Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] on [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took to it like a duck to water and from then on he 'd grill me for hours on end about the various types of plays , especially when we were watching it on TV . |
| 2 | We talked for hours on end about the existence or otherwise of God , the futility of human life , and all the other things that sixteen-year-old girls find to discuss . |
| 3 | He read voraciously , developing his early appetite for books on visits to the shop in Crediton kept by his Aunt Susannah . |
| 4 | ‘ Britain has the second highest level of taxes on alcohol in the EC and many are suffering as a result , ’ she said . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But behind the vast explosion of discourses on sexuality since the eighteenth century there is no single unifying strategy , valid for the whole of society . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He put on his glasses and read through the instructions several times before putting a pile of coins on top of the box and dialling . |
| 9 | I think in this day and age , there is probably a greater propensity to move and consequently there may well be an increased erm amount of vacancies occurring and that was why in our statement , we actually increased the number of vacancies , but I think that is a function of the number of houses on offer at the time . |
| 10 | When the lawyer representing British Caledonian Airways , who were opposing Virgin 's application , remarked that Virgin would need ‘ a lot of groups on Top of the Pops ' to afford to run an airline , Branson promptly retorted that Virgin 's £11.4m profits in 1983 were actually more than twice those of British Caledonian . |
| 11 | A good feature this year was the gallery of pictures on view in the Undercroft . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They will be joined by the former collection of books on architecture from the libraries of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Musées de France at present in the Louvre . |
| 14 | Gifts , ‘ Green ’ products for the home , and a wide range of books on sale at the Centre 's shop . |
| 15 | THE SEVENTH in an occasional series of books on aspects of the Somerset & Dorset has just been released . |
| 16 | The scope for the voluntary sector and not for profit activity in the nineteen nineties is immense , it will not be expansion just for its own sake , but principled entrepreneurial activity aimed to make the most of opportunities on behalf of the community . |
| 17 | Jim Bamford gave the vote of thanks on behalf of the fellowship . |
| 18 | There was one member whose sight was so bad that when she read she not only had to prop a second pair of spectacles on top of the pair already resting on her nose , but also had to stand under the standard lamp almost pressed against the light bulb . |
| 19 | Detectives are investigating possible links with a series of assualts on women in the city . |
| 20 | If you can afford it this is what you do — come to Henley in style … then partake of some of the 3,000 bottles of champagne , 4,000 bottles of Pimm 's and almost two tonnes of strawberries on sale in the Steward 's Enclosure . |
| 21 | Thus in Figure 17.3(b) , the supply of bills on offer by the discount houses to the Bank falls as the rate of rediscount rises ( the supply curve of bills by the discount houses is upward sloping ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He wrote highly thought of articles on technique for the British Journal of Photography , and eventually became official photographic instructor to his beloved Royal Geographical Society . |
| 24 | Opposition came mainly from lawyers and magistrates , protesting that prosecutions would increase the number of offences on account of the publicity . |
| 25 | High levels of uranium over granites such as Cairngorm and Mount Battock argue against using the granites in the interior of buildings on account of the risk of radon gas emanation . |
| 26 | With his vision of what they could achieve , he planned a whole series of assaults on airfields along the coastal strip . |
| 27 | ‘ Despite protests on behalf of the ladies , ’ it adds , ‘ a resolution was carried that in future conference should not adjourn to play bowls . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |