Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had to pick the bind out by hand , er the coal was all er sorted on the screens and er er a u u us lads , we used to stand at the side of the belts that were travelling round and tipping the coal into the wagons down below you see ? |
| 2 | Visitors were allowed entry only in batches of 200 ; no sketches or notes were permitted on the premises ; future directors were obliged by her will to live in situ , on the fourth floor ( a rule which has been broken only by the present director ) . |
| 3 | He 's just won on the houses ai n't he ? |
| 4 | What is won on the swings is lost on the roundabouts . |
| 5 | I lay in the bath daydreaming of putters that never missed and that were made of priceless and perfect metals unknown to man , of millions of pounds won on the fairways of the world , and of even more millions made off the course . |
| 6 | Many major lessons were learnt and Lord Mountbatten has written ‘ the successful landing in Normandy was won on the beaches of Dieppe ’ . |
| 7 | While copyright cases have been won on the grounds that manuals , and other documents that go with software , have been copied , no one has yet been able to claim copyright on the syntax of a computer language . |
| 8 | For a party whose left wing has long complained that French price stability was won on the backs of the poor , this is a tricky moment . |
| 9 | By 1916 it had become obvious that the war was not likely to be over for some time and the government round that it was necessary to introduce military conscription in place of voluntary conscription , in order to ensure replacement of the thousands of soldiers being killed and wounded on the battlefields . |
| 10 | Is that not the best discouragement to crime and an encouragement to those elderly people who fear being attacked on the streets ? |
| 11 | It has been attacked on the grounds that it attempts to relate particular skills to different levels of management , or that it sectionalises/parochialises management thinking . |
| 12 | This view , as we shall see , has been attacked on the grounds that it rests on the false assumption that the distinction between adults and children is identical with the distinction between rational and non-rational beings . |
| 13 | I always was attacked on the grounds that the world I wrote about did n't exist and it 's only in the last five to ten years here in Ireland , that my work is seen to be actually true . |
| 14 | Interest earned on the proceeds of last year 's £572m rights issue will account for a sizeable slice . |
| 15 | ‘ Germany 's Polish car thieves are organised on the lines of the Mafia , ’ explained Peter Sehr , head of the national police car-theft division at Wiesbaden . |
| 16 | In a large , well-appointed hotel the service of food and drink will be organised on the lines indicated in Fig. 1.8 . |
| 17 | Achimota was organised on the lines of a British public school with the boarders grouped in ‘ houses ’ which were supposed to inculcate the team spirit : however , it was more than a boarding school . |
| 18 | Had read poisoned er located on the murderers in the area around . |
| 19 | The stores would be located on the sites of the company 's two advanced gas-cooled reactors at Hunterston and Torness in Northern Scotland . |
| 20 | Later today , soldiers from the eastern sub-unit , which is located on the outskirts of Nicosia , will provide an escort for an Armenian funeral . |
| 21 | They are often sited in very desirable locations : mental hospitals , in particular , such as the former county asylums which sprung up after the Lunacy Act of 1847 , are located on the outskirts of towns , in landscaped grounds thoughtfully planned for the patients ' well-being . |
| 22 | The main competition for the Royal Oak comes from the Black Bull , an old coaching inn also located in the town centre , and from the Leofric , a two-year-old motel located on the outskirts of the town close to both motorways . |
| 23 | Sun Microsystems Inc duly unveiled plans for a European software centre located on the outskirts of Dublin in the Republic of Ireland last week ( CI No 2,1180 . |
| 24 | This modern hotel located on the outskirts of historic Warwick provides an ideal touring base for Shakespeare Country and the beautiful Heart of England . |
| 25 | The study was carried out in Bowthorpe , a joint Council/Private housing and shopping development located on the outskirts of Norwich . |
| 26 | Paths plan : Walkers turned out to hear plans for two new footpaths which could be located on the outskirts of the village . |
| 27 | Although the village of Villeneuve-Renneville is located on the plains beneath the Côte des Blancs , its vineyards are set back , and occupy the lower slopes of le Mesnil-sur-Oger . |
| 28 | Yes , the Villa dei Cesari , located on the banks of the Thames would seem the perfect venue for couples like you . |
| 29 | It is a beautiful port city located on the slopes of Mt . |
| 30 | The attractive small town of Zell am See is located on the shores of a lake in the heart of what is known as the Europa Sport Region . |