Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [art] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the tenth day eight of the men on my course went to spend three days studying photography , four did locks and keys and seven went to study Roman Catholicism . |
| 2 | As in all other solutions , it may also be noted that there are non-scalar curvature singularities in the initial regions II and III on the hypersurfaces on which and respectively |
| 3 | The response was excellent ; quite a few regionals published the recipe itself and two or three of the writers on the nationals featured that vegetable in their own favourite recipes . |
| 4 | Worse than that the home team was behind in all but three of the matches on the course when a dramatic change in fortune occurred which completely transformed the match . |
| 5 | Three of the fingers on his right hand were undamaged , but both arms had been crushed . |
| 6 | After four days it acquitted three of the defendants on all charges , and acquitted Powell — who had delivered most of the blows — on all but one minor count upon which the jury remained undecided . |
| 7 | The round-up followed a court decision to lift an order barring wildlife officials from killing about 350 of the birds on the picturesque canals in the town of Venice . |
| 8 | But more dramatic and more political was Lord Salmon 's contribution in 1975 to the debates on the government 's controversial Trade Union and Labour Relations ( Amendment ) Bill . |
| 9 | In pursuit of the action Campbell had caught about 80 of the creatures on a piece of sticky tape and then forwarded them to a zoologist . |
| 10 | The captain took Corbett by the sleeve , led him over to them and tapped one of the players on the shoulder . |
| 11 | One of the players on the green below was about to hole his putt . |
| 12 | That was one of the questions on our entrance exam was |
| 13 | But Brown Owl forgot that one of the questions on it asked how old you are and that it is rude to ask a lady how old she is . |
| 14 | Okland was interviewed in one of the papers on why Frank was included and mentioned the strong Turkey game and also spoke about Frank not playing in Leeds : ’ Frank not playing is strange . |
| 15 | George Castro , one of the scientists on the project , says optical computer memories are a ‘ long shot , but a serious possibility ’ . |
| 16 | He rather looked like one of the comics on television who will always wear his khaki shorts halfway to his ankles . |
| 17 | One of the women on this Sunderland estate told me they all recognised the drive : " It 's part of becoming a member of the community instead of just a reckless teenager . |
| 18 | One of the gir er one of the women on the course is er she 's , she said is the introduction course on , week after next st |
| 19 | He placed one of the teeth on the saucer , then with a small downward jab of the shaker crushed it ; it was brittle , like a liqueur chocolate . |
| 20 | What happened , though , was he ordered one of the captains on a dangerous mission-just how dangerous I knew — on which he 'd been wounded and the young wives had n't forgiven her for it . |
| 21 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was while I was crossing one of the canals on my way back here that I happened to catch sight of you and your friend . |
| 22 | And the John Lennon hit single ‘ Imagine ’ has been played simultaneously on more than a thousand radio stations worldwide ; it was one of the tributes on what would have been the ex-Beatle 's fiftieth birthday , and was played as an anthem to world peace . |
| 23 | In one of the meditations on the Passion to be examined in the last part of the chapter Rolle vividly explores the nature of such a loss . |
| 24 | Paul and I had gone for a walk along the sand , northwards on a calm , bright autumn day after a ferocious storm the night before that had ripped slates off the roof of the house , torn up one of the trees by the old sheep-pen and even snapped one of the cables on the suspension foot-bridge . |
| 25 | Indeed , one of the criteria on which he makes his choice of artist and subject is ‘ the fact that public taste is very definitely not the same as refined gallery taste . |
| 26 | One of the crossbows on the wall is magical , but was n't quite enchanted properly . |
| 27 | There was one abominable story of a young man to whom this happened , a freelance journalist , who 'd been taken on by one of the agencies on a temporary trial which had n't worked out . |
| 28 | There is no such provision in law , and that is one of the things on which we shall legislate . |
| 29 | One of the councillors on the libraries committee took a copy of Gay News home to study so that he could n't be accused of being uninformed when the time came for him to vote for its rejection . |
| 30 | You have one of the villas on the high point of the hill , do n't you ? ’ |