Example sentences of "on the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he again came to visit he found a very different situation , with the starving Buttery spirit stretching out in vain for the wholesome food on the larder shelves . |
| 2 | She swivelled her eyes to the potatoes Léonie was fetching from their earthy resting-place on the larder floor . |
| 3 | The breadboard is on the larder shelf . |
| 4 | ‘ What is on the kitchen table ? ’ or ‘ What is on the larder shelf ? ’ etc . |
| 5 | ‘ The officers are concerned especially about the wording on the disclaimer notice issued to NBS participants . |
| 6 | Apparently from the notes , a certain Fruchtbaum in the Times Literary Supplement has described Charles on setting out on the Beagle voyage in such terms , which is certainly an exaggeration , but I do not know anyone else who has ever subscribed to that opinion . |
| 7 | Darwin 's discoveries on the Beagle voyage had the effect of gradually breaking down his faith in the fixity of species and converting him to a dynamic view of the relationship between living things and their environment . |
| 8 | On the Beagle voyage , Darwin had discovered evidence for the ‘ law of succession of types ’ by unearthing South American fossils related to the unique modern inhabitants of that continent . |
| 9 | That 's the Argentine base in the south-west of Tierra del Fuego , on the Beagle Channel . |
| 10 | The fall in late-life fecundity was much smaller in crosses between ‘ r' lines , showing that the genetic basis of selection response differed between them , and that senescence had evolved by accumulation of partially recessive deleterious alleles , which would not be expected on the optimization theory . |
| 11 | The new Powerdisplay 16 and 19 are now also available on the deskside models . |
| 12 | The new Power display 16 and 19 are now also available on the deskside models . |
| 13 | In Vologsky 's squadron , each individual pilot fell due for such a flight every twelve days on the rota system . |
| 14 | Comments from several solicitors , from both large and small practice firms , suggest that there remain on the rota solicitors who have over-valued or mis-stated their criminal experience : |
| 15 | Sometimes even minute breakthroughs on the talking front can transform a flagging sex life . |
| 16 | About the only place you could see them was on the scrap heap . |
| 17 | We devised a sort of Great Egg Race for the children — Rover gave us some materials which would normally have gone on the scrap heap , lent us a hall and judged the competition . |
| 18 | Almost everyone , man or woman , feels some sense of misgiving at the prospect of retirement , and for men in particular , it can seem like being ‘ thrown on the scrap heap ’ . |
| 19 | Aesthetic appreciation is thrown on the scrap heap . |
| 20 | And they were going to throw it on the scrap heap but somebody in the mill the said , that was the bicycle that Adam had made . |
| 21 | On the scrap heap , girls , after fifty , unless you alter and stretch so much that the staples keep hitting the continuity girl . |
| 22 | As a result , they would be better educated and would not be thrown on the scrap heap . |
| 23 | The figures for this year show that £20 million-worth of coal will be imported to Britain by the end of December — the equivalent of closing 20 average-sized pits and getting rid of between 20,000 and 25,000 miners by throwing them on the scrap heap . |
| 24 | They start their young lives by being thrown on the scrap heap at 16 , 17 or 18 . |
| 25 | Clearly the minister 's response is inefficient , it 's it 's quite inadequate and what is required is a much more positive stance from the minister , and can the minister tell us whether or not he will be , he will be giving the opportunity to mature entrants to the apprenticeship scheme so that people that have been thrown on the scrap heap over this last fifteen years will have an opportunity and can he tell us whether or not he 's had discussions with British Coal enterprise to allow miners that have been made redundant to come into the new apprenticeship scheme so that they will have new skills which will help them to get new jobs . |
| 26 | But miners say that the continuing importation of cheap foreign coal is helping to put their jobs on the scrap heap . |
| 27 | THE small clubs fear they will ultimately be cut off and thrown on the scrap heap if the FA ploughs its own furrow . |
| 28 | John Allen , chief negotiator for the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union , said : ‘ It is disgraceful that these workers , many of whom have been with the company all their working life , are just thrown on the scrap heap , while the Government sits on its hands and does nothing . ’ |
| 29 | I mean I know that now because I never thought I 'd be on the scrap heap , but sometimes I really do feel as if I am |
| 30 | The G M B and Apex Partnership shop stew stewards and representatives of Leyland Daf played a magnificent part , maximizing jobs whilst at the same time looking after the needs of those thrown on the scrap heap through no fault of their own . |