Example sentences of "[adv] on the [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaks from inside DEC say OpenVMS runs a lot better on the Alpha platforms than OSF/1 does . |
| 2 | Generally speaking , the amount of sleep lost is not made up for entirely on the recovery nights . |
| 3 | When he came back Breeze was sitting curled up by the fire in the quaint but attractive parlour , her eyes fixed thoughtfully on the dancing flames . |
| 4 | The stitching on my Bags is rough and badly finished off , especially on the belt loops . |
| 5 | Far below on the nursery slopes near the great hotels , tiny specks of black on the vast white expanse would be novices and their teachers going about a more painstaking routine . |
| 6 | The friar sat down on the sanctuary steps and stared into his fat , cheery face . |
| 7 | Two years ago he brought in a Commons Bill ( which , sadly , failed ) to try to clamp down on the boy racers . |
| 8 | Which I wrote down on the diary records side . |
| 9 | And er then they started blacklegs and when they started the rest of the firms all came as well then and I remember er going down on the picket lines and er they 'd be all the members there . |
| 10 | He did not put up any resistance when they flung him down on the rainswept slabs , and tied his ankles with a thick cord . |
| 11 | Several trees were burned down on the Splash premises . |
| 12 | Several trees were burned down on the Splash premises . |
| 13 | Down on the ground matters are very different . |
| 14 | Mr Abello was the fourth-ranking person in the Medellin cartel and the most important suspect arrested since Colombia began cracking down on the cocaine barons nearly two months ago , the department said . |
| 15 | A single red rose bobbed gently on the ocean waves at Sodwana Bay yesterday . |
| 16 | Now the question is whether enough members of the Knesset are keen enough on the peace talks to support a government led by Mr Peres . |
| 17 | It 's acceptable enough on the wound strings , but the unwound B and E sound distinctly sharp , and combining low open strings with high chords above the octave is an inadvisable move . |
| 18 | With modern knowledge , however , we suspect that the outcome of this historic race depended less on the character traits of these two species and more on differences in their innate 24 h activity cycles . |
| 19 | Professor Blumler emphasised that although Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet Members figured prominently in much of the television coverage , with the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition naturally to the fore ( they received 28% of the coverage on ITN 's News at Ten , but less on the review programmes and still less in regional coverage ) , ‘ Parliamentary television was nowhere merely a Neil and Maggie Show ’ . |
| 20 | But the lesson of the Kennedy case is that if you have the chance to take another job before your redundancy has been confirmed , you may have to choose between safeguarding your future and cashing in on the job rights built up over the years in your present employment . |
| 21 | Stewarts and Crazy Prices supermarkets are cashing in on the schooltime purchases with a bigger than ever range of bags and stationery . |
| 22 | When his mind 's on fisticuffs he sits in on the training sessions there . |
| 23 | Co-ordinated Land and Estates , which bought the Milngavie course from Stakis for an undisclosed sum last year , believe Dougalston , only minutes from Glasgow city centre and within easy reach of Glasgow Airport , is ideally placed to cash in on the golfing tourists . |
| 24 | You had to be in on the script meetings and the rehearsals to realize that underneath that company executive exterior lurked a funny man who took it all very seriously indeed . |
| 25 | When you look down , when you are seeing it in on the television pictures , you look down from an aerial view . |
| 26 | A government veto would impinge not only on the funding arrangements but on editorial autonomy . |
| 27 | for the first time the egalitarian mentality has been able to impose its will not only on the State schools , but on the private schools . ’ |
| 28 | On 15 July 1898 the Secretary of War approved modification of the jacket to display facing colours only on the shoulder straps . |
| 29 | Choice of method is often dependent , not only on the learning effects , but also on availability of equipment and cost of use . |
| 30 | Despite the many points of contact between the study of film or media and the study of literature , despite the fact that there exist theorists such as Barthes who have made important contributions to the study of film and the study of literature , it is only on the communications courses that such theorists are studied . |