Example sentences of "the [noun sg] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | At 11 o'clock de Castelnau , by now in receipt of further intelligence which seemed to presage the total collapse of the defence on the Right Bank , was back in Joffre 's office . |
2 | Having read through my notes with a fine toothpick , I can find no mention of the tent on the far side of the ground whatsoever . |
3 | Although acquitted of attempted murder and sodomy , Raymond Santana , 15 , Yusef Salaam , 16 , and Antron McCray , 16 , were also convicted on charges of riot , robbery and assault arising from attacks upon other people in the park on the same night . |
4 | The final was between Harrison and Tom with all the sympathy on the local man . |
5 | He suggested a mixture of alterations and re-routing , only leaving the 3rd as it was , although his recommendation for the 2nd was limited to slightly modifying the ridge on the third level . |
6 | It took her a moment to recognize the handwriting on the second envelope and when she did , she put it down while she plugged in the kettle and took a croissant from the breadbin . |
7 | I found this a little fiddly , with the C-spanner light weight , but the sliding finger guard , which covers the collet on the 88 is excellent for ensuring digits do n't get near burrs . |
8 | The effect of the change on the observed level of suppression will depend on the relative contributions of the two associations and any difference between them in their susceptibility to contextual factors . |
9 | ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too . |
10 | Assistant Recorder Mr. John Wardlow stopped the trial on the second day of the hearing and directed the jury to acquit Philip O'Connell of indecently assaulting the 19-year-old woman and causing her actual bodily harm . |
11 | ( 6 ) Directions as to service of written statements of oral evidence to be called at the trial on the opposite party . |
12 | This report was disclosed in accordance with the direction of the trial on the twenty sixth of September of this year er the defendant had not obtained er a report themselves . |
13 | John Gutfreund , chairman and chief executive , Thomas Strauss , president , and John Meriwether , vice chairman , formally submitted their resignations to an emergency meeting of the board on the following day . |
14 | To top the hospice on the lonely island of Farne . |
15 | He rested the sack on the flat top of the culvert ; high above him on the slope he could hear somebody whistling . |
16 | Leaving the ground floor , the marble staircase rises to the two main bedroom suites and the saloon on the first floor . |
17 | When you see it coming — remember that they do everything on the move — you jump on to the runner on the opposite side from the dog , take a deep breath and hope the runner wo n't kick it up . |
18 | Every time the gel on the other end tried to bring the conversation to a polite close , I 'd crank up with another round of exasperatingly slow , repetitive , thread-losing , stammering ramblings . |
19 | This is like the puzzle which can quite infuriate children as well as adults : one side of the paper has written on it : " The sentence on the other side of this piece of paper is not correct " , and the other side has this sentence , " The sentence on the other side is correct " . |
20 | This is like the puzzle which can quite infuriate children as well as adults : one side of the paper has written on it : " The sentence on the other side of this piece of paper is not correct " , and the other side has this sentence , " The sentence on the other side is correct " . |
21 | If the kite turns either way left or right , then increase the pull on the opposite side , right for turning to the right and left for a left turn . |
22 | On the crag , Dave Birkett has added Unrighteous Doctors , E6 6c ( F7c ± ) , which takes a line from the yew on the right side . |
23 | Deliberately confrontational , Bishop sets up the heist on the same night as the DJ contest . |
24 | Three blonde-haired , freckle-faced children in immaculate overalls , with Old Glory on one tit and the swastika on the other , sang ‘ Row , Row , Row Your Boat . ’ |
25 | fifty pence each , right , erm , and er fill in the slips and either bring them back to us or send them off yourself to Headquarters , shall I put , I 'll put those out for anybody who feel they could sell them , it all , it all helps to raise money for Amnesty and helps to get them erm spend the money on the new prisoner 's . |
26 | The Institute collects the money on the first banking day in January each year . |
27 | Rachaela took the card , opened her bag , and put down the money on the smeary table . |
28 | They spent the money on the British players . |
29 | As with coverage of political events , there is a need to ensure intelligibility ( which is achieved by evoking stereotypical explanations , such as the role of agitators or ‘ hooligan youth ’ ) and excitement ( hence the fixation on the dramatic and spectacular ) . |
30 | The watch on the right there they both get smashed but the one on the back will cost you the one on the right will cost you as much to replace its glass as the one on the left completely . |