Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zoe , Hannah and Rebecca made sure they got into the picture too ! and the Bishop tested out his zuchetta for size on some of the smaller children , including Ryan ( left ) |
| 2 | ‘ Either that , or I 'm pointing out that you 've failed on this occasion and will have even less opportunity for success on another . ’ |
| 3 | Where this is the case the applicant must file at court : ( a ) a written request for leave setting out the reasons for the application ; and ( b ) a draft of the application for which leave is sought on the appropriate form , with sufficient copies for service on all respondents ( FPCR , r3(1) ; FPR , r4.3(1) ) . |
| 4 | A separate Manifesto for Scotland sets out our record in detail and our proposals for building on these achievements . |
| 5 | Proposals for policy on this issue will be brought forward in the near future . |
| 6 | Yes , Chair , as as as as some management will probably know , erm , the Department for Environment has had an efficiency scrutiny report , on the local government superannuation scheme , and the finance sub-committee er agree County Treasurer 's proposals for comment on that , as it were , since the recommendations of the Scrutiny Report are set out there in paragraph one three of the report before . |
| 7 | We would sit hour after hour on either side of my table , exchanging glances , kisses , embraces , smiles — and the words of our poems . |
| 8 | BR could claim that even before the Monopoly Commission report 's comments on the need for a new rolling-stock policy it was moving towards the development of stock for use on all regions , having introduced Class 313 25kV AC/750V DC ( dual voltage ) inner-suburban stock in 1976 for the Great Northern electrification scheme followed in 1978 by Class 507 750V DC third-rail stock for Merseyrail ( Midland Region ) ; and Class 314 25kV AC stock in Scotland . |
| 9 | A separate Manifesto , in both English and Welsh , sets out our full programme for building on these achievements for Wales . |
| 10 | The best advice is to go to a specialist consumer credit/hire purchase lawyer for information on this very important matter . |
| 11 | Additional funds for travel on this project have been provided by the Hayter Fund of the University of London . |
| 12 | The future demands for knowledge on this subject means more research is a real and urgent necessity . |
| 13 | There are occasional species which apparently mate for life ( though imagine the opportunities for adultery on all those long-distance migratory swims and night flights ) ; but on the whole we see merely the exercise of power , dominance and sexual convenience . |
| 14 | Similarly , the Transport 2000 group , which has done a great deal of work on this matter , has discovered beyond doubt that the interests of consumers in England and Wales have not been protected by privatisation . |
| 15 | The relative scarcity of ethnographic descriptions of peaceful societies has resulted in focusing a good deal of interest on those that do exist : Colin Turnbull 's description of the Ituri Forest Pygmies ( 1961 ) , Elizabeth Marshall Thomas ' characterization of the ‘ harmless people ’ , the Kalahari Bushmen ( 1958 ) , Robert Dentan 's description of the Semai as ‘ non-violent people of Malaya ’ ( 1968 ) , Robert Levy 's ethnography of the Tahitians ( 1973 ) , Jean Briggs ' descriptions of the Inuit ( 1970 , 1975 ) , and Melford Spiro 's accounts of life on Ifaluk ( 1950 , 1952 ) , being among the most notable . |
| 16 | She said that there was a great deal of strain on all concerned , the children , the families and the social workers , wherever there were child abuse allegations . |
| 17 | A lot of people retire from industry and spend a great deal of effort on these activities . |
| 18 | A loss of compression on both cylinders of the Volvo Penta MD7a — plus some very black sump oil — meant that something was happening inside the engine , and certainly 11 years had taken their toll on the paint on the outside of the block . |
| 19 | Translating them into actual events , there could be few people who had anticipated that a British Airways Boeing 747 would suffer loss of power on all four engines for sixteen minutes when it flew into a volcanic ash cloud at 37 000 feet . |
| 20 | The orchard was a sight to see when the trestles were set out ( for I could put all ready with no fear of rain on such a day ) with the mugs and platters of many colours , and the brown quartern loaves , and the big pats of butter stamped with a swan , and the slabs of honey-comb dough cakes , gingerbread , cheese , jam and jelly , let alone the ham at one end of each trestle and the round of beef at the other . |
| 21 | There is a divergence of opinion on this question : Galloway , for example , argues that there is such a distinction , whilst others ( for example , the Pack Committee ) have defined all cases of non-excused absence as truancy . |
| 22 | Many speakers of English on both sides of the Atlantic have two ways to construct negatives — for instance , ‘ I have n't got any bananas ’ and ‘ I ai nt got no bananas ’ . |
| 23 | It is an astonishing piece of work on such a subject . |
| 24 | A new piece of legislation on this issue , the Disabled Persons Act 1986 , seems to have similar characteristics . |
| 25 | As we have seen , multi-culturalist accounts emphasize the way in which stereotypes may be affecting classroom encounters ( DES , 1985 , pp. 46–56 , reproduces a piece of research on this by Peter Green ) ; the channelling of Afro Caribbean students into sports ; and the allocation of Afro-Caribbean and Asian students to streams , sets , examinations and career paths which grossly underestimate their abilities and potential . |
| 26 | Mr Bruce 's new book , Images of Power , analyses the effect of accent on that sense of trust . |
| 27 | Thus , whilst acknowledging that ageism creates problems for both men and women , it is important to pay special attention to the effect of gender on this and , in particular , to interaction of ageism and sexism . |
| 28 | In November 1986 he wrote an article in The Times specifically about the effect of GCSE on those pupils who wanted to proceed to university . |
| 29 | Have some idea as to the effect of wind on this final turn so that , if necessary , corrective action to get onto the final approach track can be initiated out of the turn . |
| 30 | Because I am expecting there to be a conspiracy of silence on this matter and I intend to make it as difficult as possible for the Milettis and their friends . |