Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] on [art] ground " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be completely safe , he activated his automatic call-signal which would be picked up on the ground . |
| 2 | On 5 July 1991 the Bank of England presented a petition for an order that an authorised bank be wound up on the ground that it was insolvent . |
| 3 | These can be seen on the modern OS maps and the tithe map , and they can be picked out on the ground from changes in level and property boundaries . |
| 4 | You will find that the model can be moved around on the ground in this state and that all the controls are effective . |
| 5 | One of them was less than an inch away from his eye as he lay buckled up on the ground beneath the tree . |
| 6 | The day 's attacks resulted in one Wellington being hit and burnt out on the ground at Luqa , while three Beaufighters were damaged . |
| 7 | Luqa was again hit , one Beaufighter being burnt out on the ground here . |
| 8 | it may be marked out on the ground , but the true circle is that which the magician creates mentally . |
| 9 | They played hopscotch , their favourite , in the ever brightening sunshine , throwing a white pebble into the boxes they had marked out on the ground , and then trying to hop to where the pebble landed without touching any lines . |
| 10 | By using a grid marked out on the ground , each point where a reading is taken can be plotted . |
| 11 | As with resistivity meters , readings are taken at points on a grid marked out on the ground , and the results are usually plotted in the form of computer-drawn diagrams . |
| 12 | A site was chosen ; two townplanners appointed ( one of them a parson ) , the town marked out on the ground : but all in vain . |
| 13 | The long metal tubes , detonators , detonating cord and homemade explosives are laid out on the ground , whilst the Police and the host of other interested parties take photographs . |
| 14 | Laid out on the ground are the dead of the day so far . |
| 15 | The defendants sought to have the claim struck out on the ground that it disclosed no cause of action . |
| 16 | A sheet had been spread out on the ground , and around it had been placed a square of long hard bolsters . |
| 17 | Books were spread out on the ground . |