Example sentences of "[verb] on three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although surrounded on three sides by the sea the warming influence of the North Atlantic helps give mild winters and good summers . |
| 2 | Once through its portals you find yourself in a courtyard surrounded on three sides by the relatively undisturbed medieval manor , whose mullioned windows have sometimes been exchanged for sash . |
| 3 | It is the best area in Britain for megalithic sites , and is surrounded on three sides by the sea . |
| 4 | The mere is the large village pond surrounded on three sides by a dense bank of elm and sycamore , and is closely associated visually with the churchyard . |
| 5 | A city of 3.2 million people , Rangoon is surrounded on three sides by water and dominated by the glistening gold stupa of the Shwedagon . |
| 6 | The house was entered from the left into a sheltered deck area running its length and surrounded on three sides by louvred shutters . |
| 7 | There was a small rectangle of land beside the jetty , surrounded on three sides by steep clay walls . |
| 8 | In or about that year Count Hartmann of Kyburg built the town on a rock that was surrounded on three sides by the river Aare . |
| 9 | Surrounded on three sides by railway , it is not suitable for housing because of the large concentration of industry around that area . |
| 10 | An island fortress surrounded on three sides by a deep moat which emptied into the lake situated on the eastern side of the keep . |
| 11 | The ranch is surrounded on three sides by intensive arable agriculture , split into tiny small-holdings and , for the most part , being worked on land totally unsuitable for the purpose . |
| 12 | The church was also surrounded on three sides ( except the east ) by an open arcade on which a gallery was later built . |
| 13 | Beyond them is a courtyard surrounded on three sides by the rear walls of office buildings , like a miniature version of Horse Guards Parade . |
| 14 | In 1917 he was finally accepted , after several rejections , for front-line service in the East Surrey Regiment , and was wounded on three occasions . |
| 15 | There was a blur of activity and the sandwich rose on three pairs of legs . |
| 16 | Over 2400 JS pensioners gathered together for the 45th JS Veterans Reunions on March 29 , April 5 and 26 — the event being organised on three days for the second time due to the large number of participants from all corners of the country . |
| 17 | And to understand how the complex situation was developing we must consider what was happening on three levels : |
| 18 | it 's only last night , I did n't know if you could hear , it come on three times and they were nobody there ! |
| 19 | The pier is small , the cottages few and tidily arranged , the little beaches a delight for pebble collectors , the bay a narrow inlet of Loch Torridon landlocked on three sides by gaunt grey hills , and only the cry of seabirds disturbs the silence . |
| 20 | Pencil , I know you could n't concentrate on three things ! |
| 21 | The research will concentrate on three skills : piano playing , typing and handwriting/drawing . |
| 22 | Moreover , comparative analysis will focus on three cases where popular movements have organized within major corporative institutions of the political system , so emphasizing their linkages to national governments , and the struggles and negotiations which change these linkages . |
| 23 | SCO hopes the new programme will help it focus on three markets — retail , finance and government — and its expects to sell 1,500 developers kits there in its first year — between 400 — 500 of them in Europe . |
| 24 | In 1986 Council voted on three policy statements ( see Appendix C ) . |
| 25 | We were fit , thinner than any of us had ever been , good at singing , proficient with a variety of weapons , and we could survive on three hours sleep a night . |
| 26 | In relation to Somalia and the present litigation , the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has on three occasions responded to inquiries by solicitors and Mr. Richards has also conveyed to the court a further communication . |
| 27 | The Ministry of Defence objected on three grounds : the increase in nuclear missiles available to the West was operationally unnecessary and would only add to the existing nuclear overkill ; mixed manning was a formula for military disaster ; and the cost of the British share would have to come out of the already overstretched Defence budget . |
| 28 | Roxburgh explained : ‘ In a situation like this you act on three factors ; medical opinion , the player 's attitude and your own gut feelings . |
| 29 | The newly elected archbishop , Winchelsey , while sympathetic to the clergy , took a paternalistic view of the realm , which he saw threatened on three fronts , and urged his clergy to make a grant to the king . |
| 30 | All mail and newspapers arrive by air , and much of Alderney 's urgent and perishable freight arrives on three engines . |