Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two huntsmen on trial after a horse is whipped . |
| 2 | Talbot was on deck when the launch brought back the six survivors . |
| 3 | After a good meal , served by the Royal Navy , then a few hours ' sleep , I joined the others on deck as the South Coast of England came into view through the clearing mist . |
| 4 | Our practice for rest days was to find a safe harbour for the ship where she could be left alongside with two standby crew on board while the rest of the lads went home . |
| 5 | Only the British Consul , Henry Veitch , was allowed on board while the ship was in Madeira . |
| 6 | Normally , the pilot would have been on board before the ship ran aground 100 yards off the Tower of Hercules navigation light . |
| 7 | There appeared to be no survivors and there were plenty of witnesses to swear both Greg Martin and Paula Varna were on board when the yacht sailed — Martin was well known at the marina where he kept her and Paula was a highly visible character . ’ |
| 8 | Cartoonists draw pictures and make jokes about who had to clean up the mess below decks , or how many rabbits there were on board when the flood went down . |
| 9 | One little girl only fifteen years old had to carry lead weights to make up ten stones , but when she arrived back on foot after the race had finished , she had lost not only the weights but the horse as well ! |
| 10 | Seeing Naseby in hot pursuit running on foot after the cart almost convinced him it was . |
| 11 | Surviving crew may continue to fight on foot if the player has models to represent them . |
| 12 | White House officials said that President Bush was loath to impose burdens on industry as the country began to emerge from recession . |
| 13 | Only that amount which exceeds what would be spent on lunch if the employee was working at the office can even be considered . |
| 14 | the game was more of a head on crash than a classic … |
| 15 | Election poster campaigns by the main political parties customarily occupy sites previously booked by others — by clients of the party 's agency who can be persuaded to postpone campaigns for a few weeks , by the Central Office of Information ( whose government advertising goes on hold once an election is called ) or reputedly ( in the case of the Tories ) by the big brewers and tobacco companies . |
| 16 | There is hardly any vacant office space , while many new developments are on hold until the planning authorities have finalised a blueprint for the city . |
| 17 | First though , plans to build new schools and improve existing buildings in Oxfordshire have been shelved ; twenty projects have been put on hold because the County Council can 's sell the land which would have er funded the schemes . |
| 18 | The failure to gain the consent of opposition parties and the improvement in the situation led to the dropping of the second proposal in 1934 and the Cabinet then decided that the matter should be put on ice unless the position deteriorated and immediate legislation was thought necessary . |
| 19 | E-mail is automatically date stamped on receipt so the order of responses or interaction between accounts on the network is indisputable . |
| 20 | Pilot has been contacted by R.W. Ferris , Head of Aircraft Registration at the CAA , telling us that they have a considerable number of aircraft on file where the owner 's correct current address is not known . |
| 21 | Although the left stellate ganglion has a greater effect on arrhythmogenesis than the right in many instances , this is most likely due to quantitative rather than qualitative differences between the two ganglia . |
| 22 | Now you address the golf ball , concentrating only on aim until the clubface position has been established . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , there is a clear — and perhaps valid — message behind these Soviet critiques : a safer bet maintaining order through Leninist norms than putting brakes on reform once the ball is rolling . |
| 24 | They will be concentrated in the same industries and come on stream as the economy is beginning its recovery from the depression . |
| 25 | It is up to them whether they move in with Mum and Dad or set up a caravan on site until the work is finished . |
| 26 | The Sanasilva report noted that the condition of the oak , spruce and Scots pine , the main species in the Alps , is the worst on record since the phenomenon of dying forests was first documented in the region in 1985 . |
| 27 | I put that comment on record as the position is serious . |
| 28 | ( In their 1988 survey , Mintel noted that ‘ the proportion of consumer expenditure represented by alcohol consumption has fallen steadily , whilst at the same time that spent on leisure as a whole has increased ’ ( Hunt , p42 ) . ) |
| 29 | But it is still against the spirit of the Act to impose restrictions on contact where a child is accommodated by a local authority . |
| 30 | Andrew fills the kettle , metal on metal as the spout grates against the tap . |