Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , this sounds very much like some , er organisation based on the establishment to me that 's what it sounds like which eh , were one would expect . |
| 2 | The HS5 label indicated on the right is leftover signal from the previous panel . |
| 3 | Core 's defence relied on the claim that the materials were for artistic purposes , a defence recognised in British law . |
| 4 | Since the profession 's livelihood depended on the public having confidence in its members ' integrity and professional ability , he warned , those who did break the rules would be dealt with swiftly , effectively and fairly . |
| 5 | Pleming said the government 's case rested on the plan to take topsoil from Oxleas Wood to nearby Woodlands Farm and plant trees there . |
| 6 | A staggering 20,000 enquiries followed Pamela 's debut broadcast on the subject of Alar , which emerged as a potential carcinogen in an independent UK survey on pesticide technology ; and enquiries are still flooding in . |
| 7 | These rather artificial bridges from one group of questions to another are useful for keeping the candidate 's mind focused on the right area of response and for helping the interviewer see his/her way through the prearranged structure of the interview . |
| 8 | CONTROLLING THE PELVIS AND LEG , WITH THE PATIENT 'S TRUNK SUPPORTED ON THE COUCH . |
| 9 | This is a book of a lifetime 's study undertaken on the Ythan Estuary near Aberdeen of a duck that is , in many respect , unusual . |
| 10 | As she went through the hall , though , she glanced out of the front windows , and gave a loud groan as she saw Eleanor 's car parked on the drive outside . |
| 11 | And was not Lady Chatterley 's Lover defended on the grounds that it was a work of literary genius ? |
| 12 | We have an artist 's projection made on the basis of our early work , and from the results we 've had so far , I have every reason to hope we 've pulled it off . |
| 13 | Mr Hellyer 's gaze rested on the boy 's bleached head . |
| 14 | Whitlock tried to explain but the policeman 's grip tightened on the revolver and he repeated the order . |
| 15 | Doyle 's body jerked on the operating table . |
| 16 | Beth 's attention focused on the girl now , slim , her hair more fair than dark , but fine like Maisie 's . |
| 17 | Half an hour after Rachaela had seen Ruth into the house , Emma 's knock sounded on the door . |
| 18 | ( The composer 's name given on the title page of the original Ballard print is simply ‘ Monsieur de Lully ’ ) |
| 19 | Dexter drew it out and registered David Parkin 's name written on the front in ballpoint pen with the words ‘ PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL . |
| 20 | The Danakil did not hunt and the Abyssinians , who had wiped out most of the game elsewhere , were afraid to venture into their country , since among the Danakil a man 's standing depended on the number of men he had killed and castrated . |
| 21 | Blanche 's irritation crackled on the air . |
| 22 | Otto 's authority rested on the success of his armies , most spectacularly in 955 at the battle of the Lechfeld when he defeated the Magyar hosts who were attacking Augsburg . |
| 23 | Dungannon 's Eddie Sinton finished fourth in the 600 newcomers race , won unexpectedly by Mark Flynn , after Belfast 's Chris Richardson 's motor stopped on the last lap when he was in an unassailable lead . |
| 24 | During term , Gloag 's life centred on the university . |
| 25 | Patrick was watching them play the 7th , which they had reached at 11.45 , when Richie 's voice crackled on the radio . |
| 26 | Within a gang , each member 's wage depended on the overall productivity rate , so that low-productivity members were not popular . |
| 27 | Alexander 's resolution led on the one hand to the arrest of liberally orientated nobles in Tver " and on the other to the last of his propaganda campaigns in the countryside . |
| 28 | Much of Hoffnung 's humour centred on the world of music , particularly the various instruments of the orchestra with which he was fascinated . |
| 29 | Press accounts of the IAEA 's report based on the preliminary findings of its sixth inspection team [ see p. 38451 ] indicated that there was conclusive proof of an extensive Iraqi nuclear weapons programme , the hub of which was located at an installation in Al Atheer , about 60 km south of Baghdad . |
| 30 | In Colin Gregg 's film based on the autobiographical novel by Joseph Ackerley , the great divide comes between the gentleman ( Alan Bates ) and the players ( Gary Oldman , Liz Smith , Max Wall and Frances Barber ) . |