Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of the routes on the Ormes were not climbed as sport climbs , but as traditional routes where the second played a crucial role . |
| 2 | The Chelt 's course has been diverted in this area and consequently , it no longer actually flows to a mill which , like the majority of the mills on the lower section of the Chelt , is of brick and slate construction . |
| 3 | While the majority of the comments on E 32 supported this proposal , the Board was persuaded by the forceful arguments in other comment letters that LIFO should not be an allowable formula under International Accounting Standards . |
| 4 | The DCR on Oct. 2 called for the annulment of the elections on grounds of fraud . |
| 5 | The labelled tyr T DNA fragments of interest were separated from the remainder of the plasmids on 6% polyacrylamide gels . |
| 6 | The main barracks fell to the rebels on 28 February and the remainder of the buildings on 5 March , after a lucky shot had blown up the magazine . |
| 7 | ‘ There , ’ said the headmaster , gesturing uncertainly in the direction of the bottles on the sideboard . |
| 8 | They must have driven on a while , circled back and approached the stretch of road from the direction of the fields on foot . |
| 9 | Franco responded as he had done with Hitler , presenting a shopping list and saying that the provision of the items on it ( which ranged from aircraft to foodstuffs ) was a prerequisite for Spanish cooperation . |
| 10 | There was no mention of the agency in the Queen 's Speech , which set out the government 's legislative plans for the new 18-month session of Parliament following the re-election of the Conservatives on 9 April . |
| 11 | One of a great flurry of plans being prepared in the Pentagon as the politicians on Capitol Hill sharpen their knives to carve the ‘ peace dividend ’ from the budget , the plan will arouse great controversy , since it invades the functional territory of the US Marine Corps . |
| 12 | The signs of the coefficients on t and P t are correct , but those on σ and k are the opposite of what they should be . |
| 13 | As the path wound behind a clump of sparse trees man and beast disappeared but Mr Dakin still gazed after them , listening to the clip-clop of the hooves on the hard ground . |
| 14 | As we saw in the case of the bacteria on a pin 's head , successive splittings into two can generate a very large number of cells in rather a short time . |
| 15 | He was opening the case for the banks on the sixth day of the application by the district auditor to have the transactions ruled ultra vires — beyond the council 's legal powers . |
| 16 | It would be interesting to hear the views of the planners on how this shift of pace might be brought about . |
| 17 | In October 1917 , while the attention of all France , particularly that of the people of Champagne , focused on the progress of the battles on the Western Front , Russia rose in revolution . |
| 18 | Announcing the ban on the stickers on Oct. 5 , Juma said that the government would not condone the use of Koranic verses for political ends . |
| 19 | On any given strand , the bases can be in any order , but there are rules governing the pairing between the bases on the one strand and those on the other ; adenine always pairs with thymine , and guanine with cytosine . |
| 20 | The companies wrote to the Clerk to the Commissioners on 31 January 1991 , stating their intention to apply for a 90-day extension at the next meeting , explaining why they would not be able to comply with the precepts in the 50-day time limit . |
| 21 | Statements of evidence and a psychiatric report prepared for the hearing were ruled inadmissible on the advice of the clerk to the justices on the ground that as the proceedings were not family proceedings within the meaning of the Act of 1989 , the Children ( Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence ) Order 1991 did not apply . |
| 22 | Do n't you remember ? 's got the necklace with the ears on it and he goes ca n't you hear me ? |
| 23 | Alternatively , judicial review is sought of the decision of the justices on Monday , 19 February 1990 , that they had no jurisdiction to hear and decide the issue whether Mr. Bell had been in breach of a condition of his bail . |
| 24 | For those reasons , I would declare that it was within the power of the single justice ; indeed , it was her duty on the Friday to complete the proceeding under section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 , and that it was unlawful for her to adjourn the matter to the following Monday , she having no power to do so , and that the decision of the justices on the Monday was correct . |
| 25 | Limone is a very old village nestling at the foot of the cliffs on the lake 's western shore . |
| 26 | From a good script will emerge a film in which every scene carries an emotional charge , involving the audience in the experience of the characters on the screen while also moving the film forward . |
| 27 | The contrast between the conditions on the coast and in the interior is illustrated by the climatic statistics for two stations less than 30 km ( 18.5 miles ) apart . |
| 28 | These were some of the instructions being given by the polemaster to the men on the ropes as the two ton pole began to shift . |
| 29 | The problem for Sombro was that at the mere age of three , he was getting old before his time because of his rampant ways and , by the look of the scars on his face , ears and neck , he was n't finding it any easier to hold his own with the competition . |
| 30 | Such a view was made easy by the reliance of the police on informers of dubious character . |