Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] on [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The associative theory , on the other hand , predicts an advantage only on the first task , the associations being of no help , or perhaps even hindering , when symbols having a common associate require different responses . |
| 2 | Regional policy recommended closure only on the last criterion but there is a discrepancy between national ideology and local educational policy . |
| 3 | He charmed , teased , involved then abandoned , his mind already on the next thing . |
| 4 | A MAN said a silent prayer of thanks yesterday on the third anniversary of his heart transplant for the anonymous donor who gave him his life . |
| 5 | Parks ' eyes now on a fourth title |
| 6 | Your due back on the ninth ? |
| 7 | It coped with very long grass from an overgrown lawn which had n't been cut since last year , and produced a satisfactory cut even on the first mowing . |
| 8 | The cautions referred to had been given and he had been questioned months earlier on the first charges . |
| 9 | Raskolnikov has admitted to visiting the old woman on the first occasion but of course not on the second . |
| 10 | There is a fine hall inside on the first floor which has a pendant timber roof and modern frescoes round the walls . |
| 11 | Almost all the attractive parts of the house could remain operative : the extensive servants ' quarters — including the back corridor , the two still rooms and the old laundry — and the guest corridor up on the second floor would be dust-sheeted , leaving all the main ground-floor rooms and a generous number of guest rooms . |
| 12 | EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes was within 200 miles of the South Pole yesterday on the 50th day of a 2,200-mile trek for charity . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , England women also finished their team event with a splendid 3–0 win against Hungary and finished in fifth position , four places up on the last European Championships in Gothenburg . |
| 14 | Curtain up on the 40th Oxford Gang Show , an annual event which means months of frantic organisation and jolly hard team work for those taking part ; a ritual of devotion from backstage helpers and an early taste of stagefright for aspiring young performers . |
| 15 | That year saw England 's famous World Cup victory , and James Cossins recalled ‘ the difficulty of getting us all out of the wardrobe at the Duke of York 's — the only room with a TV set — in time for curtain up on the second house on the Saturday night that England won , and the fact that the cast were almost too hoarse to get to the end of the play . |
| 16 | A great sea-battle took place there on the twenty-first of October , between a British force under Nelson and the combined fleets of France and Spain . |
| 17 | They still have n't fixed a date for the postponed Villa game , but for our away match there on the 6th Feb tickets go on sale on the 15th jan ( same day as tickets for Sheff Wed ) . |
| 18 | BOOKIES ' favourites Arsenal can climb to within a point of the Premier League leaders and set their sights firmly on a third title triumph in five seasons by winning at Crystal Palace tonight . |
| 19 | It is probably safest for foreign learners to assume that stress will normally fall in this way on other compounds ; however , a variety of compounds receive stress instead on the second element . |
| 20 | Er we do the sales sometimes on the first on most cases now on the first er interview . |
| 21 | There is an opportunity now on the fifth of July , when this may well be our last chance to demonstrate , all of us , along with health service workers , cos they ca n't do it on they o on their own . |
| 22 | Sir Percival Sharp fought for the AEC mainly on the first issue — but could find no support — so that the second , the potential extension of the power of central government , went largely unchallenged . |
| 23 | The court then fixes a pre-trial review , giving notice to the plaintiff and defendant and endorsing notice thereof on the third party notice . |
| 24 | So I mean if you were to finish on the thirty first of August then on the first of September . |
| 25 | Er we do the sales sometimes on the first on most cases now on the first er interview . |
| 26 | Eastwood spilled a chance near the corner before Steve McNamara capped a tremendous spell of Hull pressure when he slipped Gary Nolan over on the last tackle after 54 minutes . |
| 27 | That was the unspoken alternative ( or at least unspoken by all except the red crow , who cheerily brought the subject up on every third or fourth visit ) , that was the easy way out . |
| 28 | Er we only probably did it when ourselves we got venison beforehand on the last shooting and to keep . |
| 29 | They finally reached the edge of the ancient lake late on the second day of their journey up the river , and in company they had not expected to attract . |
| 30 | The Ulster Unionists ended up with 197 seats , but their share of the vote — 29.1pc , was 2pc down on the last council election . |