Example sentences of "on the [noun prp] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRITAIN has stolen a march on the US in one of the most important aspects of information technology — getting computers into schools . |
| 2 | Richard Arkwright , the greatest of the new industrial capitalists , erected his first spinning mill , worked by horses , at Nottingham in 1768 , but his second factory , built on a much larger scale at Cromford on the Derwent in 1771 , was driven by water-power . |
| 3 | Green 's memorandum reflected the WEA 's dissatisfaction with its original 1932 representation on the RAC in that although the District was recognised by the Board of Education as the most important providing body for Chapter III courses in the region , it had less than 25% of the committee 's membership which thus failed to recognise the WEA 's national or regional status . |
| 4 | The simple margin method has the disadvantage of amortizing the discount or premium on the FRN in a straight line over the remaining life of the bond rather than at a constantly compounded rate . |
| 5 | Following a series of attacks on the BBFC in the House of Commons during 1938 , Lord Tyrrell was persuaded to relax his stance . |
| 6 | The lovable but stupid lemmings will be making their debut on the Lynx in this classic save 'em up . |
| 7 | More work was required on the Tri-Pacer in Singapore because it was n't producing power the way it should . |
| 8 | We have four TV sets — three at our home in North London , and one at our holiday villa down on the Algarve in Portugal . |
| 9 | The Times Higher Education Supplement began an editorial on the CNAA in 1972 with the statement : ‘ The Council for National Academic Awards must be one of the few unqualified success stories in higher education in the past eight years — sharing that honour perhaps with the Open University ’ . |
| 10 | The 9,000lb device was dropped into a lagoon at Fleet , Dorset , months before bombers breached the Mohne and Eder dams on the Ruhr in 1943 . |
| 11 | The introduction in 1985 of a restricted list of preparations available on the NHS in the United Kingdom , if accompanied by a drop in the number of prescriptions for psychotropic drugs , may have an affect on the rates of self-poisoning with such drugs . |
| 12 | How is it that , despite large increases of spending on the NHS in real terms , there are continuing claims about ‘ underfunding ’ ? |
| 13 | She has asked if she can have her baby on the NHS in the States . |
| 14 | It increases knowledge and fosters a critical attitude to existing patterns of care and treatment , ’ reported the royal commission on the NHS in 1979 . |
| 15 | Poor , silly Ma Norris , who had never been quite right since her three sons were killed on the Somme in the last war . |
| 16 | On the Somme in 1916 , the British used 15in weapons , while in 1918 the Germans produced a long-range gun with which to bombard Paris . |
| 17 | The party as a whole proved the reality of its patriotism from the first days of the war , and the logic of this continuation from peacetime was underlined by the speed with which Ulster Unionists rallied to the flag in 1914 , and the gallantry with which they died on the Somme in 1916 . |
| 18 | Mrs Burt 's husband was killed on the Somme in 1916 . |
| 19 | One has only to read the letter of Robert Scott Macfie , a middle-aged company chairman with degrees from Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities , who stayed in the ranks as a senior NCO , when he wrote of an action on the Somme in 1916 : ‘ The want of preparation , the vague orders , the ignorance of the objective and geography , the absurd haste and in general , the horrid bungling were scandalous . ’ |
| 20 | As in previous years the response to the ‘ prisoners of Conscience ’ programmes shown on the BBC in November/December 1990 has been tremendous and effective , and we are still answering 10 enquiries a week about prisoners . |
| 21 | Warm things are said in the flush of the campaign but now that it 's over the first question the Tories should ask is how it would look to the country if a victorious party launched into a frontal assault on the BBC in the wake of its victory . |
| 22 | No such luck with the performance of Abraham and Isaac with Pears done on the BBC in the closing months of Ferrier 's active life . |
| 23 | Although La finta semplice was not performed in Vienna , Mozart 's one act German Singspiel Bastien und Bastienne , composed the same year , was given a private performance , and on 7 December Mozart both conducted and performed in his own music presented at the consecration of a new church at the Orphanage on the Rennweg in the presence of Empress Maria Theresa . |
| 24 | As a result of the article on the PAC in ‘ Leisure Painter ’ last October , several groups around the country have expressed interest ( eg Derby Sketching Club ) and we have sold 9 more copies of ‘ Art of Midlothian ’ . |
| 25 | To stand together on the Piazzetta in the early morning and look across the shimmering water to San Giorgio Maggiore . |
| 26 | This happened on the Sunday in question , and as I watched him climb the stairs , dragging himself up by the banister , I saw that he was sweating heavily . |
| 27 | In amongst Esso petroleum storage tanks on the north side of the river a high Cleopatra Needle by old fortifications marks the memorial to Henry Bell whose Comet , the first commercially successful steam ship , was launched on the Clyde in 1812 . |
| 28 | In the famous rent strike on the Clyde in 1915 , which resulted in legislation to control the level of rents , women demonstrated in their thousands , filled the court-rooms when tenants faced eviction and were the organisers of the struggle . |
| 29 | Promoted lieutenant in the brig Grasshopper , he was driven ashore on the Helder in December 1811 . |
| 30 | Having a friend who lives on the Blackwater in an old Thames sailing barge , complete with sails and engine , I rather object to the notion that barges must be passively powerless . |