Example sentences of "on [pron] [adj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Show on them all the possible lines of symmetry . |
| 2 | I 've been on my own the entire evening . ’ |
| 3 | One point on which all the above theories agree , although they would put different degrees of explicit emphasis upon it , is that ‘ space is socially produced ’ . |
| 4 | They are published primarily for the sake of their inherent scholarly and cultural value ; for the sake of the great prestige attaching to them , of which more is said below ( 2.9 ) ; and because they are the foundation on which all the other English language reference books published by OUP are based , reference books which are all highly successful in commercial terms . |
| 5 | The work of the NDO was directed by a Steering Group on which all the major Accounting professional bodies were represented as well as private and public sector employers and educationalists . |
| 6 | Gorbachev , for the time being , would remain as President ; but he was to rule through a Council of State on which all the ten participating republics were represented , and management of the economy was to be entrusted to an inter-republican committee headed by the Russian prime minister Ivan Silaev . |
| 7 | This involves , among other things , pointing to changes in the nature of racism and to issues on which both the left and conservatives have disagreed with minority communities . |
| 8 | Since the first printers often did not use a front title-page , or did not include on it all the important information we are accustomed to see there today , they employed instead the device known as the colophon ( from a Greek word variously translated as ‘ summit ’ , ‘ top ’ and ‘ finishing stroke ’ ) right at the end of the main text and , normally , before the index . |
| 9 | A chance to explore on your own the beautiful bay area , perhaps by boat , and to wander along Fisherman 's Wharf , through Ghiradelli Square and Chinatown . |