Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee turned slightly towards the sound — and immediately heard the double click as the hammers on the shotgun were pulled back . |
| 2 | Was he outgrowing his strength , she 'd wondered , as her other children had done , her vague fears of wasting fevers and rickety limbs vanishing to be replaced by incredulous horror as the soldiers on their tall horses had begun to charge . |
| 3 | He was opening the case for the banks on the sixth day of the application by the district auditor to have the transactions ruled ultra vires — beyond the council 's legal powers . |
| 4 | As a result , in sCD2 the association involves main-chain hydrogen bonding between the tips of the CC' and FG loops , augmented by direct interactions between the residues on the GFCC'C sheets ( residues are detailed in Fig.2 ) . |
| 5 | One of a great flurry of plans being prepared in the Pentagon as the politicians on Capitol Hill sharpen their knives to carve the ‘ peace dividend ’ from the budget , the plan will arouse great controversy , since it invades the functional territory of the US Marine Corps . |
| 6 | Using yellow-brown trimmings , cut out three thin strips for the straps on each of the four doors , and position diagonally across each door , securing on with a dampened paint brush . |
| 7 | ‘ Now the chief priest is going to say a prayer for the boats on the beach , ’ he explained , as they went with other spectators to join in behind the end of the procession and follow it across the square and on to the sand . |
| 8 | On any given strand , the bases can be in any order , but there are rules governing the pairing between the bases on the one strand and those on the other ; adenine always pairs with thymine , and guanine with cytosine . |
| 9 | The published , external reports of such entities are largely designed to inform the equity shareholders about the returns on their investment . |
| 10 | Wainwright is fifth choice at Bramall Lane and only made his debut for the reserves on Wednesday . |
| 11 | You are not an associated user for the DC(s) on the specified package and therefore can not submit the package for approval ( using option 1.5.1 ) or prepare the approval listings ( using option 1.5.2 ) . |
| 12 | Otherwise , they fear , there will be little public support for the policies on health and welfare , national service and education , which both they and Mr Clinton want to see . |
| 13 | There were Bible studies on deck four afternoons each week , special meetings for the children on board , and timbrel practice at 7.45am . |
| 14 | The UVF claimed responsibility for the shootings on Jan. 4 and Jan. 30 of Catholic civilians who it claimed were members of the IRA . |
| 15 | The contrast between the conditions on the coast and in the interior is illustrated by the climatic statistics for two stations less than 30 km ( 18.5 miles ) apart . |
| 16 | His hands were very full with arrangements for his attack on Normandy , and there must also have been many discussions about the terms on which he would be willing to make peace with the papacy . |
| 17 | The battle ended in defeat for the Italians on 22 March . |
| 18 | If the above conditions were not acceptable , then those officers who had recently joined should be allowed to return to their original units as the terms on which they had volunteered no longer applied . |
| 19 | The offshore wind was coming hard as usual through the wide gap between the warehouses on the Surrey side . |
| 20 | A favourable vote for the Tories on Maastricht and hopes that the Democrats will revive the US economy triggered a mini buying spree . |
| 21 | It is useless trying to justify [ hedgerows and ] trees in terms of farming , for such unreal arguments are no protection against ten-ton bulldozers , and our wartime farmer had no illusions about the trees on his farm . |
| 22 | This has been interpreted as being a consequence of the negative enthalpy of mixing in the system which acts as an additional driving force for the chains on either side of the boundary to cross into the other matrix . |
| 23 | The economic structure of the countryside near the line-of-rail , linking the mines with ports via South Africa , was transformed to provide labour for the miners on temporary labour contracts in which the miner 's family would stay behind on the family farm . |
| 24 | Mrs Smith was a wild boar too , yet it was quite easy to differentiate them , as their expressions and personalities remained the same and Mr Smith regarded me kindly with little red eyes through the specs on the end of his snout . |
| 25 | Kenneth grinned , staring out over the balustrade of the terrace towards the hills on the far side of Loch Fyne . |
| 26 | She shuddered as the switchback roared overhead , but stood watching as a small train meandered through a series of paths , and laughed at the joyful screams of the children on the dodgems . |
| 27 | Models of this kind , where the construction of meaning dominates — and influences — the perception of the marks on the page , are often called ‘ top-down ’ models . |
| 28 | They are tolerant in their bridle adjustment ( as distinct from the sophisticated 110 degree , swept-delta steerables to be found in Chapter Eight ) , and the newcomer is unlikely ever to require to alter the settings of the rings on the bridle legs . |
| 29 | Furthermore , the bulk of the provisions on Statutory Maternity Pay , previously contained in the Social Security Act 1986 , are now to be found in ss 164–171 and Sch 13 of the 1992 Act . |
| 30 | Given Labour 's stormy internal debates on foreign and defence issues since 1951 and despite the recent defeat of the unilateralists on nuclear disarmament , Washington was understandably anxious to gain some advance impressions of Labour 's likely behaviour if it were returned to power . |