Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few lay on the ground in exhausted or inebriated sleep , oblivious to children and dogs who clambered over them , or to the kicks from porters who found them in the way . |
| 2 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 3 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 4 | Some depend on the ability to find or switch extra support , to seek outside help or to use the skills of new staff . |
| 5 | Our feelings about this depend on the concept of equity . |
| 6 | Of the 60 people at Rozos , about half sail on the dinghy programme . |
| 7 | Some last on the skin longer than others . |
| 8 | The relative amounts of each depend on a number of factors of which the most important are pH and temperature . |
| 9 | The eighty six million pounds I am providing for care in the community is an increase of almost fifty million pounds on nineteen build on the introduction of the service in ninety three , ninety four year . |
| 10 | Cut the pipe square as above and form a 45 chamfer on the end o' the pipe using a file or special tool . |
| 11 | The Turkish military was reportedly increasingly frustrated by the continuing activity of the PKK , and on Sept. 20 the Foreign Ministry denied reports that a cross-border operation against PKK bases in Iran had been mounted in retaliation for a Sept. 10 attack on a border outpost in which seven Turkish soldiers were killed . |
| 12 | Bibbs ' effort was cancelled by Larder 's second try on the hour , Steadman managing to hit an upright with the kick from under the posts , and although Knapper was successful with two further penalties , David Plange tied the scores when Gary French squeezed a pass out of a tackle on the line 12 minutes from the end . |
| 13 | Most of these concentrate on a description of a particular technique and how it may be adapted to the colliding wave situation . |
| 14 | ‘ We did n't know ’ , he says as the three embark on the master plan , ‘ that we were playing with fire — Greek fire , ’ he adds , ‘ the kind that burns and destroys ’ , in case we do n't know what playing with fire means . |
| 15 | SCOTLAND 's prospects of advancing to the quarter-finals of the main competition in the Fiji international sevens depend on the outcome of their final pool tie against Western Samoa this morning . |
| 16 | Both of these depend on the capacity of organisms to integrate previously separated functions through the imposition of a superordinate system relating its subordinate parts ; and this requires the open transfer of information between those parts . |
| 17 | These depend on the size and circumstances of the company , but in smaller companies may well amount to at least 10% of the funds available for distribution . |
| 18 | The provision of more , and better , education , the provision of more , and better , health care , the building of roads and housing , all these depend on the creation of wealth . |
| 19 | do a quick kill on the tarmac and see what goes on in the town and then they move on |
| 20 | The move will also mean more connections and faster journey times between Teesside and London and see the introduction of the Class 158 train on the route to Manchester . |
| 21 | There will also be more connections and faster journey times between Teesside and London and the introduction of the Class 158 train on the route from Teesside to Manchester . |
| 22 | A lucky find on the edge of the Cotswolds is helping archeologists discover what life was like in Roman Britain . |
| 23 | A lucky find on the edge of the Cotswolds is helping archeologists discover what life was like in Roman Britain . |
| 24 | These arise on the tentorium or cranial wall and insert on the prementum . |
| 25 | They all insist on the centrality of Jesus , but incline then to explain that centrality in terms of something more general or universal , which is thought of as exemplified in him , and then as spreading out from him and moving on through history . |
| 26 | The girl wore no other jewellery — now , at least ; but he noticed that the long lobes of her ears were pierced , and that there was a slight graze on the side of her neck . |
| 27 | All the aquariums house bogwood with the Plecs , as they all graze on the wood , and it does seem to constitute an important part of their diet . |
| 28 | TWELVE YEARS AGO , Weymouth wreck historian and marine archaeologist , Selwyn Williams discovered a P-40 Tomahawk on the seabed off the coast . |
| 29 | This chapter and Chapter 5 focus on the structuring of a management buy-out , the taxation issues , and financing . |
| 30 | We all dissemble on the subject of our inner life , because it is in such a fluid state . |