Example sentences of "[vb pp] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another factor in Ethernet 's favour is that different types of cable can be mixed on the one Ethernet network , so you could lay cheap cable in most areas and higher-performance stuff in critical sections . |
| 2 | Even then opposing fans mixed on the same terraces without the ‘ taking of ends ’ . |
| 3 | Usually the line represents the flow of something but that something might be material , energy , information or time but again these should not be mixed on the same diagram unless differently coded lines are used . |
| 4 | Cycling is not officially permitted on the narrow towpath , however walkers can join it in Linlithgow at the canal basin at the top ( south end ) of Station Road . |
| 5 | A report is awaited on the entire electrical circuit and plans to improve sound amplification are in hand . |
| 6 | B " Hitler 's prestige rose to new heights in Germany , where relief that war had been avoided was combined with delight in the gains that had been won on the cheap … |
| 7 | For Pindar , Cyrene was the place of many sheep ( Pyth. ix.6 ) , and the equestrian successes of Arkesilas and Timokrates were won on the famous bay horses of Cyrene . |
| 8 | Wellington said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton . |
| 9 | The Druids won on the last occasion and have retained the trophy at their Henley headquarters . |
| 10 | Amidst patriotic excitement , it was won on the last stage by a Frenchman , Jean Robic . |
| 11 | Five and a half thousand men were killed and twenty-six thousand wounded on the blackest day of the American Civil War . |
| 12 | The image of hope which had thus arisen in Williamson 's mind was soured by the reality of his second obsession : the sheer horror of his experience on 1 July 1916 , when 60,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme . |
| 13 | St Valentine , incidentally , was a Roman priest martyred on the Flaminian Way during Claudius 's time . |
| 14 | Tension crackled on the cold air . |
| 15 | Over the weekend of May 11-12 , power lines from South Africa supplying Maputo 's electricity were sabotaged , while vehicles were attacked on the main road north ; the main rail link with South Africa was also cut . |
| 16 | As with most stress rules , there are exceptions , for example ‘ honest ’ , ‘ perfect ’ or , both of which end with two consonants but are stressed on the first syllable . |
| 17 | Offshore commissioning and hook-up is progressing and production and injection wells are being drilled on the Shell-operated project . |
| 18 | Trading was organised on the same lines as for other securities ; but , after a number of preparatory changes introduced during the preceding months , the trading system was completely restructured on Monday , 27 October 1986 . |
| 19 | Martin Lee had fought his way back into the event ( organised on the double elimination format ) , having lost to Steven Amey in the second round and played very aggressive tennis in his victories over Justin Layne and Ben Haran . |
| 20 | The admission by Hammersmith and Fulham was disclosed on the first day of a case brought by Anthony Hazell , the local district auditor . |
| 21 | Subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath continental lithosphere is also associated with a trench and an inclined zone of seismicity , but in this case volcanic activity occurs within the active mountain belt located on the continental lithosphere fringing the trench . |
| 22 | Particularly significant changes are found for residues located on the long E helix ( Glu 204 and Phe 208 ) . |
| 23 | The other two , Braniel and Andersonstown , are both located on the outer edges of the city and might be described approximately as upper-working to lower-middle class . |
| 24 | These are automatically silenced at night and may be silenced manually at any time by operating levers which are neatly and unobtrusively located on the hand-crafted dial . |
| 25 | Russell and Ann Mills ' flat is particularly impressive as it is located on the upper floor of the school 's west wing ( Plate 37 and Fig 53 ) and so extends up into the apex of the steeply-pitched roof . |
| 26 | The lesions were linear or dotted in shape , and were often located on the upper part of the mucosal folds . |
| 27 | Located on the grand Keizers canal , this delightful hotel is set in two beautifully restored merchant houses dating back to 1630 . |
| 28 | The Rembrandt hotel is centrally located on the grand Herengracht canal and consists of four beautifully restored 16th century canal house buildings . |
| 29 | That cabal had created the hydra after long research in covert theological laboratories located on the frozen fringe of some barren solar system unclaimed by either the Imperium or by aliens . |
| 30 | Located on the vast , beach-fringed bay of the Guadalquivir River , Sevilla del Mar is the perfect reflection of Spanish tourism 's new sophistication . |