Example sentences of "on [art] [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus an envelope bounding these wells showing minimum or no uplift on the diagram defines a zone of ± 400 ft ( 120 m ) which may be termed the standard maturity-depth gradient for the Southern North Sea ; all the data points which define the zone were derived from Westphalian age strata . |
| 2 | As I just knew that everybody on the truck had a clear conscience , they could n't possibly be interested in us , could they ? |
| 3 | KENT 's formula for attractive and successful cricket this season is based on the decision to jettison a front-line bowler in favour of a batsman/off-spinner . |
| 4 | A TRANSPORT pressure group is urging a rethink on the decision to build a bypass round a Cleveland town . |
| 5 | So let's drive on the road taking a calculated risk , as opposed to sort of just driving along hoping it 's never gon na happen to you and I . |
| 6 | If the monetary authorities of modern consumer societies have had to replace gold by paper in the course of inflation , they are still constrained at moments of crisis to shift ingots of gold from one bank to another , and the price of gold bullion on the exchange remains a sensitive index of confidence in the international market . |
| 7 | Arrange the cheese , tomatoes , lettuce and cucumber on the bread to make a picture |
| 8 | She turned on her side so that , if the mouse on the ceiling began a stealthy movement , she would not see it . |
| 9 | Green plastic quilting pads the walls , an enormous mirror on the ceiling reflects a similarly-sized double bed . |
| 10 | Arrangement of ideas on the board provides a stimulus for new ideas and lateral thinking . |
| 11 | The eggs are clustered in the centre , each protected by a green coat with a receptive spike on the top called a stigma , on which the pollen must be placed if the eggs are to be fertilised . |
| 12 | The ladies ' champion spoke out on the issue following a visit to the opera in London . |
| 13 | Other recent studies have commented on the necessity to create a range of supported accommodation which includes groups living within larger residential homes ( Wilcocks et al. , 1987 ; Booth , 1985 ) to core and cluster schemes of ordinary style housing and independent living schemes ( Monach and Thomas , 1987 ; Phillips et al. , 1991 ) . |
| 14 | Close the dialogue box and click on the icon to produce a quote . |
| 15 | Before the end of the 28 days any member or auditor may serve notice on the company requiring a meeting to be held for that purpose . |
| 16 | Software optimised to run on the system includes a database request manager , data manager and Delta , a high-speed interconnect system . |
| 17 | Jane Austen believes that a good marriage depends on the marriage possessing a balance of affection between both the man and the woman . |
| 18 | Written some 30 years earlier , it centres on the marriage joining a family of Jewish Berlin millionaires to an old Catholic Bavarian dynasty , covering the period from German unification to the first decade of this century , the time of the author 's early childhood . |
| 19 | Rubbing the alloy on the stone produces a streak whose colour determines the gold content to an accuracy of one part in one hundred . |
| 20 | Yet the chances of failure in the legitimate side of the business were even greater , as Nicholson discovered with a new role which on the surface seemed a godsent opportunity — to appear in Ensign Pulver , the much-discussed sequel to Mister Roberts . |
| 21 | Davie Jess , a well known wag , entertained his mates with a flood of stories , many of which , as he said later , John Robertson , a man known to have a fine voice was asked to sing a song ; the only songs of which he knew the words were all hymns and soon rescuers gathered in the control room on the surface heard a strong , clear rendering of The Old Rugged Cross coming to them over the internal telephone system , with more than 100 trapped miners joining in the chorus . |
| 22 | The carbide then reacts with hydrogen on the surface to give a methylene ( CH , ) . |
| 23 | Trent lay on the surface watching a barracuda . |
| 24 | What on the surface appeared a relatively minor issue in fact went to the heart of a fundamental question facing the Social Democrats : that of the relationship between the Party and the rank and file of the proletariat , the class for whom it was designed . |
| 25 | In retrospect the debates on the Bill had a curious air of unreality … government spokesmen often seemed to be stating simple lessons in economic theory … |
| 26 | Management policy on the reserve includes a regular coppicing-with-standards rotation , providing the songsters with the habitat they seek . |
| 27 | Some of the pools of water on the drive had a thin film of ice at the edges that smashed like glass when George stepped on it . |
| 28 | Margery was sitting on the bed holding a bottle of Guinness that foamed all down her hand and wrist . |
| 29 | He sought resolve and found a little and went to lie down on the bed to read a paperback of Anna Karenina , which he had always fancied because it had a scene on a railway platform . |
| 30 | Before lunching in the Staff Dining Room the 41 member band lined up on the lawn to provide a short concert for staff . |