Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend brings a great deal of expertise to bear on this issue . |
| 2 | The zig-zag stripes of trench-systems lay on either side like the skin shed by a massive snake . |
| 3 | The name and address and VAT registration number of the payee must of course appear on all invoices/receipts . |
| 4 | The Spanish in South America had of course embarked on this course long before the British ; the changes of 1757–63 mark the point at which the British moved on an appreciable scale into the imperial activity of gaining new subjects in the process of expansion . |
| 5 | It is only by balancing up all the factors , getting the degree of difficulty perceived on all sides , that the whole picture becomes clear . |
| 6 | 1 Check number of hours worked on each date is correct . |
| 7 | The polytechnics , faced with the problem of increasing access or maintaining the level of money spent on each student , had made access their priority . |
| 8 | Logically , critical reflection is ‘ higher ’ because it calls for a state of mind reflecting on that learning . |
| 9 | By 2031 the average number of homes passed on each year , excluding bequests to spouses , could be 343,000 — more than double the current average ( see chart ) . |
| 10 | Spearmen are particularly good in this role since they can bring an extra rank of spears to bear on any foes who charge them and this means that casualties suffered by the front ranks are less of a disaster . |
| 11 | Since the formation of the IGS the number of staff employed increased rapidly by the formation of units working on many branches of earth science . |
| 12 | Even though 30,000 lives had been lost and massive amounts of matériel consumed on both sides , Madrid did not fall to the Nationalists . |
| 13 | The installation 's theme explores the relationship between creativity and evil , and concludes with a pair of collection boxes for victims of violence placed on either side of an amateur portrait made by a murderer . |
| 14 | No sooner do you suggest a trad/rap crossover record be released than Brendan Shine comes out with the biggest load of crap to fall on this earth since Bros recorded their limited edition live L.P. ‘ Live From Mars ’ . |
| 15 | Neglect of opportunities to act on such feelings , Granville Sharp believed , was ‘ as great an offence before God as if we had denied assistance to Christ himself ’ . |
| 16 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 17 | If the whole of his decision and , ex hypothesi the whole nature of marriage rests on this thesis , then indeed a fragile edifice has been constructed . |
| 18 | First it should be noted that EHS is not a perfect model of the normal liver matrix as some dedifferentiation of hepatocytes cultured on this substratum can be detected . |
| 19 | The vineyards of Villers-Allerand lie on either side of the main Épernay to Reims road as it descends from the Montagne on to the plain . |
| 20 | There 's a lot of work to do on that case — can I have Susy Harvey to assist ? ’ |
| 21 | It 's quite a lot of work to do on this cataloguing . |
| 22 | Each unit is still divided into five Focuses so that everyone in the classroom knows what kind of work to expect on each page . |
| 23 | SEVEN STOPS NORTH-WEST of Baker Street on the Metropolitan Line , Pinner is the quintessence of a certain kind of Englishness , an embattled outpost of suburbia surrounded on all sides by the encroaching urban sprawl . |
| 24 | However , if the broker fills an order left with him by his client or deals on a discretionary basis , he is as a matter of law dealing on both sides of the " client " contract ; he is agent for the client , in that he binds the client to the contract , and at the same time he is technically the client 's counterparty . |
| 25 | The weight percentage of sediment retained on each sieve is plotted as a column rising to that value and extending from the relevant sieve mesh to the next coarser mesh used . |
| 26 | Acting Detective Inspector Mark Braithwaite said : ‘ A group of individuals descended on this place about four in the morning . |
| 27 | Although the trend is towards larger farms in terms of both production and acreage , the decline in the labour force is sufficiently outpacing the rate of farm amalgamation to produce a continuing decline in the average number of workers employed on each farm . |
| 28 | Mechanization , by reducing the number of workers employed on each farm has brought farmer and farm worker into a more personal , face-to-face and less formal relationship with each other . |
| 29 | The number of applications based on this ground has increased alarmingly over the past few years . |
| 30 | The number of applications based on this ground has increased alarmingly over the past few years . |