Example sentences of "on a [noun] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a brave thing to do , jumping on a cassowary in full flight . " |
| 2 | The Baronessa was out in the garden now , a white cardigan slung over her shoulders , talking to a line of young Italians who were sitting on a wall in varying postures of exhaustion . |
| 3 | Now the new pope , Innocent , was escorted to the front of the basilica where on a platform in full view of the people , he was crowned with the tiara , the senior deacon ( i.e. the archdeacon ) removing the mitre from the pope 's head and replacing it with the tiara . |
| 4 | Richmond also identified the Tanaris pottery mould with this god , and an appliqué bearded figure on a sherd in grey ware brandishing a double axe and wearing a blacksmiths ' leather apron . |
| 5 | Mrs Henry embarked on a course in herbal medicine and it was during this that she heard about the Gerson therapy . |
| 6 | It is sandwiched between a row of warehouses and meat-packing factories on a wharf in downtown New Haven . |
| 7 | Before the authorities get too enthusiastic about reports on a fall in illegal drug use by white , middle-class high school seniors , a study conducted at the University of California found that young people who do experiment with drugs are usually better adjusted than kids who abstain from drugs completely . |
| 8 | ESD , the electronic components distributor bought from Northern Telecom last July , accounted for the tiny rise in earnings per share to 16½p ( versus 16.3p ) on a fall in pre-tax profits to £32.7m ( £33.8m ) . |
| 9 | Midland Montagu , the bank 's investment-banking arm , has mismatched its books , betting on a fall in British interest rates when in fact they rose . |
| 10 | On a night in early winter , one of those wild exciting nights with a brilliant moon sliding in and out of the racing clouds , Mrs Browning rang , and asked if I would go down . |
| 11 | At the far end of the room , marooned on a dais in splendid isolation , sat those fellows of the college who were in for lunch that day . |
| 12 | Compare it with a late kouros ( fig. 72 ) , a larger work set on a grave in central Attica , of one Aristodikos , and beautifully preserved through having been taken down and buried when it can not have been standing very long , perhaps to avoid desecration by the Persian invader . |
| 13 | Indeed the long-term success of free-market policies depends on a change in public mood . |
| 14 | The predictions are based on a rise in global temperatures of 1 degree centigrade by 2025 . |
| 15 | Turnover was on a par in existing shops , but about 8% up in newer shops . |
| 16 | His haulage business went bust and he owes £120,000 on a semi in New Denham , Bucks , now worth only £80,000 . |
| 17 | The Australian RSPCA has called for immediate reforms to animal protection laws after discovering 10,000 sheep had starved to death on a farm in south-western New South Wales . |
| 18 | The full ones are taken back to Sanipet 's processing area — a rented building on a farm in nearby Hatfield Woodhouse — where they are emptied into a hopper . |
| 19 | Fortunately , frustration surfaced only in sporadic back-chat , but when teams such as Kelso and Heriot 's , each with a tradition of expansive back play , fail to put on a show in glorious conditions something , surely , is wrong . |
| 20 | Mr. Wadsworth submits that would be the just approach compared with the obligation on a litigant in civil proceedings , as set out in Ladd v. Marshall [ 1954 ] 1 W.L.R. 1489 . |
| 21 | ( Halicarnassus , modern Bodrum , lies on a peninsula in south-western Turkey . ) |
| 22 | On a Saturday in late January 1798 , sitting perhaps at one of the tall windows in her favourite parlour , she began the first of her surviving journals : |
| 23 | It had taken their combined savings to make the down payment on a house in overcrowded Tollemarche and Isobel had declared that she could manage without a car . |
| 24 | The barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness , guided only by a faint rustle in the undergrowth . |
| 25 | At least 34 Rohingya Muslims were killed and scores more injured when Burmese troops opened fire on a congregation in Arakan province , according to refugees arriving in neighbouring Bangladesh in the last two days . |
| 26 | But how do you get your hands on a jar in New Earswick ? ? ? |
| 27 | She could be totally paralysed and on a ventilator in Intensive Care , in which case it could be months before she recovers . |
| 28 | Just to make sure the new world order is not left out either , a new scheme is launched this year that will focus for one month on a city in Central or Eastern Europe ( this year Graz , next year Budapest ) . |
| 29 | One school teacher in particular influenced the course of the life of Kenny Mower , who participated in a number of sports , including middle distance running ( at county level ) , cricket ( for Walsall Boys ) , basketball ( he had trials for England juniors ) and table tennis ( in his spare time ! ) before concentrating on a career in professional football ( for Walsall FC ) . |
| 30 | Xanthe sucked each leaf of her artichoke thoroughly , leaving precise teeth marks above the fleshy pad , then laid each one down on a plate in overlapping circles until she 'd formed a rosette , a second artichoke that looked almost untouched . |