Example sentences of "[adv] [noun sg] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to paly badminton on the lawn . |
| 2 | Mitsubishi still clings to the option of being able to use only rear-wheel-drive on the road , claiming it 's quieter and less expensive on fuel and tyres . |
| 3 | Physical power is absent from most organisations ( except the prison service and the armed forces ) , but it is often evident as an undercurrent in industrial relations ( eg violence on the picket line or bullying on the shop floor ) . |
| 4 | Wright already has six this term and although statistics will show he was only second on the bill yesterday , discerning patrons will appreciate that it was his intuitive skills that lifted the depression of a scrappy first 30 minutes . |
| 5 | Well she wo n't eat no veg only corn on the cob |
| 6 | After the application of acetic acid , animals were allowed to recover from the anaesthesia andreceived only water on the day of operation ( day 0 ) . |
| 7 | Oh , and I forgot to tell you yes , there 's quite a lot of visual art as well , and one of the really exciting things is our mail art exhibition , and that 's M A I L , where we 've invited people from all over the world , and within the community , to send in art on the theme of the rainforest . |
| 8 | We used to paly croquet on the lawn . |
| 9 | It sounded a trivial enough disturbance on the surface , but it seemed as though there might be substance in Tom Watt 's fears after all . |
| 10 | She lifted a bottle of Champagne from among the photographs cluttering the occasional table beside her and passed it to Charity with an instruction to fill the glasses and hold the chatter , because she insisted on listening to the nine o'clock news on the wireless . |
| 11 | He was very sure on his feet and there was enough rust on the pipe to make it gritty . |
| 12 | Place a glass of water or beer on your head and lay down flat on the floor and then stand up . |
| 13 | There 's obviously frustration on the part of low paid women members of NALGO and some of our NUPE colleagues , and we are pleasantly surprised that they felt = and I wish now to express frustration at that response of management to break off local negotiations on their grading structure . |
| 14 | A large enough space on the floor must be found , or the track must wind between the legs of tables and chairs . |
| 15 | But as revenues from oil , Gabon 's principal export , fall , so pressure on the forest — and its elephants — grows . |
| 16 | It had been made by in 1906 , at Port Sonachan , and was stamped ‘ DS 1906 ’ , with an upside down horseshoe on the base . |
| 17 | I put my receiver down , hearing only silence on the line , and wondered what she looked like , and how deeply she was ill . |
| 18 | Like subjects were grouped together ; thus Dewey 's scheme grouped together material on the electron and located it with material on other sub-atomic particles , which was grouped together with material on molecular and atomic physics in general , which was grouped together with other aspects of physics ; physics itself was in the science section of the scheme , together with other sciences . |
| 19 | So dependence on the mother leads the child actively to believe in what is essentially a dishonesty on her part . |
| 20 | This was not altruism on the part of the brewers , but was born out of a realisation that preserving the best of their heritage could make them money . |
| 21 | There 's not room on the form I do n't think |
| 22 | To the others I 'm just meat on the hoof . |
| 23 | It is widely recognised that the Food Safety Act 1990 will progressively impact on the way food businesses operate . |
| 24 | That was just exuberance on the part of the children and teachers when they chopped off all her hair and Super Glued it to her chin . |
| 25 | Power round about us , like an organization or a culture , but that 's somehow power on the level . |
| 26 | In order to sustain authority structures , managers are obliged continually to assert the power of their position , which inevitably calls forth resistance on the part of workers . |
| 27 | ‘ This was intercepted late yesterday afternoon on the Milettis ’ home phone , ’ the magistrate explained to Zen . |
| 28 | But there is always hope on the horizon for these battling pit lasses . |
| 29 | The tune is forever guitar on the guitar . |
| 30 | There is still snow on the top of Ben Nevis . |