Example sentences of "[noun] on [noun sg] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spend months on end continuously on the wing , feeding by catching insects in mid-air , mating by coupling high in the sky and tumbling downwards interlocked for hundreds of feet , and presumably even sleeping on the wing . |
| 2 | erm in a very interested book called Darwin on Man recently by a psychologist called Gruber , Gruber has argued that Darwin had a conviction which could be expressed by saying that things which are natural are necessarily gradual , and things which are sudden are miraculous and not natural , that he had this equation in his mind erm long before he erm became and evolutionist , long before he abandoned his belief in religion which he largely did later , and Gruber traces it back , interestingly enough , to the arguments of a theologian , Sumner , who later became an Archbishop , who Darwin took notes on his ideas when he was a student at Cambridge erm which are still extent , and what Sumner had argued , among other things , was that a good argument for believing in the divinity of Christ , that Christ was divine rather than simply being a gifted teacher , was the suddenness with which the beliefs of the ancient world were transformed by Christ 's teaching . |
| 3 | TWO WATERCOLOURS : Scenes from Scotland on view tomorrow at the Palace exhibition |
| 4 | With this issue on sale just before the ADT London Marathon , we 've packed in pages of practical information about after the race . |
| 5 | Steve Mardenborough then broke through with a clear run on goal just before the whistle , but his control let him down and Adkins saved at his feet . |
| 6 | IAN Wright , the Arsenal striker , who is a scoring flop for England , was bang on target again for the Gunners against Ipswich at Highbury this afternoon . |
| 7 | Look here Alan , I 'm ringing you because I want your personal assurance that the local nick will have people on hand tomorrow in the Market Square when the meet assembles . ‘ |
| 8 | Last summer we initiated the loan exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge of the finest private German collection of Romantic and Nazarene Drawings which we advised and helped build up over the years , having bought for the collection on commission here at the London auctions major drawings like Koch 's ‘ The Schmadribachfall ’ , and Overbeck 's important preparatory study for his fresco at the Villa Massimo in Rome . |
| 9 | Our results may explain the puzzling results from at least two previous trials , which failed to find an impact on morbidity even in the presence of a large effect on mortality . |
| 10 | There are plenty of activities on offer there including a permanent orienteering course — a special Wayfaring pack designed to accompany the course is available from the Forest Park Visitor Centre . |
| 11 | Whether or not the Haydock crowd witnesses the next Gold Cup winner , there are many astute racereaders who consider there is a future Gold Cup winner on view today in the shape of Blazing Walker , who contests the Arlington Premier Chase Qualifier . |
| 12 | Whether or not the Haydock crowd witnesses the next Gold Cup winner , there are many astute racereaders who consider there is a future Gold Cup winner on view today in the shape of Blazing Walker , who contests the Arlington Premier Chase Qualifier . |
| 13 | Since you will hold the seller 's share certificate until you hand it over to the buyer on completion together with a transfer of it to the buyer , it 's for you to prepare the transfer , unless you send the certificate to the buyer 's conveyancers for them to prepare the transfer . |
| 14 | And this man came to the door , and he went to get the hold belt , that should just have a tape recorder on conversation just throughout the week so it 's getting all sorts of rubbish going in there , |
| 15 | The exhibition catalogue contains two essays by Dr Barnett on Kandinsky 's works in private collections and on the works on paper together with an examination of the theoretical basis of the artist 's work by Armin Zweite entitled ‘ Free the line for the inner sound : Kandinsky 's renewal of art in the context of his time ’ . |
| 16 | Apparatus to carry out such sensory measurements has been incorporated into a mobile odour laboratory capable of investigating odours on site either at the source of the odour or in the ambient air . |
| 17 | Of course his mother kept a place just across road on Road away from the er away from Road , just a bit further on the road towards towards Mill . |
| 18 | Enclosed is a photograph of my late father Bert Wakefield on site just after the war . |
| 19 | The question now arises — has it cost the bank or benefited the bank to do this — that is , would a greater return have been available by placing the sterling sum on deposit instead of the US$ ? |
| 20 | He came out of Maidstone prison on parole straight into the English Shakespeare Company 's touring production of Julius Caesar . |
| 21 | Crosby tried to land Porter on loan earlier in the season and the 26-year-old — transfer-listed this week — said he would welcome a return to his home-town club . |
| 22 | Heat the water in a pan on the stove and place a basin on top instead of the lid . |
| 23 | Now , Choppy Spencer , the spokesperson for the Conservative Party on education here in the County Council , is this opting out a political stunt ? |