Example sentences of "on [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interim dividend is 3.5p , against 3.2p , while earnings stayed at 9.2p on the higher capital . |
| 2 | On the higher literary level it rubbished quite a bit of Hardy and much of D.H.Lawrence . |
| 3 | But initial studies show there are higher concentrations of birds on the higher areas of the mudflats . ’ |
| 4 | The full-time farms surveyed were mostly given over to grass and were on the higher ground . |
| 5 | They wintered in the lush lowlands of canyons on the Grande Ronde and Imnaha valleys , wandering up Joseph Creek in the spring to harvest kouse on the higher meadows . |
| 6 | West Atlantic bryophytes are particularly well represented in the upland plant communities of the Western Isles , a feature undoubtedly linked to the high number of wet days on the higher ground of southern Lewis , Harris and South Uist ( Ratcliffe 1968 ) . |
| 7 | The theoretical wheel load was about 20 tons , but since the wheels were in pairs , and not suspended on flexible bogeys , unless the rails were level , the wheels on the higher level might be carrying the load for the pair . |
| 8 | The basic solution is first to restrict the flow of water percolating down into the aquifers by planting trees , preferably native species , on the higher ground . |
| 9 | The sheep ran on the fells above Ullswater , as they do today , and on the higher reaches the red deer can still be seen . |
| 10 | While propagandists of drainage , such as Dugdale , admired the corn and the oil-seed rape which could now be sown on the drained land , they failed to appreciate that the people of Axholme already grew sufficient corn for their needs on the higher land . |
| 11 | On the higher slopes of Park Fell overlooking Alum Pot , water bubbles from the peat and takes shape as a stream known as Long Churn Spring , coursing down the hillside through a morass to reach a limestone scar on the 1200-ft contour , where it disappears into Upper Long Churn Cave . |
| 12 | On the higher land between the rivers a castle stronghold was built and a cathedral . |
| 13 | G. Now all the ice sheets have melted but snow is common on the higher land in winter . |
| 14 | For how many months is there snow on the higher areas of the Cairngorms and Grampian mountains ? |
| 15 | Kewenig has chosen to use his role in Berlin to impose his vision on the higher education — for example , he is refusing to allow the polytechnics to duplicate the work of the universities and lengthen their three year courses to compare with the universities . |
| 16 | Derek Owen likes trees , and his overall scheme is to make landscapes of wooded slopes with open pasture on the higher ground . |
| 17 | I have concentrated on the higher forms of life , not only because they are easy to observe but also to some extent because they have greater meaning for our own species . |
| 18 | He began to speculate that the ley was marked with hawthorns on the lower ground , pines on the higher ground , and that the double planting around the tumulus was to mark the changeover . |
| 19 | Standing by her place with an endearing air of domestic pride , she explained that her husband was away with the other men , spreading the meat strips on the higher thorn bushes to dry in safety . |
| 20 | On the higher path , a pair of clifftop gates stand around 150 feet above the Castle on a rough track leading down to it ( as shown in Map 1 ) . |
| 21 | So in small Japanese firms average tenure may be higher but only one in six men have the 20 years or more of tenure that would place them on the higher parts of their wage profile . |
| 22 | A major rebellion started on Cheju island on 3 April 1948 with guerrillas advancing into coastal towns from their bases on the higher volcanic summit of the island . |
| 23 | on definitely on the higher level . |
| 24 | Once we have achieved the result we want we can then decide whether laser printed output is suitable or use the services of a bureau to get the same file photoset on the higher resolution equipment . |
| 25 | This may be due partly to the fact that , compared to the University of Wales , the Polytechnic is a relatively new arrival on the higher education scene , and partly because of the Welsh tendency , even more marked than in the rest of the country , to regard technological education as less prestigious than that in pure science and humanities . |
| 26 | It is a matter of common observation that shingle tends to accumulate on the higher parts of the beach while the lower parts are essentially sandy . |
| 27 | But if it 's not quite enough , although you 'll get the initial benefits they , they can tend to wear off , so some people are better on the higher , some people are better on the lower dose . |
| 28 | The most likely source of water was on the higher ground to the south . |
| 29 | Next to the eastern granary the aqueduct , which no doubt had served the successive forts , was provided with a new channel and distribution tanks ; the source of water is unknown but presumably it lay on the higher ground to the north of Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 30 | The Show was held in the meadows on the higher ground on the opposite side of the lake . |