Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb pp] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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1 | The rarity of artefacts found during excavations of such farms not only affects the archaeologist 's ability to date the buildings , but also makes it extremely difficult to understand the details of the activities carried out on the farm . |
2 | High fences around Admiralty installations gave good views as the birds perched briefly on the wires , taking their bearings . |
3 | Her features were well-shaped even so early , and the jaw placed finely on the white neck with its blue flush of springing hair . |
4 | The maintenance carried out on the aquarium was a regular 10% water change and a regular ( every two weeks ) larger water change of 20% using an aquarium gravel cleaner to rid the gravel of unwanted waste . |
5 | But Hunt said that if the race were officially started and the cars lined up on the grid , he would have no choice but to race . |
6 | He looked at the words written simply on the coffin lid — Fanny Robin and child . |
7 | We walked along the intersecting tyke walls and met a voluntary warden eager to talk to us about some of the work carried out on the reserve . |
8 | Space for a raiding party was limited , and jolting across the sand perched up on the back was extremely uncomfortable . |
9 | The brief silence seemed to stretch down the long room and hold fast by the pillars of the door , and every eye in the hall fixed greedily on the three at the high table . |
10 | The tap is then closed and the stopper placed back on the tube to prevent release or contamination of the air . |
11 | yes I see , I think er unfortunately doctor I in this particular case I ought to make an order for certificate for counsel erm in the current , in respect of the costs incurred below on the thirteenth of August seems to me do er the proper kind of case in which to instruct counsel . |
12 | The stimulus in the 1930s was , again , the cinema ; for patent reasons , some studios preferred to distribute their films with separate disc soundtracks , rather than have the sound printed optically on the film itself . |
13 | I would buy the parchment and arrange its transport down to the wharves and we concluded that , if we sold the wine brought back on the first voyage , we would make a profit . |
14 | A site was chosen ; two townplanners appointed ( one of them a parson ) , the town marked out on the ground : but all in vain . |
15 | Improved morale would also make possible organizational advances outside parliament , all linked to the issue of Ulster , and with the sights fixed firmly on the next election , an election that would make or break the Union , the Empire and Law 's leadership of the party . |
16 | And while the King was going through Andalusia , having the land at his mercy , a great power of the Moors assembled together on the other side , and entered the land , and besieged the castle of Gormaz , and did much evil . |
17 | But even in Sweden the whole campaign started with the emphasis placed initially on the dangers of ’ disposable ’ nappies to children 's health . |
18 | They have the bath set up on the floor there , you can reach a hand out and touch it . |
19 | Best of all , he tells of the people caught up on the fringes of small wars , and finds in their resilience the small mercies of his title . |
20 | Carmel O'Neill ( 47 ) , Rannyglass , Dungiven , who was said to have the magazine opened out on the steering wheel as she drove towards Dungiven in the crawler lane on April 25 last , was fined £80 for reckless driving . |
21 | Instead , he had the conduit put up on the site of the planned folly in eighteen eighty-seven , where it 's been ever since . |
22 | The ideal Family hotel , the Sandbanks is one of the only hotels in the area situated right on the beach , one of the very few in the UK to hold the coveted EEC Blue Flag Award for clean beaches . |
23 | Immediately , the Coventry team manager had the news flashed up on the giant electronic message board at the end of the ground . |
24 | The question is in the terms set out on the order paper . |
25 | It is now possible to draw together the comments made above on the various aspects of the division of labour . |
26 | Well , the main Control Room is , it 's the centre of all the communications set up on the operational side for the Fire Brigade . |
27 | I had left the dinghy drawn up on the shingle , with her painter tied to her small Danforth anchor , hooked into the beach . |
28 | However , even if additions make up most of the processing carried out on the file , it appears that bucket sizes small in comparison with a full track give optimal results . |
29 | ‘ I straightened my back , and I walked down the stairs to my parents and I said goodbye to them and to the servants lined up on the front steps . |
30 | Officers of the Imperial Guard and the servants lined up on the palace steps , weeping , to say goodbye . |