that there should be adequate wind strength . |
| 14 | In general terms , the greater the area of the sail , the higher the tension on the line . |
| 15 | Kirkus also made a solo attempt on the line now known as Nameless , retreating from its final pitch . |
| 16 | At that time the old doctrines of the need for democratic control were still strong and an argument arose between those , such as Mr Aneurin Bevan , who favoured total subordination to Parliament ( with a minister for each industry on the lines of the Post Office ) , and those led by Mr Herbert Morrison , who wanted to leave the industries a measure of independence to operate as fully commercial undertakings . |
| 17 | The telephone rang , and as soon as she picked it up and heard the echo on the line from the Prince 's lofty Palace rooms , she knew who was calling . |
| 18 | Wainfleet said : ‘ We have an echo on the line . |
| 19 | I took hold of the snow hook , but to release it meant hauling in some slack on the line . |
| 20 | She was caught when Mrs Todd , 50 , called in police , and BT engineers put a trace on the line . |
| 21 | Each employee on the line puts three parts on each car in one minute . |
| 22 | To re-define charity by statute on the lines of existing law would not be easy and might well confuse rather than clarify the law , for the essential difficulties connected with benefit to the public require more explanation and analysis than is convenient in an Act of Parliament . |
| 23 | There was also general agreement that there should be an international authority operating on the lines of a domestic regulatory board , with the power to regulate routes , arbitrate in disputes , and set technical standards . |
| 24 | Which we call the sedge hopper on the line . |
| 25 | He told Sir Bryan to get the Chief Constable on the line immediately and to keep it open in the meantime . |
| 26 | Spokesman , Mike Walmsley commented : ‘ The major work on the line is associated with bridges . |
| 27 | Having signed in for work ( a must ) , we discovered that we were having a steam hauled works train , due to frozen diesel in ‘ Nellie ’ , the Yorkshire engine , so Rosyth No. 1 0-4-0ST was hastily put in steam , the work on the line was re-sleepering , which is great fun , and some shunting duties , and also a great deal of idle chatter . |
| 28 | Hopes of work on the line is currently bedeviled by British Rail 's inertia , said Mr Medlock . |
| 29 | Oldham had gone in front after six minutes when Nick Henry and Ian Olney combined superbly to leave Scottish U-21 midfielder Paul Bernard with a simple tap-in on the line . |
| 30 | MALCOLM CROSBY , hero of last season 's run to the FA Cup Final , finds his short career as Sunderland boss on the line . |