Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] on the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although progress was somewhat faster on privately-owned land than on allotment land , crop yields on the latter rose between 1861 and 1910 by almost 50 per cent . |
| 32 | A leather boot built on the same principles as the original Brasher Boot , but updated . |
| 33 | Another person died on the same day and at least eight people were hospitalized with bullet wounds after police had moved in to smash barricades erected by demonstrators at Pec . |
| 34 | Reports of the compromise emerged on the same day the contract for the EFA 's main electrical generator was awarded to a consortium including Ferranti and Telefunken . |
| 35 | Reports of the compromise emerged on the same day the contract for the EFA 's main electrical generator was awarded to a consortium including Ferranti and Telefunken . |
| 36 | When the right of control and transfer is conveyed , the holder relies on the same method of notification by which he was made a holder , except that he will be the initiator of the message to the carrier , and will need to await the carrier 's confirmation before the transfer process can be set in motion . |
| 37 | Police intervention provoked allegations of brutality , but media coverage focused on the few police injuries , underemphasised the extent of police aggression and exaggerated the women 's part in the violence . |
| 38 | Daytime shifts on the same taxi are handled by lonely Joseph , who meets Julie one evening and — this being a French movie — takes her to bed . |
| 39 | The news came on the same day that the car makers Rover announced another year of losses . |
| 40 | The one on the right needs two circles to begin with ; one 4cm radius , and a second 3cm radius drawn on the same centre . |
| 41 | As it turned out , she would have done better to have stayed on her pillow , for there she might have been found by Maud or Enid who would possibly have put two and two together at the curious sight of a cat and frog nestling on the same bed . |
| 42 | Braking was achieved through a foot brake operating on the rear wheels of the tug , a hand brake exerting on the same wheels and a second hand brake acting on the trailer wheels . |
| 43 | Predictably , Melody Maker 's reviewer simply stated , ‘ And you just have ’ while Record Mirror expanded on the same theme with : ‘ They sure as hell can , and whoever let this loose in vinyl did . ’ |
| 44 | The Slovak government named on the same day included a total of 13 ministers from PAV , seven from the CDM and three from the Democratic Party . |
| 45 | The new Czech government appointed on the same day included a total of nine ministers from Civic Forum , two from the People 's Party , one from the MSD/SMS and nine without party affiliation . |
| 46 | Separate legislation passed on the same day banned political party cells in state and government bodies . |
| 47 | Ironically the incident comes on the same day a new motor project for youngsters was launched two miles away in Horspath by motor racing star … |
| 48 | Somewhat anomalously , reference may even be made to later statutes , to see the meaning that Parliament puts on the same words in a similar context . |
| 49 | It seemed quite strange to read an allegation about the Royal Show being merely a big local show placed on the same page in FARMERS WEEKLY as a paragraph mentioning the fact that German ministers were at the Royal Show to forge links between the UK farmers and farm businesses . |
| 50 | The Press Trust of India news agency reported on the same day that the two sides had agreed to finalize arrangements for reopening consulates-general in Bombay and Shanghai . |
| 51 | The only evidence we have to shed further light on this question comes from a letter written on the same day by Mr J Nicholls [ see note at end of chapter ] , a Foreign Office political advisor , who had recently joined HQ 5 Corps staff at Klagenfurt . |
| 52 | In a statement broadcast on the same day Lekhanya revealed that the Military Council had requested Moshoeshoe to take a " brief sabbatical " in the United Kingdom . |
| 53 | His radio broadcast on the same day contained no hint of criticism of the Allies . |
| 54 | People who have the right of residence in the United Kingdom and who might apply for social security benefits will have their application assessed on the same criteria as British citizens . |
| 55 | Yes , but I probably tried to create my own personal brand of Dadaism , just as each of them had their own brand of Dadaism based on the same ideas but expressed in an intensely personal way . |
| 56 | By the year 2000 , there will be a Volvo and Renault model based on the same platform . |
| 57 | Mr Chance has written a book based on the many talks he has given , papers he has written and conferences he has attended a record of his years working with the mentally handicapped . |
| 58 | There could be a communications system linking some users via a satellite , or equally well , simply a program running on the same computer as itself . |
| 59 | And Baldwin , in a press statement issued on the same day , stated that |
| 60 | A defence motion filed on the same day , however , caused consternation with the claim that Noriega was a US prisoner of war who should be transferred to a neutral third country for trial . |