Example sentences of "[noun sg] be on [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The department is on two sites : in central Edinburgh close to the Medical and Science Faculties ; and at the nearby Veterinary Field Station with access to a large animal hospital and large animal accommodation .
2 If all the weight is on one side and being lugged along , it will upset the natural poise and balance of the body .
3 WE can see from the definition of a tackle that : ‘ If the ball carrier is on one knee , or both knees , or is sitting on the ground or is on top of another player who is on the ground , the ball carrier is deemed to have been brought to ground ’ .
4 The next demonstration was on 3 July 1968 at the opening of a new carriageway of the Craigavon Bridge .
5 His first action was on 22 December 1944 when he led a band of 34 against a French outpost ( one is reminded of Aung San and his Thirty Comrades ) .
6 My first sortie was on 18/19 August with a Peter Heywood , a son of the manse , who gave me a faultless demonstration of captaincy .
7 Parent and child were on one side of a chasm called school , the teacher on the other .
8 The sermon was on 2 Corinthians 5:17 which is a wonderful verse and exactly right for a New year .
9 A crucial test was on 4 June 1979 , when a decisive experiment involving muon catalysed fusion in a pure deuterium-tritium mixture started .
10 The playground was on two levels , the top one quite small and asphalted — for use only by Standard Seven .
11 Our next Parish Council meeting is on 2 April 1992 and it would be appreciated if I could have your reply before that date .
12 As for the Nehru , England 's first match is on 15 October , while India and Pakistan do not get under way until the 22nd .
13 Each link record is on two chains which connect the COURSE and LECTURER to it .
14 The match was on 18 June , almost the summer solstice , so most of us had to try to sleep with our pillows over our heads .
15 In Shakespeare 's sonnets to the friend , by contrast , the relationship is on one level only :
16 I know the station 's on one side , cos there 's light coming from there , so I go back that way .
17 The façade is on two levels the lower one with Corinthian columns in a contrasting colour that adds to the general attractiveness .
18 The emphasis is on one law for Israelite and resident foreigner alike .
19 The first hearing of the summonses at court was on 24 April 1989 .
20 The first Trans-Am race was on 25 March 1966 and was won by ex-formula one world champion Jochen Rindt ( AUT ) .
21 The first 500-mile race over 200 laps of the 2.5-mile oval-shaped raceway was on 30 May 1911 and won by Ray Harroun in a Marmon Wasp .
22 From nothing in 1985 ( start-up was on 2 April 1985 ) , gross premium income was £124.4m by 1991 ( 47.9% up on 1990 ) ; and gross assets were £196.3m .
23 The opening was on 11 October 1962 .
24 The departmental library is on four floors with two large reading rooms and an extensive map and atlas store .
25 His final Cabinet was on 26 May .
26 Air travel grew rapidly : the first Pan Am passenger flight was on 18 January 1928 , although the first commercial passenger flights had been in German Zeppelins before the First World War , and French and British airlines had begun by the early 1920s .
27 The climax was on 10 March 1925 .
28 Lovejoy 's last recorded call was on 20 December 1988 , when he advised Niknam that the agents had changed their travel plans and would catch Pan Am Flight 103 from London next day , 21 December .
29 This program is on three disks which have catalogue numbers 2033A/B/C .
30 The pool is on five levels with swishing waterfalls , rockeries and even a Chinese-style bridge !
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