Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | MOTOROLA SIGNS CHORUS FOR MICROKERNEL ON POWERPC … |
| 2 | DOE will make requests for information on the numbers of requests made under the Directive . |
| 3 | Each vidane was given forms in triplicate on which to record information about crimes . |
| 4 | He said the management at the site had n't given permission for welding on the oil tank . |
| 5 | Now the business that supplies products for use on structures from bridges to oil rigs has launched Ecotech alternatives to mainstream coatings that form the basis of its standard range . |
| 6 | Hercule Poirot did not spring fully-formed into life on Page 34 of his first adventure , The Mysterious Affair at Styles . |
| 7 | He said he had heard calls for unity on every side , but for a unity of common interests , attitudes and culture shared by the two Germanys . |
| 8 | Indeed , restaurants , cafes and licensed premises which sell liquor for consumption on the premises ( e.g. pubs and wine bars ) were for the first time was the 1987 Use Classes Order brought within a stated class . |
| 9 | Herbert Tempest asked readers for information on George Whitbread , a man he lost touch with 40 years ago after they served in the same RAF squadron . |
| 10 | At the moment , the gloves and hat were placed side by side on the gleaming wood of the table before her and her hands were folded in an attitude of prayer — although her humour was anything but reverent . |
| 11 | These two tasks completed , the exposed pith was cut into narrow strips like ribbons , which were then placed side by side on a large , perfectly-flat slab of limestone which was kept permanently damp by boys scattering water on it , ever-moving fingers flicking across from earthenware pots . |
| 12 | They took their seats on canvas chairs which were placed side by side on the strip of red tiling , as if they were about to be photographed or to review a marching column . |
| 13 | Thirty years ago , a national commission chaired by Kenneth Ryan produced guidelines for research on living human fetuses . |
| 14 | Kennan met MacArthur for lunch on 1 March ; MacArthur stated that there had previously been only one successful military occupation in history and this had been Julius Caesar 's achievement in the subjugated barbarian provinces . |
| 15 | English Nature , the government 's official watchdog on nature conservation , was criticized at the time by environmental groups for entering into the deal with Fisons , and for allowing extraction of peat on a site of special scientific interest [ see ED 57 ] . |
| 16 | The " marker " price of North Sea Brent crude , which had already risen by 60 per cent in six weeks to $24 per barrel on Aug. 3 , passed $30 per barrel on Aug. 22 , with production down by the 4,000,000 barrels per day of lost Iraqi and Saudi production . |
| 17 | Iraq 's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait caused a dramatic increase in oil prices ; the " marker " price of North Sea Brent crude , which had fallen to $16.60 per barrel on June 5 , rose to $24 per barrel on Aug. 3 and passed $30 per barrel on Aug. 22 . |
| 18 | A pair of Jacobean Dersinghams , husband and wife in about half life-size , kneeling side by side on a plinth , looked stolidly into eternity . |
| 19 | The distribution is clearly non-uniform , reflecting concentrations of effort on particular problems , such as Lewisian geochemistry and chronology , Tertiary igneous geology , the Moine Thrust zone , and others . |
| 20 | So , although we can show that deprivation produces loss of function on certain tasks , these studies do not indicate how the loss may be combatted , if at all and , from a psychological point of view , they do not give any idea of how this changed processing affects other aspects of function . |
| 21 | We lay side by side on the floor all over the house — there must have been a dozen or more of us , including nice old Ma Mi who was delighted to see us . |
| 22 | The busker who plays Chariots Of Fire on a Casio organ at Bank would leave it in a trice if only he could think of some other way of turning a penny . |
| 23 | But later detectives found secxtions of tubing on a council tip . |
| 24 | In order that the CAA and AAIB can decide on appropriate action , they need to know whether anyone else has had a similar failure or found signs of overheating on one of these units and not told them about it . |
| 25 | EDZELL Enforcers will make certain of the Scottish League men 's second division title if they beat Stirling at home on Sunday . |
| 26 | The strike by Boeing 's 57,000 employees in at least seven states comes at a time when airlines with ageing fleets are already straining to find aircraft for use on their new routes . |
| 27 | Forensic experts found traces of petrol on his clothes . |
| 28 | NORWAY 'S Prime Minister , Mrs Gro Harlem Brundtland , called for membership of the European Community at the weekend , ending months of speculation on her position . |
| 29 | In 1989 , the World Association of Nuclear Operators was established to encourage exchange of information on operational safety and to initiate technical exchange visits between nuclear engineers to help improve safety standards . |
| 30 | Acheson visited Vandenberg in hospital on 21 January and the senator emphasised his support for Acheson 's policy . |