Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb -s] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the blustering earl of Gloucester , whom Jean again meets on the road . |
| 2 | The transfer of Mrs Padmore still threatens on the first page . |
| 3 | Above all , Plomer merely touches on the Elizabethan cadence and diction . |
| 4 | ‘ The UK still relies on the mainframe batch system , with a Computer Associates general ledger , payables and receivables . ’ |
| 5 | South Africa today stands on the threshold of enormous change . |
| 6 | The famous ‘ spider woman ’ of Erddig duly appears on the cover of The Servants ' Hall , but most of the accounts are of the menservants . |
| 7 | For such , God only frowns on the world , and stirs it to judgment ; the butterfly can not break loose into flight ; it merely expires , as Leonard expressed it , ending ‘ its life in three flag-swept days . ’ |
| 8 | Although no extraneous gas is used , CAMRA also frowns on the breather as interfering with the natural process of maturing and serving cask beer . |
| 9 | Juan also appears on the Indisc/33rpm compilation-collaboration , ‘ Panic In Detroit ’ , has started remixing again ( Eon 's ‘ Spice ’ is an example ) and contributed a Martin Bonds track from his Metroplex label ( currently reactivating ) to Infonet 's upcoming ‘ 313 Detroit ’ album . |
| 10 | Frith also comments on the importance of an ideology of bohemianism within the appeal of rock in general ( 1983a : 75–84 ) . |
| 11 | The US already stands on the brink of a trade war with the EC over the failure of GATT talks . |
| 12 | Iris always sits on the floor and I 've got into the habit . ’ |
| 13 | The red things had a small piece of string poking out of the top and they smelt vaguely of the stuff Marcus sometimes puts on the furniture . |
| 14 | The inconsistency is striking : unwilling to see Athens put down Thasos , a rebel subject , Sparta nevertheless calls on the Athenians to join her in putting down her own rebel subjects . |
| 15 | MISERY GUTS Rod Mackay never looks on the bright side of life he does n't believe there is one ! |