Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that demand , leading to overload and pressure , is a function of the disparity between duties and wishes on the one hand and limitations on the other . |
| 2 | The participants represented a wide variety of views and tended on the whole to disapprove of state-imposed censorship . |
| 3 | Briefly , these factors are : the total population of the area and the number of registered library members ; trends in book publishing — i.e. the number of new books published per annum , broken down by subjects ; the length of life of stock on the open shelves ( depreciation rate ) ; the risen costs of books and binding on the previous year 's fund ; and the range and condition of the existing stock . |
| 4 | He swam up and away from the tangle of lines and disappeared on the other side of the iceberg . |
| 5 | ‘ There have been lots of promises and pats on the back but little else . |
| 6 | Do n't forget to provide drainage so water does not collect on the treads ; this will make them slippery and potentially dangerous , and will also encourage the growth of algae and moss on the surfaces . |
| 7 | A maelstrom of malcontents and intrigue on the fringe . |
| 8 | Organic farmers believe in putting back into the land what they take out , not starving it of nutrients and piling on the fertilisers . |
| 9 | She took out her notebook of numbers and addresses on the Graham Mills murder case and found the number she was looking for — Jozef Taczek 's ex-directory one , which began with those four numbers . |
| 10 | puts a list of lessons and hacks on the notice board and we tack up and groom horses accordingly . |
| 11 | Party officials complained of irregularities and called on the UN to rerun the election in at least seven provinces . |
| 12 | The way this government control has come to be accepted as normal and proper can be seen by the irritated reactions of ministers and whips on the odd occasions when something goes wrong . |
| 13 | The end of kisses and cuddles on the red and green divans of the Green 's Playhouse , electric trains to Airdrie and Dalmuir , a mass-murderer loose in Lanarkshire , and ‘ Rockin' Through the Rye ’ . |
| 14 | Sean Broadley of Eskdale Road , Whitby , 11 , who was badly burned when his clothing caught alight while he was playing with meths and matches on the cliff top at Robin Hood 's Bay on Sunday was very poorly in Pinderfield Hospital , Wakefield . |
| 15 | In his speech to the Polish parliament he said that the changes in Eastern Europe provided a historic opportunity to build a Europe made up of independent democratic states , not divided into blocs and relying on the protection of superpowers . |
| 16 | Roll 50g/2oz thinly sliced rare beef or pastrami into cones and place on the bread in a fan shape . |
| 17 | Any money saved from your family fasting on Fridays may be put into envelopes and placed on the plate at the offertory . |
| 18 | A 350,000-tonne ULCC drawing 73 feet would have to beware of shoals and submerged ironmongery such as pipelines and wrecks on the Arabian side . |
| 19 | Rivers in great cities became foul partly as a result of the beneficent introduction of the water-closet ; for diluted sewage was thus discharged straight into rivers , whereas before it had been collected as ‘ night-soil ’ in concentrated form from privies and used on the land . |
| 20 | The customers were all men , heavily robed , standing in groups or leaning on the counter with no apparent desire to be served . |
| 21 | In 1369 a trebuchet , used for slinging stones , was employed at the siege of La-Roche-sur-Yon , and in 1356–7 another was in evidence at the siege of Rennes ; as late as 1378 another was in use before Cherbourg , having been brought there in pieces and assembled on the spot . |
| 22 | He also published a novel , acted in movies and assisted on the screen plays of others ; but he did not direct again after 1974 , perhaps because a much-anticipated family saga , La Maison des Bories , reveals many of the faults of those film-makers swept away by the nouvelle vague , and none of the movement 's freshness . |
| 23 | They furiously denounced a so-called ‘ Economist ’ heresy among Social Democrats for fostering such a switch in priorities and insisted on the primacy of the political task . |
| 24 | The Zambia-based United Front for Multi-Party Democracy declared on April 21 that it was ready to participate in elections and called on the President to delay the election date to allow for the registration of opposition parties . |
| 25 | Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface . |
| 26 | The right to ask a court to fix the amount they have to pay for services or works on the grounds that these have not been provided to a reasonable standard or at a reasonable cost . |
| 27 | No amount of attendance at classes or reading on the subject can substitute for the experience of making a verbal presentation as a manager in a situation where the outcome really matters . |
| 28 | Cut out small rounds of green icing for buttons and secure on the front of the body . |
| 29 | As a kid the scale of the film images was frightening , and then there were the myriads of dots , scratches and lines , accompanied by clicks and plops on the soundtrack . |
| 30 | It will provide the tutor with the opportunity of dealing with points of difficulty encountered by students and elaborating on the subject-matter of the lesson . |