Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis and Wollen have also contributed articles ( one each ) both of which appear in both books as introductory statements on the Situationist International . |
| 2 | Conversations between agricultural workers on the edge of subsistence constantly refer to the city : a city that exists nowhere but which continually transmits promises ' . |
| 3 | Once you have selected a possible field , move towards it , checking its size , slope and colour , and look out for possible wires on the approach . |
| 4 | A MAN was fighting for his life last night after being carried for 500 yards on the bonnet of a hit-and-run car . |
| 5 | The pool of officers who could be called upon to man the general Waterguard Service and selected applicants began to serve as junior trainees on the boats , literally learning the ropes as they went along . |
| 6 | Environmentalists are right to argue for strong controls on the way waste is managed . |
| 7 | If we are to continue with a system of grants for specific operations on the land we must ask ourselves whether , in many crofting areas , we would not get better land use , and a greater benefit to the nation , if we grant-aided amenity planting on the in-bye land to improve the appearance of the villages . |
| 8 | Our analysis therefore suggests that portfolio grids might yield different strategic advice for specific locations on the grid according to the market situation and the type of generic strategy to be followed . |
| 9 | The process of checking for unnecessary points on a digitized line should be capable of being performed within the GIS . |
| 10 | You will remember the election at Fulham in the autumn of 1933 , when a seat which the National Government held was lost by about 7,000 votes on no issue but the pacifist … |
| 11 | The stern warning from Admiral Trost about possible effects on the special relationship between the United States and Britain came as a surprise to British officials . |
| 12 | The outcome fuelled speculation about possible realignments on the left in Greek politics , where the KKE was the major element in the Coalition of the Left and Progress ( Synaspismos , of which Florakis was president ) since its formation in 1989 , and had been part of the two government coalitions in power from July 1989 until February 1990 [ see pp. 36738-39 ; 37050-51 ; 37263-64 ] . |
| 13 | Steve took the Mogadon , one of a class of tranquilizers and sleeping pills called benzodiazepines , for eight years on a repeat prescription . |
| 14 | He it was who inaugurated Continental excursions , for in 1925 he took a dozen boys to Bruges for eight days on an educational visit . |
| 15 | The Israeli Foreign Minister , Moshe Arens , of Likud , who had just returned from America , detailed the proposal of the US Secretary of State , James Baker , for three-way consultations on the composition of the Palestinian delegation . |
| 16 | Andrew Carnegie was one of those enlightened people who provided libraries for rural areas on the mainland and certainly not the only one ; sometimes people got together under the leadership of the minister or the doctor and formed their own society . |
| 17 | What changed all that was a book Suffer Little Children by a St Andrews doctor , David Reid , who runs his own Medical Institute for Research into Child Cruelty from his home and is known for controversial views on the causes of child abuse . |
| 18 | Under its powers of investigation , the Commission can examine books and other business records of parties , take copies or extracts from the books and business records , ask for oral explanations on the spot and enter any premises , land or means of transport within EC territory belonging to the undertakings concerned . |
| 19 | Mexican debt was being sold at the end of the year for 46.6 cents on the dollar , some 30 per cent more than in January , while Argentinian debt had improved by around 70 per cent to an admittedly still poor 20 cents on the dollar . |
| 20 | A supply of gas was carried in a special container attached to the plough , and it was released into the soil through hollow tines on the two rotors . |
| 21 | But here I was stuck back on the dole with a Fostex 250 , a guitar , a microphone and a drum machine , so I worked out a way of getting up to about eleven tracks on the Portastudio by constantly bouncing to and fro . |
| 22 | That makes it difficult not only for Opposition Members but for hon. Members on the Government Benches to discuss matters properly . |
| 23 | England captain/wicketkeeper Alec Stewart congratulates Chris Lewis who took three wickets for 43 runs on the third day of the Test . |
| 24 | By the end of the 1730s Truman 's Brewery had getting on for 300 publicans on the books , though less than a tenth were tied houses actually owned by the brewery . |
| 25 | Professor Kelling used the term first for Carboniferous deposits on the Moroccan Meseta , but I have seen the same sort of thing in Jurassic carbonates on the Polish foreland and they have been described from many other horizons and areas , though not previously interpreted in this way . |
| 26 | Price met President Arevalo of Guatemala on the Honduran island of Roatán on Dec. 15 , 1989 for further talks on the longstanding border dispute between the two countries , whereby Guatemala claimed some or all of Belize territory [ see pp. 33522 ; 34287 ; 34611 ; 35963-64 ; 36999 ] . |
| 27 | Following the recent series of knife attacks on police officers , there were calls from the Police Federation for further restrictions on the sale of knives . |
| 28 | ( For further details on the historical aspects of athletics , see Watman , 1968 . ) |
| 29 | For further details on the Wilson range for ladies , contact your local golf professional . |
| 30 | For further details on the broad gauge see ‘ Broad Gauge ’ by Lance Day [ HMSO ] from which some of the details in this article have been taken . |