Example sentences of "and on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fourth and final bay , beginning again from its western end up to the gangway , contained on its northern side , Tilt Van repairs , and on the southern side was Bill Swindell preparing windscreens for motor vehicles ; alongside at this time was the experimental area for the Wolverton-designed mechanical horse . |
| 2 | Two reports : on the hints of progress in Washington and on the mixed reaction in Israel |
| 3 | The USA proposed in mid-June that 20-30 UN officials should monitor trade through the Jordanian port of Aqaba and on the Jordanian-Iraqi border to counter breaches of sanctions . |
| 4 | Everything that he had written during the previous four years on the overriding need to oppose fascism , on the need to defend nation states through the creation of a Strong system of alliances based on collective security , and on the central role of the Soviet Union in promoting peace and stability , all was reduced to the level of absurdity by the Nazi-Soviet pact , the invasion of Poland and subsequently the war in Finland . |
| 5 | Based on letters from the Front , the SD station in Halle reported in June 1943 on the strong morale among soldiers compared with that at home , and on the critical attitude of many soldiers to the poor morale in the Heimat . |
| 6 | As before , on the upward Part of the curve people will predict eternal boom and on the downward part they will predict disaster claiming that the situation has changed permanently . |
| 7 | Scott knew that Annabel was now facing the worst moment any model can face : she was officially over the hill , gaining weight , losing her looks and on the downward path to wrinkles and sag . |
| 8 | Originally , the Romans had a complicated system of dividing the month , with Calends ( from which our word ‘ calendar ’ is derived ) on the first , Ides on the fifteenth of March , May , July , and October and on the thirteenth day of the other months , and Nones occurring eight days before the Ides . |
| 9 | It was all very peaceful : Mister Johnny 's voice bubbling away like a lark and the sun on the hay field and on the tall-chimneyed house and on the quiet mountain behind it . |
| 10 | The farmers going to market had come down from Barking and Ringshall and those places , and on the rough owd country roads they managed ; but as soon as they got to the tarred road in Needham street they had to stop . |
| 11 | The Clydesdale Bank £20 note bears the head of the physicist Lord Kelvin , and on the reverse side one sees his nineteenth-century lecture theatre in the University of Glasgow . |
| 12 | In an astonishing verbal assault on the justice administration and on the civil service , Hitler — allegedly voicing the exact sentiments of a great proportion of the population — made it clear whom he thought the main culprits were , and threatened to remove their privileged position and ‘ well-established rights ’ and to dismiss offenders instantaneously . |
| 13 | ‘ This underlines the need for us to continue to place emphasis on our drive for constant improvement in each of our businesses and on the continued importance of careful cash-management . ’ |
| 14 | Lewes 's group found the track , and on the second night out stumbled on the signal lights placed by the LRDG . |
| 15 | Twice his quarry threw him backward glances , and on the second occasion seemed to slow his pace , as if he might stop and attempt a truce , but then thought better of it and put on an extra turn of speed . |
| 16 | That slowed things down a bit and on the second day England made some progress through the wickets . |
| 17 | And on the second day after he had departed , Gil Diaz placed the body upon a right noble saddle , and this saddle with the body upon it he put upon a frame ; and he dressed the body in a gambax of fine sendal , next the skin . |
| 18 | President Eisenhower , who was also a war hero , er Republican president er when he heard of Forbus 's erm actions er he er he sent federal troops to Little Rock , Arkansas , and on the second day of the school year federal troops in full combat gear , you know with , with machine guns and all the rest of it and er helmets and stuff , escorted the black children into school . |
| 19 | er Red er Leicester , I got a lump last and there was no taste at all and on the second day , we not having a proper fridge just er , a a fridge you know keeping it in store |
| 20 | And on the second day in the morning he was happily going down this nice sunny day on the coast road er to south Wales driving away quite happily , and then suddenly and a police car came across him , came in front stopped him . |
| 21 | And on the second train from Oxford they pulled the communication cord to try to avoid us . |
| 22 | And on the second count , now that she 'd virtually made up her mind to visit the warehouse tonight , did she really want to discover the truth , after all … ? |
| 23 | We get paid — very little , I hear you cry , but we get paid , and on the right day of the month . |
| 24 | I always make the statement at the time — as I did last Thursday — based on the information available to me and on the right process for the House for the following week . |
| 25 | On the left hand side of the room were the user management , from senior managers through to the factory controllers , and on the right hand side of the room were the computer management team . |
| 26 | And on the right hand side , there 's the goods shed . |
| 27 | 3 Have the photographs processed to the right size and on the right paper . |
| 28 | Two of them carried a banner proclaiming their cause and on the outer ring of the group stood Meredith 's whiskery acquaintance , minus his clipboard today , but defiantly carrying a placard of his own , declaring the hunt to be a bastion of class privilege . |
| 29 | Dalgliesh was aware of the heightening tension : small individual tremors of anxiety which shivered on the still , sea-scented air , unified and focused on the car door and on the tall figure which unwound from the driver 's seat , leapt easily over the low stone wall and walked deliberately across the courtyard towards them . |
| 30 | Government reports made few important references to the human capital concept and on the rare occasion that they did , there was division of opinion . |