Example sentences of "[vb pp] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually the line represents the flow of something but that something might be material , energy , information or time but again these should not be mixed on the same diagram unless differently coded lines are used . |
| 2 | Cycling is not officially permitted on the narrow towpath , however walkers can join it in Linlithgow at the canal basin at the top ( south end ) of Station Road . |
| 3 | For Pindar , Cyrene was the place of many sheep ( Pyth. ix.6 ) , and the equestrian successes of Arkesilas and Timokrates were won on the famous bay horses of Cyrene . |
| 4 | The Druids won on the last occasion and have retained the trophy at their Henley headquarters . |
| 5 | Amidst patriotic excitement , it was won on the last stage by a Frenchman , Jean Robic . |
| 6 | Five and a half thousand men were killed and twenty-six thousand wounded on the blackest day of the American Civil War . |
| 7 | The image of hope which had thus arisen in Williamson 's mind was soured by the reality of his second obsession : the sheer horror of his experience on 1 July 1916 , when 60,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme . |
| 8 | St Valentine , incidentally , was a Roman priest martyred on the Flaminian Way during Claudius 's time . |
| 9 | Tension crackled on the cold air . |
| 10 | Over the weekend of May 11-12 , power lines from South Africa supplying Maputo 's electricity were sabotaged , while vehicles were attacked on the main road north ; the main rail link with South Africa was also cut . |
| 11 | As with most stress rules , there are exceptions , for example ‘ honest ’ , ‘ perfect ’ or , both of which end with two consonants but are stressed on the first syllable . |
| 12 | Offshore commissioning and hook-up is progressing and production and injection wells are being drilled on the Shell-operated project . |
| 13 | Martin Lee had fought his way back into the event ( organised on the double elimination format ) , having lost to Steven Amey in the second round and played very aggressive tennis in his victories over Justin Layne and Ben Haran . |
| 14 | The admission by Hammersmith and Fulham was disclosed on the first day of a case brought by Anthony Hazell , the local district auditor . |
| 15 | Subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath continental lithosphere is also associated with a trench and an inclined zone of seismicity , but in this case volcanic activity occurs within the active mountain belt located on the continental lithosphere fringing the trench . |
| 16 | These are automatically silenced at night and may be silenced manually at any time by operating levers which are neatly and unobtrusively located on the hand-crafted dial . |
| 17 | Russell and Ann Mills ' flat is particularly impressive as it is located on the upper floor of the school 's west wing ( Plate 37 and Fig 53 ) and so extends up into the apex of the steeply-pitched roof . |
| 18 | The lesions were linear or dotted in shape , and were often located on the upper part of the mucosal folds . |
| 19 | The Rembrandt hotel is centrally located on the grand Herengracht canal and consists of four beautifully restored 16th century canal house buildings . |
| 20 | That cabal had created the hydra after long research in covert theological laboratories located on the frozen fringe of some barren solar system unclaimed by either the Imperium or by aliens . |
| 21 | Quite a large proportion of the world 's volcanoes are located on the oceanic crust , most of them forming parts of the mid-ocean ridge systems . |
| 22 | The Accommodation Service is located on the first floor of the Tower Building . |
| 23 | An unused kitchen located on the first floor of this block , provided the necessary space for a new Staff Room , Kitchenette and Toilets , with supplementary Staff Toilets , Lockers and Resources Area being located in the link to the three storey block . |
| 24 | Christina went to her own office , which was located on the first floor of the reception building . |
| 25 | Force a page break with the cursor located on the first letter of the first paragraph |
| 26 | The most scary task of all was on nights of thick , low cloud when we had to use the cloud searchlight , located on the far side of the airfield , to work out the cloud height . |
| 27 | The owner of the Fender amplifier had been Chris Cornell , singer with Soundgarden , who is a guest located on the 15th floor . |
| 28 | As all the carcinomas were located on the right side of the colon , except the rectal carcinoma , which was found by rigid sigmoidoscopy , barium enema would seem to be an appropriate initial method of investigation . |
| 29 | It was located on the twisting Mulholland Drive , on top of Hollywood 's highest hill in a compound of properties , one of which was owned and occupied by his idol , Marlon Brando , with whom he shared the security gate . |
| 30 | In this case , space is left unused in the main data area when the file is created , and additions are located on the same cylinder ( IBM ) or seek area ( ICL ) that they would have occupied if they had been part of the file when it was created . |