Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | US troops in Panama remain on the highest state of alert . |
| 2 | Wigeon grazed on the far shore . |
| 3 | So when they held dinner-parties Scarlet skimped on the smoked salmon , and Brian rebuked her for her graceless parsimony . |
| 4 | Jezrael stopped on the top step , yawning and stretching , one hand flung up to shield her face against the cold hard radiance . |
| 5 | Patrick concentrated on the foul tea . |
| 6 | Quadraphony had arrived , and Edward Greenfield reported on the first issues . |
| 7 | The Federation of Malaysia , consisting of the 11 states of Peninsular Malaysia and the two states of Sarawak and Sabah situated on the northern coast of the island of Kalimantan ( Borneo ) , is an independent member of the Commonwealth and a parliamentary monarchy . |
| 8 | The Federation of Malaysia , consisting of the 11 states of Peninsular Malaysia and the two states of Sarawak and Sabah situated on the northern coast of the island of Kalimantan ( Borneo ) , is a parliamentary monarchy . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd not wish to argue , Elizabeth Roisin , and we ourselves know that the Macleans sit on the left hand of God Himself , but Abbot Kenneth could be objecting that a claim to actually be the Lord sounds a touch excessive . ’ |
| 10 | The two examples that Picasso owned on the other hand could certainly be called primitive , both in conception and execution . |
| 11 | A new mainframe version , Exceed3/H builds on the basic functions of the previous version Exceed2/H , providing improved memory support , through 31-bit addressing and re-entrancy . |
| 12 | With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract . |
| 13 | The first peacetime , and civil , air disaster in Ayrshire occurred on the 20th October , 1948 . |
| 14 | Andy lies on the other pillow . |
| 15 | This is because when the tetrads that Michell found on the one-inch map are investigated on a 6-inch sheet , they become distressingly ‘ crooked ’ . |
| 16 | When Therese came on the entire evening lifted into top gear . |
| 17 | It is interesting to ask whether the qualities Spenser conferred on the Irish , making them the hostile outsiders who needed to be suppressed but who his texts acknowledge to be also a lurking part of the civilised English , are still part of current English imaginative experience . |
| 18 | The Di Meo brothers ' exhibition of paintings by Michel Haas , whose figures emerge from deep shadow , continues until 11 July , while the review of Spanish art put on by Artcurial ends on the same date . |
| 19 | Moving with them to north Africa , he was initially held in enforced inactivity behind the lines , a problem which he solved in characteristic style : ‘ The Battle of Alamein began on the 23rd of October , 1942 . |
| 20 | Back in London in 1943 , Dorothea Ramsey served on the Advisory Case Sub-Committee of the National Council of Social Service . |
| 21 | There was nothing to support it , no face at a window , no movement of a curtain , but when Mr Hollins knocked on the front door it opened immediately . |
| 22 | The Medau 1955 tour included a display in Glasgow and Molly taught on the Scottish CPR Medau/Keep Fit/Dance Summer Course a year later . |
| 23 | Adkin Financial Services offers comprehensive financial advice and support to clients of Adkin based on the extensive experience and know-how of its professional staff . |
| 24 | At the Phoenix Trevor Nunn directs The Baker 's Wife : an American musical by Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein based on the famous Marcel Pagnol comedy . |
| 25 | Karita Mattila started on the flat side , but eventually developed the right glow and intensity . |
| 26 | Hoskyns called on the great man in his chairman 's office at Tube Investments . |
| 27 | Peter Walker advises on the latest court ruling on how much information the liquidators can give the police |
| 28 | Speaking on Sept. 24 , Chuan called on the Thai people to " join hands to help perfect " the democratic system . |
| 29 | Chechen President Dzhakhar Dudayev called on the oil-producing republics of Azerbaijan , Tatarstan , Bashkortostan and Turkmenistan to unite in defence of their interests against Russia . |
| 30 | Coopers & Lybrand worked on the first study in conjunction with Samuel Montagu , the merchant bank which is handling the sale on behalf of the Government . |