Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun sg] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likud had portrayed the elections as a test of political strength and was disappointed with the result although it improved slightly on its performance in the last elections in 1985 [ see p. 34008 ] . |
| 2 | In the second stage of gubernatorial , congressional and local elections held on Sept. 8 , the ruling Justicialist Party ( PJ — the Peronists ) built on their success in the first stage in August [ see p. 38388 ] by winning 10 of the 13 governorships being contested and gaining seven seats in the Chamber of Deputies , although this was still insufficient to give the PJ an outright majority . |
| 3 | and they fall flat on their face in the first week or so . |
| 4 | ‘ I think he will win , but it has only been when he has had the sun on his back in the last couple of days that he has really come on . ’ |
| 5 | A twice-cracked shin-bone reduced Ian 's initial impact on his bow in the First Division , although he completely proved his worth among that august company and was called up for England B duty in December 1989 , before the injuries were sustained , but no one , friend or foe alike , will ever forget his dramatic appearance , again as a ‘ super-sub ’ , in the FA Cup Final of 1990 . |
| 6 | But it was as nothing to the humiliation which the unions would pour on his government in the last two years of its term . |
| 7 | On our retreat in the last year of school , a visiting priest talked to us from Sister Superior 's throne . |
| 8 | ‘ There was never any doubt that England would be seeded … [ it ] was based on our record in the last two World Cups . |
| 9 | ‘ There was never any doubt that England would be seeded … [ it ] was based on our record in the last two World Cups . |