Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] on [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He read voraciously , developing his early appetite for books on visits to the shop in Crediton kept by his Aunt Susannah . |
| 2 | Annie felt angry with herself for dwelling on thoughts of the young man over the weekend . |
| 3 | Thus , in a cumulative response , consensus , dissensus and , possibly , conflict of opinions on matters concerning the management of change and on curriculum theories in action , could be examined between and within the different groups . |
| 4 | The Biennale 's catalogue , published by Allemandi , contains full details of all the exhibitors and a series of essays on aspects of the art market with partcular reference to the current economic situation . |
| 5 | Firstly , the forum for exchange of info on acoustics in the '60s and '70s was the folk clubs . |
| 6 | Scottish Members of Parliament on provisions of the Environmental Protection Bill ; |
| 7 | The tribunal would itself take the lead in questioning , reducing the reliance of parties on representatives with the forensic skills of questioning and cross-questioning . |
| 8 | THE SEVENTH in an occasional series of books on aspects of the Somerset & Dorset has just been released . |
| 9 | Detectives are investigating possible links with a series of assualts on women in the city . |
| 10 | The assumption that university matriculation still exercises any kind of influence on examinations at the age of 16 should be excised . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , some 300 potato farmers dumped 3,000 tons of potatoes on roads to the north western town of Pontivy , cutting it off for several hours . |
| 12 | Figure 5.4 Life course trajectory : type of household on axes of the age of the oldest member of the household and the median household RNR Source:GHS 1980 . |
| 13 | Help the Aged support a programme of work on issues concerning the extended family and community care . |
| 14 | With his vision of what they could achieve , he planned a whole series of assaults on airfields along the coastal strip . |
| 15 | A MAN being questioned by police investigating a series of attacks on horses across the south of England was released last night after being eliminated from inquiries . |
| 16 | The Gama'a vowed revenge for the death of those killed in Assiut , who included a 23-year-old militant leader believed by police to have directed the group 's campaign of attacks on tourists in the southern Nile valley . |
| 17 | There 've been a spate of attacks on barns in the same area , and the owner of the farm involved in the latest fire says he 's not ruling out arson . |
| 18 | Three weeks ago troops and helicopters launched a series of attacks on Kurds in the region , dropping napalm on villages and machine-gunning people fleeing in terror . |
| 19 | Among the sites listed are that of the 1956 crash of a nuclear-armed bomber aircraft at Albuquerque , New Mexico , and the Agriculture Research Center at Beltsville , Maryland , where scientists used radioactive matter to test the effects of fall-out on crops in the 50s and 60s . |
| 20 | He kept different types of hawks on blocks in the garden and used the stables as mews . |
| 21 | Last year it was forced to make over £28m of provisions on contracts for the Channel tunnel , Denmark 's Storebaelt Bridge and EuroDisney . |
| 22 | He granted a number of remissions of tolls on ships in the port of London — to the bishop of London ( S 1788 ) , for example , to the bishop of Rochester ( CS 152 : S 88 ) , to the abbess of Minster-in-Thanet ( CS 149 : S 86 ; CS 150 : S 87 ; CS 177 : S 91 ) and to the bishop of Worcester ( CS 171 : S 98 ) . |
| 23 | The Environmental Forum tries to find out the results of tests on emissions from the plant . |
| 24 | The venue has been changed from Scottish Churches House because of pressure on places at the last conference . |
| 25 | This has speeded up the flow of information on companies to the regions . |
| 26 | Taiwan 's policy since late 1987 had involved the gradual easing of restrictions on contacts with the mainland . |
| 27 | There has been a 30–40 per cent reduction in the amount of fat on pigs over the last 10 years , ’ says Professor James . |
| 28 | On April 20 the Higher Court of Justice overturned the December 1991 rulings of the Higher Military Court of Justice on members of the former Romanian Communist Party politburo ; the original sentences on manslaughter charges were cancelled and the charges , in connection with the suppression of the December 1989 uprising in Timisoara , were changed to complicity in or attempted " aggravated murder " ; sentences of up to 16 years in prison were handed down . |
| 29 | Greece also lodged strong protests over nationalist attacks on Greeks and their property in Albania , and over a series of raids on villages on the Greek side of the Greek-Albanian border . |
| 30 | The arrest followed a series of raids on homes in the area . |