Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Micrografx Inc , one of the first and most prominent companies to endorse IBM Corp 's OS/2 2.0 operating system , is backing off developing OS/2 applications , US PC Week reports : ‘ There 's no demand for OS/2 applications , ’ said Paul Grayson , chief executive of the Richardson , Texas , company — ‘ We do n't see the rationale for making additional investments in OS/2 applications when there 's no apparent demand for the ones on the market . ’ |
| 2 | That 's it like a st stage is here , I mean it 's very awkward to caterer for people down here and for the stages on the same menu . |
| 3 | The lesson was learned , and in subsequent years a photocall has been organized for the first day , when the Prince and Princess pose sweetly for the cameras on the understanding that thereafter the media will go home so the two can holiday in peace . |
| 4 | Burmese women were at the railway stations with food , fruit and water for the refugees on the crowded trains . |
| 5 | The noise ruptured the afternoon , shattered the parade , sent men pounding across the tarmac , colliding , cursing , racing for the trenches on the edge of the airfield . |
| 6 | The seller will normally send by air to the buyer some documents : one will be the bill of lading transferred to the buyer to enable him to collect the goods at their port of destination ; another will be a bill of exchange which the buyer will normally sign and return thereby undertaking to pay for the goods on the date specified on the bill of exchange . |
| 7 | Serious , and reluctant , she pushed his hand away , and waited for the kisses on the cheek allowed within the code . |
| 8 | We can calculate their relative preference for the Conservatives on the unemployment issue as C/ ( C+L+A ) , that is , as the mark given to the Conservatives expressed as a proportion of the total mark given to all three parties ( or multiplied by 100 to transform it from a proportion into a percentage ) . |
| 9 | We have got the fastest rising unemployment anywhere in Europe and the figures destroy the last vestiges of credibility for the Conservatives on the economy . ’ |
| 10 | ALTHOUGH there are only four more tournaments to count towards the final Order of Merit , there will be no end-of-season relaxing for the professionals on the European women 's Tour , who tee off in the Laing Charity Classic here today . |
| 11 | ‘ Michael ran a cab and he worked for the bookies on the side . |
| 12 | ‘ As for the matters on the pitch , I think it 's a bit of a coincidence we were playing Southampton when this happened . |
| 13 | But the tournament , held in the magnificent setting of Sun City , will be remembered for the incidents on the third day rather than Frost 's winning total of 276 . |
| 14 | Motorists report long queues for the spaces on the lower deck at peak times . |
| 15 | Roll out a little white fondant and , with different sized cutters , cut out various sizes of circle for the spots on the toadstool . |
| 16 | THE spectre of road pricing — charging for the roads on the basis of pay-as-you-drive — is again lurking in the political shadows . |
| 17 | Hastily scribbling out his copy for The Times on the bonnet of his car , J.N.P. Watson wrote : |
| 18 | County councillors yesterday agreed the scheme should be introduced , with modified humps specially adapted for the buses on the main routes along Coleridge Gardens and Hammond Drive . |
| 19 | In his dealings with Shamir , Moda'i allegedly demanded " safe " places for the Liberals on the Likud list for the next two Knesset elections and a large monetary guarantee which Likud would forfeit if such a commitment was not kept . |
| 20 | Bailhache J. gave judgment for the respondents on the claim and dismissed the counterclaim . |
| 21 | As you may know , FAMILY GO TOWN have the unenviable task of warming up for the Inspirals on the current tour and in an effort to be matey , after the Nottingham gig , Graham started chatting away to a bunch of people he took to be the support group . |
| 22 | Ronald Li , the former chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange , was convicted on Oct. 24 on two counts under the colony 's Bribery Prevention Ordinance of accepting preferential offers of shares in Cathay Pacific Airways and Novel Enterprises in 1986 and 1987 in return for helping to obtain listings for the companies on the stock exchange . |
| 23 | We 've had three goals with just over twenty minutes gone , has scored for the visitors on the fourteen with a brilliant shot , a brilliant header on twenty , and a minute later the penalty has brought Notts back , looking out of the game , was the player pushed , the referee consulted the linesman , had no hesitation and ends the goal drought for himself , will leave on the bench |
| 24 | For the scales on the ‘ objective ’ measuring devices used to derive the data upon which the laws are founded are not validated independently of subjective experience . |
| 25 | It has been known for the hinges on a canopy to fail or for poorly designed and faulty catches to fail in flight , resulting in a lost canopy . |
| 26 | For the women on the other hand , this kind of love , if only it could be returned , opens up possibilities of finding a kind of heaven on earth , a healing of past wounds , a gateway into full intimacy with one other person , an end to existential dread and isolation . |
| 27 | And watch out for the Sains-berries on the day . |
| 28 | All might still have been well were it not for the rupture-discs on the vents above the reactor . |
| 29 | You are not an associated user for the DC(s) on the specified package and therefore can not submit the package for approval ( using option 1.5.1 ) or prepare the approval listings ( using option 1.5.2 ) . |
| 30 | Look out for the stocks on the village green . |