Example sentences of "on the [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its huge eyes fell on the scrap of paper on the floor . |
| 2 | Zebra finches are always on the lookout for sex outside their ‘ marriage ’ . |
| 3 | Please be on the lookout for talent in your classes and give serious consideration to auditioning yourself . |
| 4 | Perhaps more important , given that it is Labour party policy , what impact would that have on the price of electricity for consumers ? |
| 5 | In the case of ( a ) it is likely that the retailer would replace the machine , but his obligation would only be to offer a discount on the price in view of the damaged surface . |
| 6 | Correct decisions on choice will depend to large extent on the type of dam to be mated and the prices that regional and national market outlets will pay for the crossbred progeny . |
| 7 | Although on average it cropped up only once an hour , there appeared to be semantic restrictions on the type of verb with which it occurred ; in the majority of cases it occurred with dynamic verbs of activity , the most frequent being do , make , finish , write . |
| 8 | The amount of support obtained from statutory services depends on the elderly person 's degree of disability but also on the type of household in which he or she lives . |
| 9 | Investments in the shares of one company by another company are accounted for in different ways , depending on the type of relationship between the investor and the invested . |
| 10 | These touches will depend firstly on the type of character to be portrayed ; secondly on how their movements will be affected by the unfolding of the plot , theme and/or music ; thirdly on what particular steps , poses and gestures within the total design will be needed to communicate meaning . |
| 11 | In searching for an alternative , OFWAT is canvassing opinion on three different methods : water metering , a flat-rate licence fee , and banding or stepped charges depending on the type of home in which you live . |
| 12 | This code is machine specific ; that is , it will run only on the type of computer for which it was written . |
| 13 | The relative proportions of , and ; addition in polybutadienes can be ascertained by making use of the differences in absorption between ( CH ) out of plane bending vibrations , which depend on the type of substitution at the olefinic bond . |
| 14 | This well-meaning law will have little effect on the type of owner at whom it is primarily aimed . |
| 15 | One response to this choice might be to suggest that it depends on the type of dispute in question . |
| 16 | The parties might agree that , as against the vendor , Newco will take the benefit and burden of any deductions and payments under the capital goods regime which relate to intervals ending on the date of transfer of the capital items under the business sale agreement . |
| 17 | If , however , the summons is returned by the post office , the district judge will normally require proof that the address was the up-to-date registered office on the date of service before deeming service to have been effected . |
| 18 | The following method was used : ( a ) a date of interview ( nominated date ) was randomly selected from all 1096 days in the study period , ( b ) the control was then randomly allocated an age at which to be interviewed , ( c ) the date of birth was calculated from age and date of interview , ( d ) an obstetric hospital was randomly chosen in proportion to the number of births in 1986 , and ( e ) random numbers were used to select a particular infant from those born on the date of birth in the nominated obstetric hospital . |
| 19 | on the date of import into the United Kingdom the car which was the subject of the total loss settlement would have been exempt from value added tax and car tax |
| 20 | in the four year period commencing on the date of adoption of the Scheme not more than 2.5% of the issued ordinary share capital for the time being may be issued under the Scheme . |
| 21 | 6.1 This Agreement shall take effect on the date of signature of this Agreement and shall continue for a period of three years and from year to year thereafter until or unless terminated by either party giving to the other not less than six months ' prior written notice , subject always to prior termination as hereinafter specified . |
| 22 | Drake ( left ) defeated Clark to set Royal Berkshire on the road to victory against David Lloyd 's Heston |
| 23 | Leonard Bernstein started on the road to fame in the early nineteen forties when he was assistant conductor with the New York Philharmonic at the age of just twenty five . |
| 24 | He has been idolised by fictional characters from Dean Moriarty in Kerouac 's On the Road to Barley in Le Carre 's The Russia House , and he is one of only two people looked up to by Miles Davis . |
| 25 | Darren was helped on the road to stardom by the Hit and Miss Management Agency based in Norton . |
| 26 | It concludes by suggesting that the reforms are now at a critical stage but there are ways forward which could take us further on the road to Health for All , if we are prepared to take them . |
| 27 | Marc Girardelli is well on the road to recovery from last season 's internal injuries , with consistent top-three placings in slalom , giant slalom and Super-G . |
| 28 | Copper on the road to recovery in Spring 1990 . |
| 29 | Mark Hateley seemingly well on the road to recovery after picking up an injury against Hibs last Sunday . |
| 30 | It was a little plane , and it was going to come down on the road in front of the prison ! |