Example sentences of "on the [noun] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he 'd gone into Belfast with the samples and had cracked the car 's exhaust on the ramps outside a police station . |
| 2 | ’ New Release ’ will be bottled and on the shelves in a months time and is England 's answer to the French wine Beaujolais Nouveau . |
| 3 | Mr Symington was on the board of a savings and loan , as Mr Goddard 's advertisements allege , but he resigned in 1984 when the thrift was still in good shape . |
| 4 | This demonstration was the first independent action on the part of a teachers ' association ; previously , they had been government controlled . |
| 5 | There 's nothing finer than standing on the edge of a Dales hill like this looking down at the landscape strung out below . |
| 6 | ‘ It was pretty close for a while , but in the last two sets I got run over by a Mack truck , ’ said Navratilova , who told the crowd that next year will probably be her last year of competing on the tour as a singles player . |
| 7 | However , this depends on the existence of a sellers ' market ( exporters in a strong bargaining position ) which might not always exist ; the importer might insist on being invoiced in his own currency . |
| 8 | The lexicon that has been developed is based on the vocabulary of a learners dictionary ( the OALDCE ) and supplemented by words from the LOB corpus . |
| 9 | Yet section 4 seems to place severe limitations in some circumstances on the exploration by a children 's hearing of a child 's entire social background . |
| 10 | It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number . |
| 11 | It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number . |
| 12 | The document on the formation of a customs union was not unanimously agreed . |
| 13 | Avon Rubber was also buoyant , adding 25p to 435p on the back of a profits recovery . |
| 14 | At the very minimum they must have been made on the basis of a police guarantee that matters would be manipulated so that courts would not impose additional punishment for the illusory offences . |
| 15 | Local authorities house people from the waiting-list on the basis of a points system , which varies between different local authorities , points being gained according to such criteria as length of time on the waiting-list , current housing situation , numbers of children , and so on . |
| 16 | Jimmy 's eyes were drawn to the garish reflection of neon on the pavement outside a working-men 's club . |
| 17 | In cold January weather a crowd of 2,000 , kept on the pavement by a police cordon , lined the streets to watch the cortège , draped in the imperial splendour of red and white , move from the Chapmans ' home in Haslemere Avenue to Hendon Parish Church . |
| 18 | For example , in one case there was an important issue concerning the redefining of the catchment area for the school , whilst , in another instance , discussions were continuing on the design of a sports area for evening use by the community . |
| 19 | Negotiations on the establishment of a customs union were ahead of schedule , and the Commission was forecasting that the union could come into effect by 1967 , three years earlier than originally planned . |
| 20 | THE brutal murder of a child leaves a firm trace on the mind of a police officer like an indelible pen . |