Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] on [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last session , 3,073 candidates enrolled on 74 courses . |
| 2 | Wycliffe had found Edwin 's books stacked on two tiers of rough shelving . |
| 3 | Local Management of Schools rests on three principles : equal funding , freedom of choice and economy ; it rests on the hypothesis that the quality of education will rise if : |
| 4 | Miller suggested that parents focus on five aspects of language and communication : |
| 5 | The determination of the effect of the rules made by regulatory bodies operating in the public law sphere on common law and equitable rights and duties depends on two factors : ( 1 ) whether the regulatory bodies have been given authority to make rules altering private law rights ; and ( 2 ) if there is such authority , whether they have in fact exercised it when making their rules . |
| 6 | Gardens extend on three sides of the city in a straight line for twelve thousand paces . ’ |
| 7 | Until 8 August , the Busche Galerie offers an overview of Hanne Darboven 's oeuvre , with a series of number writings from 1971 , a collection of 365 postcards mounted on twenty-seven sheets ( with index ) corresponding to every day of 1983 , and a forty-two page collage of photographs and drawings from 1987 , entitled ‘ New York Trucks ’ . |
| 8 | Adidas insisted on 500 pairs going to the ‘ flagship store ’ in Oxford Circus . |
| 9 | In fact , Owen misinterpreted the remains of Megalosaurus and Iguanodon , presenting them as gigantic lizards standing on four legs . |
| 10 | The church of San Clemente in Rome ( a remarkable complex of buildings built on three levels with a Mithraic temple in the lowest level ) has recently been the site of considerable research and investigation . |
| 11 | Congruent Corp , a small band of tecchies operating from the heart of Manhattan , has come out with technology that will enable Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system to support X Window applications running on X terminals and workstations . |
| 12 | Congruent Corp , a small band of techies operating from the heart of Manhattan , has come out with technology that will enable Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system to support X Window applications running on X terminals and workstations . |
| 13 | What do men do standing up which women do sitting down and dogs do on three legs ? |
| 14 | The system , which was originally tested at a local tennis club , operates with low energy , high output 250W Son-T lamps mounted on six columns , set at either 6m or 4.5m mounting heights . |
| 15 | The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux commented on two features of the problem : imprisonment , and the position of bailiffs . |
| 16 | Also , it 's not simply a garrison , it 's a fortified city ; with damned great walls and ditches and bastions built on three sides of it , and the sea to defend it on the fourth . ’ |
| 17 | By the time of Jesus , the Pharisees fasted on two days of the week , Monday and Thursday . |
| 18 | Spotted Eagle 's squaw , Vicky , spends hundreds of hours sewing on 180,000 beads onto each outfit . |
| 19 | They represent acceptable exposure levels based on eight hours a day for five days a week . |
| 20 | What is beyond dispute is that the portfolio valuations benefited on two counts : firstly through translation of foreign share holdings into sterling at more advantageous rates , and secondly through the appreciation of the shares of those companies whose large overseas involvement made them beneficiaries of a lower pound . |
| 21 | 228 children aged 2–9 years with pronounced hearing loss from glue ear and persistent bilateral middle ear effusions confirmed on three occasions over three months . |
| 22 | Passengers sat on two rows of benches facing one another . |
| 23 | He is also accused of making of threats to kill on three occasions dating from 1990 . |
| 24 | Mr Amos reported that there were over 30 members meeting on two nights in the week . |
| 25 | Prices based on 4 persons in an apartment with one twin bedroom or 6 persons in an apartment with two twin bedrooms . |
| 26 | Most of the monsters walked on four legs . |
| 27 | The DES 's case for insisting upon more attention to be paid to subject competence in the training and deployment of teachers rests on two kinds of evidence , both of which are somewhat insubstantial . |
| 28 | In Grassington there are several popular special events during the year , including the Dickensian weekends held on three Saturdays prior to Christmas Day , the music festival in late June , and in August , the annual exhibition of Dales paintings and crafts . |
| 29 | I probably would have worked out well , I 'll be the spare man , I 'll need four men working on five lathes , because I 'll need a spare lathe in case one falls over , so I can keep four running , I 'll need four men in case one of them 's sick or one , when they go on holidays I can fill in , so we can always get four lathes working . |
| 30 | All of this applies to kites flown on two lines , for solo sport , individual precision aerobatics or team flying . |