Example sentences of "on the [noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the provincial capital of Erzincan in eastern Turkey on March 13 , killing up to 500 people . |
| 2 | De Gaulle had already made up his mind , having already instructed the French representatives on the Maudling Committee to convey the view that France did not believe it was possible to create the free trade area for which Britain was pressing . |
| 3 | This entailed , first , an attack on the Messines Ridge to straighten the salient just south of Ypres which included the towns of Messines and Wytschaete . |
| 4 | He was last night on the verge of coaxing Denmark back on to the path to European unity — but he will have to back down on the EC budget to close the deal . |
| 5 | He worked on the Cromford canal linking the mill of Richard Arkwright [ q.v. ] in Bradford and the Derbyshire coalfield . |
| 6 | None has found the perfect solution , but the debates on the Tomlinson report provide an opportunity to review how to manage the three major areas of service provision , medical education , and research in London . |
| 7 | The TUC representatives on the Philips Committee issued a minority report opposing the Committee 's recommendation to raise the minimum pension-age ( TUC 1957:141 ) . |
| 8 | If the current yield on the CTD bond exceeds the money market interest rate , the bond will be delivered on the last business day of the month , because the short earns more by holding on to the bond than by delivering it and investing the proceeds in the money market ; otherwise the bond will be delivered on the first business day of the month . |
| 9 | Professional staff keep in contact with the student officers on the Belfast campus to provide an advisory service on all aspects of the sport and recreational programme . |
| 10 | Students on the Belfast campus share the Jordanstown sports facilities , although they are also able to visit the social and recreational facilities available in the capital city . |
| 11 | Lindsay Toucher , divisional director , said : ‘ Our success in Aberdeen is based on the CCG philosophy to provide a high quality service exactly tailored to each client 's needs . |
| 12 | It may be that the script on the Phaistos Disc represents a chance survival of a script developed for some special , possibly religious purpose . |
| 13 | On the Gulf crisis , the Council denounced Iraq 's " unscrupulous use " of hostages and agreed unanimously " not to send representatives of their governments in any capacity to negotiate with Iraq the release of foreign hostages and to discourage others from doing so " , while calling on the UN Secretary-General to send a special representative to Iraq to press for the hostages ' release . |
| 14 | But a party from RAF Wroughton who assessed those on the UN list believe the most critical cases have now been flown out . |
| 15 | The stock file on the Caterdata package allocates a code to each ingredient which Catering & Allied buys from its various suppliers . |
| 16 | I can remember having when she went in to have our Pam and er I thought on the Wednesday afternoon had a bloody good walk round |
| 17 | Mr David Wilshire , MP for Spelthorne , last year a staunch supporter on the Commons committee examining the tax , is now so alarmed at how it works that this week he asked ministers to scrap the ‘ monstrously unfair ’ community charge . |
| 18 | A report published by the human rights organization Amnesty International on Nov. 6 called on the Djibouti government to end the arbitrary detention of members of the opposition . |
| 19 | Far Left : This turnover bridge on the Macclesfield Canal changes the towpath to the opposite side of the canal so that a horse pulling a boat does not have to be un-hitched . |
| 20 | In the build-up to the ground offensive , preparations were made that were consistent with an amphibious assault on the Kuwait coast to draw the Iraqis ' attention away from their right flank , the direction from which the main Allied thrust was eventually to come . |
| 21 | A HAPLESS reporter on the Surrey Advertiser made the cardinal mistake of mentioning The Professionals when he went along to interview Martin Shaw who is currently appearing in a play at the Thorndike Theatre , Leatherhead . |
| 22 | England were soon losing wickets when play began , four going down for 80 ; but then Lamb and Robin Smith , on debut , showed what could be done , and on the Friday morning posted a century partnership and looked good for plenty more . |
| 23 | Home shopping held its profits at £13m which could well reflect the use of provisions raised on the Freemans acquisition to meet a net 10 per cent staff reduction . |
| 24 | There is evidence of a Roman presence at Chester by this date , and clearly this harbour on the Dee Estuary held the key for a rapid and unopposed advance . |
| 25 | OPPOSITE ABOVE : Suttons Mill at Cranham , one of the few mills on the Painswick stream having no connection with the cloth trade . |
| 26 | On the Saturday Mum grabbed the opportunity to head for the shops , while the rest of us had an interesting time choosing a tennis racquet for Roland to give to me for my birthday — a generous present and already in use . |