Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and these people , you know , er had a deputation and all this business and I think some of that rubbed off on the children and , and you 've |
| 2 | The Col du Somport and the upper valley of the Aspe are at the western end of the Pyrenean National Park — to be exact , a narrow tongue of this extends across on the other , western side of the valley into the ring of mountains forming the Cirque of Lescun . |
| 3 | In the absence of much to shout about on the score sheet , Leeds fans reverted to taking the mick out of Arse fans ' feeble singing by doing antiphonal ‘ red army , red army ’ chanting in high-pitched silly voices . |
| 4 | Tessa first of all sat down on the edge of the bed , with her knees together , her feet crossed and slightly to one side , her back straight , and her cup and saucer at chest height , as she had learnt in Social Situation Training . |
| 5 | She turned to the doorway where she knew the singer would emerge as the stroke of twelve died away on the still night . |
| 6 | With a lead of 61 gained early on the third day , England were in a strong position to win . |
| 7 | As rapid economic and social change has worked its way through the countryside , however , the farm worker has found himself increasingly separated from the local village community both socially and — for those living out on the farms — geographically . |
| 8 | It tells us what happens at the edge of a capacitor and can also give a numerical estimate of the scattered capacitance ( by which the capacitance of a real capacitor differs from that worked out on the basis of the infinite-plate model ) . |
| 9 | His success in this depends directly on the success of his immaterialism , for it is obvious how it continually points the way towards God . |
| 10 | The combined effect of federal , state and local taxes in the United States in 1985 fell heavily on the poorest . |
| 11 | However , Jacques Etienne never forgot his Hebridean origins and in 1826 set off on the long , difficult journey to his father 's home at Howbeg . |
| 12 | The methods range from those based solely on the judgement of one or more individuals of the difficulty of test items without the guidance of performance data , to those based mainly on statistical analysis of empirical data from test results.Judgement , however , is an element in all the methods described . |
| 13 | Robin Smith kept wicket for the five overs remaining , Stewart having been among those hit painfully on the ankle or foot while batting . |
| 14 | The prince at last leaned forward on the verge , we assumed , of uttering some revelation — but instead blocked his right nostril with his index finger and noisily expelled from his left an impressive length of mucus which plummeted precisely through a small hole in the floor . |