Example sentences of "on the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruby 's forte was getting her own photograph in the newspapers as she ‘ arrived at the police station to advise officers working on the such-and-such case ’ ; she was a popular television chat show guest ; and she made a decent living from writing about psychometry . |
| 2 | Hugh you 've been minister of the parish of Inverleith here in Edinburgh for the past seventeen years , and I understand you were one of the very first vice convenors of the Board when it was set up eight years ago having already served the church on the former Interchurch Relations Committee . |
| 3 | IT is hoped that 1993 will see the first working of an ex-B.R. main line loco on the former Mangotsfield to Bath branch when Bulleid Un rebuilt Battle of Britain 34072 ‘ 257 Squadron ’ makes a visit to the Avon Valley Railway . |
| 4 | The retail price index was re-referenced to make January 1987 equal to 100 and equivalent to 394.5 on the former index . |
| 5 | On the Holyhead road at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch , now mercifully abbreviated to Llanfair P.G. , is a white toll-house on the former turnpike road , part of the new Holyhead route engineered by Telford ( q.v . ) . |
| 6 | The film of Wired ( 18 ) features Woodward ( J T Walsh ) as straight man to the podgy comedian , but though subtitled ‘ the laughs and times of John Belushi ’ , it is woefully short on the former component . |
| 7 | Though subtitled ‘ the laughs and times of John Belushi ’ , this ill-starred biopic is woefully short on the former component . |
| 8 | As seasonal temperatures cool , hot and cold air meet , forming a seal over the industrialised valley of the Bilina and Labe ( German Elbe ) rivers on the former border with East Germany . |
| 9 | On the former definition , pushing someone in a river would have to be called a signal because it certainly would change his behaviour-but this would be excluded by the definition requiring the influence of the signal to be mediated by the recipient 's sense organs . |
| 10 | Work started on the former gunnery school in April 1991 . |
| 11 | While this is a considerable improvement on the former method , it does nothing to reduce the paper-work involved or to shorten the time before a buyer is entered on the company 's register and receives his share certificate — which will take weeks and sometimes months . |
| 12 | BULGARIA 'S new leader , Mr Petar Mladenov , yesterday purged many hardliners from the Communist Party 's ruling politburo and central committee , while heaping blame for the country 's political and economic crisis on the former leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov . |
| 13 | Will the right hon. Gentleman reconsider the generosity he bestowed on the former Leader of the House , the right hon. Member for Shropshire , North ( Mr. Biffen ) , who moved the guillotine motion on the original poll tax measure applying to Scotland ? |
| 14 | However , we must ensure that there is life after death by creating new workplaces on the former colliery sites . |
| 15 | On the former point yesterday 's Old Bailey judgment says a lot about contemporary British social mores . |
| 16 | On the former point , the hon. Gentleman will be pleased to note that all of the most recent fabrication contracts have been awarded to United Kingdom yards . |
| 17 | Work on the former group has shown that in the century between 1341 and 1440 , and more markedly in the last three-quarters of this period , the replacement rate for males was clearly below one , but rose sharply by the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ( 75 , p.27 ) . |
| 18 | In November 1989 tea farmers protested about the low prices paid by the Kenya Tea Development Authority , and on Jan. 9 , 1990 , Moi ruled that tea farmers would be paid KSh3.00 per kg , a substantial increase on the former rate of KSh1.90 . |
| 19 | is the honourable member aware that whereas all the Conservatives voted against the Herman report , the Labour party , the socialists er er out there on the that side , voted for it . |
| 20 | On the all time fiction list , possibly only Samuel Richardson 's Clarissa beats it . |
| 21 | The share price of the 18% of Vestel quoted on the Istanbul stock exchange is climbing slowly , but is still 40% down on the all time high . |
| 22 | He plans to continue on the all weather at Southwell and Lingfield up to Christmas . |
| 23 | On the latter subject Chidley published his most famous tract , A Cry against a Crying Sinne ( 1652 , reprinted 1657 ) . |
| 24 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 25 | In 1689 and 1692 troops of King William III were quartered in the town , on the latter occasion staying for the winter . |
| 26 | On the latter occasion , the Wallaby control was even more praiseworthy because it was a foul Cape day with squelching underfoot . |
| 27 | The WEU Assembly ( consisting of delegates of the member countries to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe-see p. 37211 ) held sessions in Paris on June 5-8 and Dec. 4-7 , 1989 , adopting unanimously on the latter occasion the Caro Report advocating strengthening of the WEU 's role as the sole West European institution competent in defence matters . |
| 28 | If he translates word-for-word , he will achieve greater fidelity in one respect ( , for instance , evokes the same picture as put the cat among the pigeons ) , but to the detriment of fidelity in another respect ( is a live metaphor , while is not ) ; if , however , he puts a greater value on the latter type of fidelity , then he must sacrifice the former . |
| 29 | Perhaps the biggest surprise was the amount of fun the Fiesta provided on the latter type of roads , thanks to a willing engine and gearbox , precise if slightly heavy steering and those narrow tyres which , nevertheless , provided exactly the right amount of grip . |
| 30 | Similar , though slightly more muted , approval was given to the propositions on Christian education , discussed from 17 to 19 November , and on the latter date the Council turned its attention briefly to recommendations to simplify marriage legislation and end discrimination against non-Catholic partners in mixed marriages . |