Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun sg] [vb pp] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please note that the time printed on your tickets is given in the 24-hour clock system — for example 7.30 pm = 1930 hrs . |
| 2 | Although the line drawn on my map is straight , I occasionally deviated up-sun to get a better picture of a particular feature . |
| 3 | Boo Radley got himself into trouble and although the punishment inflicted on him was in no way severe or a major disgrace , his father decided that it would embarrass the family to have his son be sent away to the school that the punishment intended . |
| 4 | It had a notorious reputation once the rain got on it . |
| 5 | Sri Lanka would never have such problems if the country relied on its own resources — if it cultivated appreciation of native food and agricultural systems which have evolved over centuries to meet the population 's needs . |
| 6 | Down in Tranent , which was somewhere near Edinburgh , and anything could have happened there — but old Donald had had this from Cameron himself , and he got newspapers by the carrier 's cart from Dunkeld — some miners had sworn not to serve , even if the King called on them , and the Volunteers had chased them into the cornfields and played havoc with their sabres … |
| 7 | If the fly landed on your sugar lump you got the girl . |
| 8 | If the wrong agreed on itself amounts to a tort against the plaintiff perhaps little has been lost by the restriction of conspiracy , for the combination must be carried into effect to cause damage and then the substantive tort is committed . |
| 9 | Léonie did n't know where to put herself and the knowledge dumped on her by Thérèse . |
| 10 | To change the subject he turned to an easel in the most sheltered corner of the veranda , and the painting propped on it that had not yet been put away in Faye 's studio . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's it , then , ’ Joe said , and he lay back on the bed with the receiver to his ear and the handset held on his chest . |
| 12 | If your report is bound with a spine , is the name of the company and the year shown on it ? |
| 13 | Greenwich was set up as a new meridian which would suit the astronomers ' convenience , and the government relied on them to make the new meridian into a suitable base-line for calculating the longitude . |
| 14 | With the support of the ESRC the investigator has completed a statistical base for the study OI Soviet economic assistance to the less developed countries ( LDCs ) , analysing the method used , giving some historical background and giving some details of all the aid agreements reached and the progress made on their implementation . |
| 15 | In 1886 he was elected FRS although he had no academic degree until 1910 , when he delivered the Herbert Spencer lecture at Oxford and the university conferred on him an honorary D.Sc . |
| 16 | The paper also says that auditors ' independence of management has to be enhanced and the focus sharpened on their responsibilities to shareholders . |
| 17 | The new basic rate is £1.50 per £1,000 sum insured and the premium shown on your Renewal Notice takes account of this new rate . |
| 18 | It should be clear now that whereas for Marx it is one 's economic class position ( crucially how one relates to productive property ) that determines much else in one 's life , for the Functionalist it is the status one has established through developing marketable skills and the value put on them by society that determines one 's life chances . |
| 19 | " I was standing at the ship 's side , and the chain caught on something and broke . |
| 20 | It would also represent a declaration that the conditions and the justice inflicted on him were an atrocity that should never be repeated . |
| 21 | But the pain inflicted on her by Johnny had been deliberate , and try as she may to avoid the unpleasant truth , she knew that he had enjoyed it . |
| 22 | Nowadays , most transfer deeds are not required for very long , because the information contained on them is simply transferred onto the Register at HM Land Registry , and the deed then becomes superfluous to requirements . |
| 23 | Initially his management of this crisis had met with high levels of popular approval , but as the conflict dragged on it became a damaging symbol of American weakness and presidential ineptitude with polls clearly revealing the public 's dissatisfaction with Carter 's performance . |
| 24 | In the first stages of the war production rose , but as the war dragged on it declined rapidly . |
| 25 | Yet as the war dragged on it served not only to increase the regime 's unpopularity but also to give new leverage to the forces of opposition . |