Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With some force he told von Knobelsdorf , the Crown Prince 's Chief-of-Staff , that it would be pointless pursuing the attacks on the Mort Homme until Côte 304 was finally conquered . |
| 2 | The children immediately seized on this , and with permission emptied the contents on the floor . |
| 3 | The imminent release of the " Birmingham Six " was widely seen as a foregone conclusion after Sir Allan Green , the Director of Public Prosecutions , said at a preliminary hearing of the appeal on Feb. 7 that the Crown no longer sought to uphold the convictions on the basis of the scientific evidence . |
| 4 | A strong east wind crested the wavelets on the dark bosom of Loch Ness , rain-clouds gave to each hill a sombre tone ; some rocky crags and woodland had deeper and richer hues ; while the foreground of heather in full bloom , a corn-field , and potato and turnip rigs , gave other colourings . |
| 5 | I made one good decision : to wear the trainers on the plane , and carry the paperwork in my hand luggage . |
| 6 | But being a rebel at heart he always modelled the battleships on the Potemkin , and in the corner of every panel he painted a little red devil with a pitchfork and a knowing grin . |
| 7 | Next day , of course , the director shuffled up onto the stage , stopped the rehearsal , took Arthur on one side , and lifted the ass 's mask to murmur , fluttering the hairs on the bearded jawbone , ’ You 're cutting yourself off from your technique . ’ |
| 8 | Her fingers tickle the hairs on the back of my hand . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're sandbagging the railings on the promenade , ’ she said . |
| 10 | This exactly parallels the findings on the output equations . |
| 11 | The final goal of all the Waldens , Dimblebys , and Days is to hit the headlines on the news broadcasts ( or in the next day 's papers ) by tripping up their interviewee or extorting an apology from him , or convicting him of a contradiction . |
| 12 | In July 1921 builders R Blackett and Son approached the corporation for permission to demolish the buildings on the site of what was now inexplicably called Archer 's Corner . |
| 13 | A rival of the Round Table , this party boycotted the elections on the grounds that the Supreme Soviet belonged to a power structure illegally imposed on Georgia . |
| 14 | Donna consulted the directions on the sheet of paper and realized that they must be pretty close to their destination . |
| 15 | There was something in his voice that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up . |
| 16 | Fighting an impulse to back away , Gina forced herself to hold her ground , refusing to let him see how his nearness made the hairs on the back of her neck rise in anticipation of conflict . |
| 17 | It could have been that , I suppose , which made the hairs on the back of my neck feel like they were giving off static . |
| 18 | 6.3 Superior lease Where the lease is an underlease , the tenant should consider inserting the following landlord 's covenants : To pay the rents reserved by the [ superior Lease ] dated and made between and to observe and perform the covenants agreements and conditions on the part of the tenant contained therein and to enforce the covenants on the part of the Landlord in the said Lease Not to agree to the variation of any of the terms of the [ superior Lease ] without first obtaining the Tenant 's written consent [ such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ] |
| 19 | The following additional covenant is therefore suggested : To ensure that all other leases within the Centre contain similar covenants on the part of the Landlord and the Tenant and similar service charge provisions to those contained in this lease and to enforce the covenants on the part of the tenants contained in such other leases |
| 20 | The energy crisis which we 're in at the moment , and which will , although it 's temporarily abating if we judge the prices on the oil market , will not go away , is one of the most important areas in which chemistry can contribute . |
| 21 | One may contrast the effects on the budget of the trade policy of the EC with respect to manufactured goods , and to agricultural products . |
| 22 | Data abstraction builds a wall between the user of some data and the representation of the data using the operations on the data as the interface . |
| 23 | Unless you are in the habit of using the airbrakes on the base leg , you will tend to hesitate about using them and will end up too high . |
| 24 | If you have been thinking this way , practise having height in hand and using the airbrakes on the base leg . |
| 25 | Make the text bold and centre it , using the buttons on the Ribbon . |
| 26 | They probably had a variety of different habits , some no doubt were scavengers , others sediment grazers , and it seems probable that some trilobites were also active hunters , pursuing worms and other soft-bodied prey , which they shredded using the spines on the base of their legs . |
| 27 | On the third day we had to start using the lifts on the ski slopes . |
| 28 | So Katherine can answer the details on the report . |
| 29 | In such a situation the demand for the options would rise and , given the restrictions on the creation of option contracts , the price would rise until the profit opportunity disappeared . |
| 30 | None the less , given the pressures on the BEA at the time , it is perhaps understandable that in the early years speed ( which proved elusive ) and reliability ( which they achieved ) were given priority over efficiency and economy . |