Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our large cases sit on a small side table at knee-level . |
| 2 | All treatment was withdrawn for a minimum of two weeks , after which inclusion in the trial depended on a diastolic blood pressure >105 mm Hg . |
| 3 | The clash of ginger on pink as a small skipper butterfly lands on petals of camp ion ; gorse pods popping in the hot sun ; small striped snails creeping out on to the wet path after a cloud burst ; soldier beetles gathered on the white umbels of wild carrot : these sights and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure — whilst the hordes of laden hikers tramp by with stern faces and never a glance to left or right . |
| 4 | This supply response takes a variety of forms depending on the institutional arrangements within particular labour markets , but the Lucas model postulates that there will be a diminished demand for holidays and other leisure activities and an increased demand for overtime or weekend working . |
| 5 | Buddie was sitting on a hard chair with one foot resting on an upturned petrol-tin . |
| 6 | During the plague of 1603 rumours were fathered on him and John Dee [ q.v. ] to the effect that its future course depended on the imminent fall of a planet to earth . |
| 7 | In many respects the purchasing and contracting arrangements have strengthened the power of the locality to decide , mainly because of the reliance placed on the technical judgements of the caring professions . |
| 8 | Britain 's Courtaulds and Hoechst of Germany agreed on a joint venture that will merge their viscose and acrylic-fibres businesses in Europe . |
| 9 | In its original form the Bill made provision for a single ballot , the decision resting on a simple majority of those voting . |
| 10 | Special needs groups concentrate on the disabled . |
| 11 | This is because the subjects taught really fall into three types , namely , appropriate parts of basic disciplines taught on a theoretical basis , e.g. economics , psychology , sociology , mathematics ; essentially practical , procedural subjects such as accounting , and problem areas which are a mixture of theory , practice and problem solving , e.g. marketing , policy studies . |
| 12 | But the alliance with Athens must have been renewed before the beginning of the Peloponnesian War when Thessalians fought on the Athenian side again ( Thuc. ii.22 ) . |
| 13 | That Parliament relied on the Ministerial statements is shown by the fact that the matter was never raised again after the discussions in Committee , that amendments were consequentially withdrawn and that no relevant amendment was made which could affect the correctness of the minister 's statement . |
| 14 | For my part I think that there is abundant evidence which would have justified this court in substituting findings that Miss T. was not in a physical or mental condition which enabled her to reach a decision binding on the medical authorities and that even if , contrary to that view , she would otherwise have been in a position to reach such a decision , the influence of her mother was such as to vitiate the decision which she expressed . |
| 15 | Although a plot of sorts involves the intrigues of the Egyptian Queen , whose enfeebled brother and consort has no power to break her obsessive love for ‘ the Wanderer ’ , the story turns on the simple fact that Odysseus must for ever love an unattainable ideal . |
| 16 | AN HOUR to spare on a recent visit to London gave me the opportunity to visit the famous Science Museum 's well-advertised new gallery ‘ Physics and Nuclear Power ’ . |
| 17 | The expression " breach of warranty " is often used in disputes about deferred consideration , when vendors are said in the agreement to " warrant " that the profits reach a specified figure , and the purchasers seek a repayment from the vendors to compensate them for that loss , in most cases calculated on a pre-agreed formula : if the profits exceed the specified figure , the vendors may be entitled to additional consideration . |
| 18 | Dewlike drops of moisture formed on the dry grass , and rose upward through the air as if powered by the jolts in our chest . |
| 19 | It 's not obvious a priori whether all or any pair of these projects converge on a single set of structures . |
| 20 | Wigeon grazed on the far shore . |
| 21 | He slipped his arm around her and they walked through the park to sit on a secluded seat there . |
| 22 | And the involuntary malice within the desperate attempts to remain on the safe side of the frontier of madness . |
| 23 | place the services with the proposed single-tier local authorities — i.e. between 15 to 51 authorities depending on the future structure of local government . |
| 24 | Symbolically the owl sits on an Evil Eye that has been pierced by a spear , suggesting that the owl 's own ‘ Evil Eye ’ has been incapacitated by the mobbing display . |
| 25 | A number of courses give students an opportunity to go on a short relevant placement in an organization outside the University , where they gain experience of the world of work and in applying the skills they have learnt . |
| 26 | Disputes under them are to be referred to arbitration , where contracts made on a particular exchange are in issue , and otherwise to the English courts . |
| 27 | The series of oral papillae is separated from the 2–3 small blunt oral tentacle scales situated on the proximal edge of the adoral shields — these scales are much smaller than the oral papillae . |
| 28 | These figures are of course calculated on the nursing agency rates . |
| 29 | The male sits on a favoured perch and when this is visited by a rival he sidles up to the intruder . |
| 30 | Billy resignedly followed his friend up the gently rising slope of the car park situated on the left hand side of the building . |