Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rarity of artefacts found during excavations of such farms not only affects the archaeologist 's ability to date the buildings , but also makes it extremely difficult to understand the details of the activities carried out on the farm . |
| 2 | The forms tell strongly on the curving surface and the figure-zone is widened for them , its background left bare or scattered with small flower-shapes , a calyx of pointed leaves or petals at the base and the areas of fine lines reduced to narrow borders of two or three ( figs. 7 and 8 ) . |
| 3 | This distraction allowed the Wolverines to close in on the flanged skirts of the arena . |
| 4 | High fences around Admiralty installations gave good views as the birds perched briefly on the wires , taking their bearings . |
| 5 | Certainly , in St Ann 's , the condition of the houses bears immediately on the lives of the people . |
| 6 | The hours burned by on the green screen , and when they finally flopped in Lucy 's living room , sipping brandy , a key turned in the lock and in came the charmingly dishevelled one and only son . |
| 7 | After some initial successes , the authorities cracked down on the protesters . |
| 8 | It 's hard to resist the malevolent allure of the Third Reich , and when I telephoned Sibylle one evening a week or so later , the sound of her rich , Teutonic voice eloquently describing its owner 's activities in the Hitler Youth movement made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck . |
| 9 | The hairs lifted slightly on the nape of his neck and a rush of tingling spread on his scalp , then flooded his face so that he blushed in the darkness . |
| 10 | In ( a ) no geometrical details are allowed for and the bounds depend only on the relative volumes of the constituents . |
| 11 | The people on the pavements were always sprucely dressed , they pushed their prams or followed their dogs at a leisurely , unhurried pace ; the cars purred quietly on the smooth roads ; there was always somebody playing at the Tennis Club . |
| 12 | As the cars lined up on the grid , Andretti on pole , Hunt alongside him , Pete Lyons wrote a wonderful paragraph which said it all : the mechanics drilling holes in Hunt 's visor so that he could see in the mist . |
| 13 | But Hunt said that if the race were officially started and the cars lined up on the grid , he would have no choice but to race . |
| 14 | So when on 16 August the letter drops on the door mat , the phone call comes from school , or the lists go up on the notice board , teenagers who have failed to get the right grades for that coveted university of polytechnic place may feel that the world has come to an end . |
| 15 | Hurst nodded and started to pin the team-sheets back up on the board . |
| 16 | With the water high up on the beach the sea is very choppy and launching is very difficult because the waves break viciously on the steep upper slopes of the beach which is frequently a shingle ridge . |
| 17 | He looked at the words written simply on the coffin lid — Fanny Robin and child . |
| 18 | And the words issued out on the wings of a wail . |
| 19 | The shelves ended up on the tip , and the new ones were made of wood and fixed to the wall with screws and wall plugs . |
| 20 | While all this went on , the parents sat around on the school 's battered garden furniture , the mothers watching each other warily , the fathers armoured in a remote mildness that Robert recognized from his own parent . |
| 21 | John Hogan , chief operating officer , said : ‘ We have realised full value for the assets and the successful completion of the transactions reflects admirably on the skills of our staff in all departments . |
| 22 | yes I see , I think er unfortunately doctor I in this particular case I ought to make an order for certificate for counsel erm in the current , in respect of the costs incurred below on the thirteenth of August seems to me do er the proper kind of case in which to instruct counsel . |
| 23 | In chapter 12 Abraham was given a reason for his going , for the promises came hard on the heels of the command . |
| 24 | As I whip through , the dogs land lightly on the carpet . |
| 25 | There was a long silence broken only by the ticking of the grandfather clock and the sighs and movements of the dogs stretched out on the floor . |
| 26 | In fact erm there are now , you could say , too many teachers in the system overall , and that 's why there are new proposals erm both in the colleges and in the universities to cut back on the number of teachers that are being trained . |
| 27 | the colours come up on the bottom again . |
| 28 | Improved morale would also make possible organizational advances outside parliament , all linked to the issue of Ulster , and with the sights fixed firmly on the next election , an election that would make or break the Union , the Empire and Law 's leadership of the party . |
| 29 | This enabled the banks to pull out on the grounds that involvement was not commercially justifiable . |
| 30 | If you see the caterpillars crawling around on the bottom of the cage , you will know it is time to put some soil there . |