Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We consider that the anti-slavery associations could turn their efforts towards seeking fairer prices and access to the markets of the developed countries for the products on which the living and working conditions of millions of workers throughout the world depend . |
| 2 | I apologize for the difficulties on getting er data out , more recent data largely due to the way the model is constructed at the moment . |
| 3 | Micrografx Inc , one of the first and most prominent companies to endorse IBM Corp 's OS/2 2.0 operating system , is backing off developing OS/2 applications , US PC Week reports : ‘ There 's no demand for OS/2 applications , ’ said Paul Grayson , chief executive of the Richardson , Texas , company — ‘ We do n't see the rationale for making additional investments in OS/2 applications when there 's no apparent demand for the ones on the market . ’ |
| 4 | For since , just as in any conventionally organised manufacturing enterprise , capital employed labour , its first priority naturally and necessarily was to secure a sufficient return for the investors on their investment . |
| 5 | That 's it like a st stage is here , I mean it 's very awkward to caterer for people down here and for the stages on the same menu . |
| 6 | The lesson was learned , and in subsequent years a photocall has been organized for the first day , when the Prince and Princess pose sweetly for the cameras on the understanding that thereafter the media will go home so the two can holiday in peace . |
| 7 | Burmese women were at the railway stations with food , fruit and water for the refugees on the crowded trains . |
| 8 | The noise ruptured the afternoon , shattered the parade , sent men pounding across the tarmac , colliding , cursing , racing for the trenches on the edge of the airfield . |
| 9 | The seller will normally send by air to the buyer some documents : one will be the bill of lading transferred to the buyer to enable him to collect the goods at their port of destination ; another will be a bill of exchange which the buyer will normally sign and return thereby undertaking to pay for the goods on the date specified on the bill of exchange . |
| 10 | Cut out two tiny rectangular panels for the plates on each side of the boat and press on , securing with a little water or royal icing . |
| 11 | This has been interpreted as being a consequence of the negative enthalpy of mixing in the system which acts as an additional driving force for the chains on either side of the boundary to cross into the other matrix . |
| 12 | Serious , and reluctant , she pushed his hand away , and waited for the kisses on the cheek allowed within the code . |
| 13 | Von Tunzelmann , remarking that prices had the greater influence on real wage trends over this period , finds that the indices available are much closer to each other than they are for the periods on either side . |
| 14 | At a time when nearly half of Britain 's destroyers had been put out of action , he arranged with Winston Churchill to provide 50 over-age US destroyers in return for the leases on eight British naval bases in the American hemisphere . |
| 15 | Look for the aphids on young shoots of sycamore , oak , rose ( wild or cultivated ) , apple or hawthorn . |
| 16 | We can calculate their relative preference for the Conservatives on the unemployment issue as C/ ( C+L+A ) , that is , as the mark given to the Conservatives expressed as a proportion of the total mark given to all three parties ( or multiplied by 100 to transform it from a proportion into a percentage ) . |
| 17 | Amongst Labour identifiers , the effect of reading a right-wing paper on their relative preference for the Conservatives on unemployment was 13 per cent in the Pre-Campaign Wave , rising to 19 per cent by the second half of the campaign ( Table 8.10 ) . |
| 18 | We have got the fastest rising unemployment anywhere in Europe and the figures destroy the last vestiges of credibility for the Conservatives on the economy . ’ |
| 19 | Choppy Spencer is the spokesperson for the Conservatives on education , and Bob Morgan represents the Liberal Democrats . |
| 20 | ALTHOUGH there are only four more tournaments to count towards the final Order of Merit , there will be no end-of-season relaxing for the professionals on the European women 's Tour , who tee off in the Laing Charity Classic here today . |
| 21 | ‘ Michael ran a cab and he worked for the bookies on the side . |
| 22 | ‘ As for the matters on the pitch , I think it 's a bit of a coincidence we were playing Southampton when this happened . |
| 23 | When he leaves here , he faces four tournaments — Antwerp , Toulouse , Paris and Wembley — in five weeks to tune up for the Masters on 27 November . |
| 24 | But the tournament , held in the magnificent setting of Sun City , will be remembered for the incidents on the third day rather than Frost 's winning total of 276 . |
| 25 | Motorists report long queues for the spaces on the lower deck at peak times . |
| 26 | Roll out a little white fondant and , with different sized cutters , cut out various sizes of circle for the spots on the toadstool . |
| 27 | THE spectre of road pricing — charging for the roads on the basis of pay-as-you-drive — is again lurking in the political shadows . |
| 28 | Hastily scribbling out his copy for The Times on the bonnet of his car , J.N.P. Watson wrote : |
| 29 | County councillors yesterday agreed the scheme should be introduced , with modified humps specially adapted for the buses on the main routes along Coleridge Gardens and Hammond Drive . |
| 30 | In his dealings with Shamir , Moda'i allegedly demanded " safe " places for the Liberals on the Likud list for the next two Knesset elections and a large monetary guarantee which Likud would forfeit if such a commitment was not kept . |