Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shawn Slater , 25 , whose grandfather ran a fish and chip shop on the seafront at Bournemouth , is the new , disarming face of the Ku Klux Klan in America , intent on building on the political success of neo-Nazi groups in Germany and France . |
| 2 | They both started by declaring a moratorium on building for the civil service , so time went by and little advance was made . |
| 3 | 1973 there was only a limited attempt at directing private development within the burghs of Kirkwall and Stromness and there were no restrictions on building in the Landward area of the county . |
| 4 | With duplex Doppler scanning of the common femoral vein in humans we have shown a considerable reduction in peak blood flow velocity and shortening of the flow cycle during the respiratory phase on two occasions , with a return to normal venous blood flow characteristics on removal of the intraperitoneal gas . |
| 5 | Note that the measurement period commenced after the plants had been in the new environment for a short while , not immediately on removal from the controlled conditions of the growth cupboard . |
| 6 | Universities can and have contributed to Geological Survey research , for example in producing the map and descriptive ‘ Memoir ’ ( this term is used with a specific meaning in geology ) for the Aberdeen area ( Sheet 77 ) , part of the survey work was carried out by Ph D students from the University of Aberdeen on contract to the Geological Survey . |
| 7 | You will be on contract to the British Government for 2 years , on loan to the Government of the British Virgin Islands . |
| 8 | Because of the savings in overheads , and the capacity of such large , high-quality research programmes to attract external funding , such multi-student projects as the mapping of the geology of the Outer Hebrides on contract to the British Geological Survey may become more common in future , with the result that departmental research could become more project-oriented ( applied research ) than subject-inspired ( basic research ) . |
| 9 | We will improve the way in which council housing is managed by bringing in new private sector providers operating on contract to the local authority . |
| 10 | Interest in money supply control on the part of governments has brought to the fore the notion that ‘ rational ’ expectations on part of the private economy may limit the efficacy of policy and in some cases thwart it . |
| 11 | However , it looks as though the volcanic sequence is thin or absent on part of the western margin of the Rockall Trough , where there is known to be a block faulted margin structure . |
| 12 | But the Oswestry one I think , would probably be only for the , to be handled faster , because that one is likely to take place in existing erm , council owned er , units at whereas the one at Craven Arms will require the , the building of a business development centre at Craven Arms , on part of the , on part of the joint development site between district and county , and the Rural Development Commission . |
| 13 | Very recently the Pitlake area has been redeveloped and a large housing estate built on part of the former Croydon Airport . |
| 14 | They were bought , along with other items of equipment , for a new tourist line which was to be constructed on part of the former 4ft.0ins. gauge Padarm Railway . |
| 15 | There is also a builder , a repairer of aircraft parts and a small industrial area on part of the old wartime airfield , with a seed merchant 's , the maker of agribuggies , an explosives firm , another haulier , and a repairs garage . |
| 16 | After a long-running saga of development companies coming into North Shields and withdrawing from a relatively small-scale development ( 200 000 sq ft overall , 130 000 selling space ) , development of the town centre was begun on part of the original site in 1977 funded by the Coal Industry Pension Fund . |
| 17 | The County Council had given permission for a 70 acre toxic waste dump in Ringaskiddy on part of the 1000 acres owned by the IDA — there was that threat over people 's heads . |
| 18 | It is pleasant in the port area , impressive near the castle , interesting at Bygdøy where the Viking ships are displayed on part of the large and excellent museum complex . |
| 19 | Today the Victoria and Albert Museum stands on part of the renowned Brompton Nursery run by the talented garden designers George London and Henry Wise . |
| 20 | Among other orders , the Hymenoptera have a hamulate type of wing.coupling in which a row of small hooks ( hamuli ) on part of the costal margin of the hind wing catch in a sclerotized fold along the hind margin of the fore wing . |
| 21 | But it places so little emphasis on resistance to the dominant culture , that it either becomes a sort of ‘ toothless liberalism ’ ( Segal 1987 : 24 ) , or ignores politics completely . |
| 22 | Six hundred men , some from the most distinguished aristocratic families , went on trial for the quixotic rising of December 1825 . |
| 23 | Days later , an elderly widow watched while a man she identified as 25-year-old Benjamin Laing , on trial for the double killing , dug a deep grave in pouring rain for the remains of Mr Manwaring , 62 , and 24-year-old Alison . |
| 24 | In June , Jacqui and Steen went to a party , which was attended by Sally Nash , now on trial at the Old Bailey on charges of controlling prostitutes . |
| 25 | There were of course exceptions such as Mrs Cellier , mid-wife and women 's champion who against all the odds managed to carve a niche for herself as a nurse , to hold her own whilst on trial at the Old Bailey , calmly storing in her pocket stones thrown at her whilst in the stocks and attempted to found a college of therapeutic midwifery . |
| 26 | A MAN who turned police informer to escape prison and named a man for the Notting Hill Carnival killing went on trial at the Old Bailey yesterday for perjury . |
| 27 | The prosecution decided that Jean Campbell knew the difference between right and wrong and the consequence of punishment for any wrongful deed , and that she had the power of communicating her thoughts , albeit by signs , and put her on trial at the next sessions , which took place on 24th September 1817 . |
| 28 | They 're going to do a piece on Mum in the local paper-the reporter 's been along already . |
| 29 | This year it 's on profit , on budget at the half-way stage and I expect it to be on budget by the end of the year . |
| 30 | To which the great shambling John Wayne figure replies : ‘ By stopping him getting on base in the first place . ’ |