Example sentences of "on their [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxfam 's greatest wish on their fiftieth anniversary is that they can put themselves out of a job.But in the meantime they believe the problems of the third world can only be solved when the developed world understands . |
| 2 | Demonstrating that the 3D turnaround time can be reduced to two months has given the Vietnam team confidence , Nunn says , to use this method again on their second 3D survey in Vietnam over a prospect in Block 5–2 . |
| 3 | MIDDLESBROUGH have been hit by injuries as they prepare to concentrate on their Second Division promotion challenge . |
| 4 | Our results suggest that our subjects were thinking in precisely the opposite way ( at least on their second repetition ) . |
| 5 | Lear only sought employment under the Gould regime when he had been forced to abandon the Parrots , and the Goulds were about to start on their second publication . |
| 6 | He had had to stand her up on their second date . |
| 7 | COUPLES who are both on their second marriage are a lot more likley to get divorced , with figures having increased 100 per cent from 6,300 in 1980 to 12,848 in 1990 . |
| 8 | On average the infants in both groups were operated on on their second day in hospital . |
| 9 | He said as much to Katherine on their second evening together . |
| 10 | WEALTHY property owners may escape paying poll tax on their second homes under plans announced by the Government yesterday . |
| 11 | The boys of 602 were on their second cup of tea and the ‘ Spits ’ half-refuelled when a full-scale bombing raid , the first attack on Britain of the war , began out in the Forth . |
| 12 | And when Ross had proceeded to tell all the interested spectators — of which there had been many — that he and Laura were on their second honeymoon … she 'd almost exploded with loathing of the man who was now so clearly dominating her life . |
| 13 | Brown had fallen miserably in love ( so he said ) with a girl named Betty Fowler , whom he 'd met one Friday evening at a hop held in the Oxford Town Hall , and already on their second meeting they had vowed a mutual , eternal love . |
| 14 | But on their second meeting he proposed . |
| 15 | They 've done and they 're on their second thing . |
| 16 | It took me a lot more years , and even more boyfriends , to cotton on , by which time most of the occupants of the back rows had been married to each other for years and were on their second spin dryer . |
| 17 | In the late afternoon Dangerfield and Killion were flying together on their fifth patrol when they saw a formation of five Pfalz fighters climbing towards them . |
| 18 | The discovery of the Sulphonamide drugs by Messrs May and Baker on their 693rd attempt revolutionised our records . |
| 19 | There are many who arrive actually on their 60th birthday , asking us to find them a job because they have no intention of retiring . |
| 20 | It explains what information should be given to new staff on their first day at work . |
| 21 | Many people leap out of bed and charge about the ward on their first day after the operation only to collapse in a heap the day after that . |
| 22 | She had watched from the window as they walked down the jetty , anxious as a mother sending her children off on their first day at school . |
| 23 | Chicks started on their third day , for instance , made fewer errors to begin with than chicks started on their first day . |
| 24 | Lough Cowey hosted a party of 12 Scottish anglers who had limited success on their first day , taking only 14 fish between them . |
| 25 | First a look at some of today 's main stories in some more detail , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was on his feet in the House of Commons on their first day back after the summer recess . |
| 26 | This reflects an eightfold increase on their first year 's business , when turnover was £416 000 and the trading profit was £111 000 . |
| 27 | Seven of the 10 practices had made an overall saving on their first year 's budget , and everyone felt that the benefits of being in the scheme outweighed the costs . |
| 28 | In Diner Mickey Rourke bets his buddies that the sophisticated lady will hold his penis on their first date . |
| 29 | This process occurs as a result of five stages , sometimes known as the ABCDE approach , which is illustrated with an example of a man whose girlfriend fails to turn up on their first date . |
| 30 | It was where he had taken a vivacious Puerto Rican paediatrician , Carmen Rodriguez , on their first date . |