Example sentences of "on [art] [noun sg] and [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 Situated directly on the promenade and only a few steps away from the boat departure point , this beautiful art-nouveau building has been lovingly restored to combine the old style will all the comforts of a modern hotel .
2 Gorbachev , visiting Lithuania in January 1990 , had unexpectedly promised that legislation would be introduced allowing republics to become fully independent ; but the law on secession , approved on 3 April 1990 , specified a two-thirds majority in a referendum on the issue and then a transitional period of up to five years in which territorial , property and other issues would be resolved .
3 The shops on the Garlands ' side of the street backed on the water and only a narrow paved walk separated them from the harbour .
4 It was a remarkable achievement by any standards , but it proved that Waites was well and truly back on the scene and still a competitor to be feared .
5 Only a little bit yeah , and a little bit on the bottom and also a slight bit on the cuff 's of the coat but er , it looked quite nice it did .
6 Actually , on stage it 's also mixed because I put one Fender cab on top and a Marshall cab on the bottom and then a Marshall cab on top and a Fender cab on the bottom .
7 Most rucksacks are made from heavyweight nylon with a waterproof coating on the inside and often a water repellent treatment on the outer surface .
8 Situated virtually on the beach and only a short walk from the centre of San Antonio , the Palmyra Apartments are ideal for those who want the best of both worlds .
9 Often the paintings appear to be signed on the reverse and occasionally a date is inscribed there also .
10 It 's a well known fact that aircraft are sold all around the world , this can have a bearing on the capability and also a bearing on their cost and therefore saleability .
11 The Garden has , since its inception , collaborated on a European and indeed a world-wide scale .
12 You must concentrate on a dairy and maybe a few tender crops we could never grow up north .
13 I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it .
14 Under the watchful eye of the provodnitsy — the female ticket-collectors , tea dispensers and mother hens — you feel less a stranger on a train and more a member of an extended family , sharing food , drink and gossip — even if you ca n't understand a word of Russian .
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