Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some of them , eagerly selling six-packs of beer on street corners , the new Berlin is full of opportunities . |
| 2 | Even fewer can appreciate in advance the effect , not just of the structures , but of the constantly moving stresses of traffic on them . |
| 3 | People still exhibit articles for sale on the quayside for visiting cruise ships , but boys no longer dive into the murky waters . |
| 4 | THE Royal Dockyards at Devonport and Rosyth yesterday won contracts for work on the Trident nuclear submarine force . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ I 'll always find loads of material on High Row . ’ |
| 6 | As well as leaving potatoes , the ethologists had also scattered grains of wheat on the beach . |
| 7 | ‘ We also provide businesses with information on hotel rates , enabling them to negotiate with hotel groups for corporate rates . |
| 8 | Just a willingness to be available for a few hours to suit you — within an agreed rota — to walk around the reserve helping people enjoy their visit and also avoiding problems of pressure on sensitive reserve areas . ’ |
| 9 | The two say they will also investigate areas of co-operation on future-generation storage products . |
| 10 | The budget also sharply raised rates of duty on alcohol and tobacco , and increased the price of petrol . |
| 11 | She has busied herself in the promotion of senior civil servants ( looking for people with energy and commitment ) and regularly badgered departments about progress on particular policies — ‘ like a dog after a bone ’ an adviser claims . |
| 12 | In addition , of course , the goal of deaf education is the production of English literacy and communication , so that the teacher can legitimately impose rules of English on the form of signing . |
| 13 | The RUC has vehemently rejected allegations of harassment on the Shankill , pointing out that their role is to enforce the law and protect law-abiding citizens irrespective of their religion . |
| 14 | The black marketeers also smuggled in cultural items , originating in the much-desired late twentieth century , for the rich collectors who invariably held positions of power on the planet . |
| 15 | There were several shepherds out there carrying loads of hay on pitchforks , but her father was working with them , his wrappings of leather and tweed and sacking indistinguishable from theirs , his voice as thick and soft , his movements every bit as practised . |
| 16 | Check the files on those British right-wing organizations that flourished before the war , the ones that sometimes had Members of Parliament on their books . ’ |
| 17 | I think that er Mr Gorbachev has er seen that Mr Bush has only a few firmly held points of view , I mean that 's one of the criticisms of George Bush that he does seem to have only a few firmly held points of view on emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe , but having said that , er I think he really does believe that a unified Germany in NATO is a key part of stability in that region , and I think that Mr Gorbachev recognises that on this one Mr Bush is not er capable of being moved . |
| 18 | Most market makers also display prices for the most widely traded stocks on screen on SEAQ . |
| 19 | There is substantial evidence that people who have migrated to Britain quite commonly send sums of money on a regular basis to assist relatives still living in their country of origin . |