Example sentences of "[adv] on the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horses always go much better on the second day , which makes the long journey seem worthwhile . |
| 2 | On the other hand they indicated that former President Giscard d'Estaing ( UDF ) was likely to do better on the second ballot by taking centrist votes , with the result that , in late 1990 , the UDF seemed less concerned to reach an agreement . |
| 3 | Apparently on the first night of the opera , contrary to the usual customs , the audience insisted on hearing one of Bernasconi 's arias repeated , and many arias were applauded . |
| 4 | There was a light on in the hall , and apparently on the second floor , though that might be a landing . |
| 5 | The working leg is thrust outwards on the first beat of a bar , heels click and stamp to accent the appropriate beats . |
| 6 | Speaking from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , President George Bush sought to distance himself from the controversy , stating that it was not " a matter for the president to be concerned about , especially on the first day of his vacation " . |
| 7 | Very often there were problems getting everything done to time , and especially on the first season , availability of scripts for Monday morning was the cause of many a delay . |
| 8 | Especially on the second night , I had the feeling that he wanted to talk , and what made it the more interesting was the variety of his experiences and the mature way in which he alluded to them . |
| 9 | The traditional cultural and pedagogic role ascribed to television appeared undermined by the increasing stress on entertainment-led programming ( especially on the second channel , 1964 ) , and the developing competition ( 1969–70 ) between the two channels . |
| 10 | The Scottish women 's teams have been held annually on the last weekend in February since before the war , but some five years ago the male members of the SBU council decided this was unfair and established the national men 's teams held in Perth on Sunday . |
| 11 | It was burned down on the second anniversary of the Falklands War . |
| 12 | Never the most fluent of jumpers , she put in some unnecessarily extravagant leaps before settling down on the second circuit , but then met the final open ditch all wrong and deposited the hapless Mullins on the floor . |
| 13 | Kolchinsky sat down on the second chair and handed Philpott a brown packet . |
| 14 | There was a lot of noise ; people were getting bets down on the first pair . |
| 15 | But it 's basically down on the down on the first floor , we 've set aside a a room which erm the people from the Occupational Health Centre here in Harlow , come up and do vision screening for us on a regular basis they come when do they come ? |
| 16 | The balance in Japan is also healthily positive , at 54% , only slightly down on the first quarter of the year . |
| 17 | This was obviously the pigeons ' favourite delicacy : at the sight of the tin can , the pigeons leapt in the air and fluttered above us waiting to dive down on the first grains ; others landed flirtatiously on Fardine 's arms and shoulders . |
| 18 | The court ruling was handed down on the 21st anniversary of the first day of the police siege of Red Army commandos at a hotel on Mount Asama , north of Tokyo . |
| 19 | The Ulster Unionists ended up with 197 seats , but their share of the vote — 29.1pc , was 2pc down on the last council election . |
| 20 | Although the Christian Democrats ( CD ) , who had controlled the city council since the end of the Second World War , won only 94 fewer votes than the League — translating as 24.3 per cent of the vote and 7.6 per cent down on the last elections — the Brescia poll was widely interpreted as signalling a disillusionment among voters with existing electoral options . |
| 21 | He sat down on the next stool . |
| 22 | So it was all on the last set … in the last five matches between these two Lizzie Jelfs has won all five … |
| 23 | Then with school looming ominously on the next day 's horizon there was a stampede home to see who could be first in bed . |
| 24 | The Somerset captain would have been quite within his rights to have declined to play after 6.30 in the chance that it might rain hard enough on the third day to prevent any play . |
| 25 | And this year , I found myself in Exmouth , with members of my local RSPB group , boarding the Devon Princess 11 at 1pm on the last Saturday in February . |
| 26 | So on the seventh day |
| 27 | So on the second stage of the refurbishment they 're going to pay for the lot ? |
| 28 | So on the third day she turned homeward , for what else could she do ? |
| 29 | About eight o'clock on the eighth day I was told to pack my stuff up , because at seven o'clock the next morning I was going to Styal . |
| 30 | " Bishop Lowe died at eleven o'clock on the 30th September 1467 , at his Palace at Halling , in the most peaceful manner . |