Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first meeting would concentrate on users ’ views , with an opportunity for CW to elaborate on the IT Review . |
| 2 | Yugoslavia during January teetered on the brink of civil war because of a confrontation between the government of Croatia and the Serb-domination Yugoslav National Army ( JNA ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Nobody , ’ he said , not taking his eyes off Mick working on the wheel . |
| 4 | My three trunks were upended in the corner ready for Curtis to send on the train . |
| 5 | The Elector Counts of Ostland live on the north eastern border of the Empire beyond which lie the wild and dangerous Troll Country and the Northern Wastes . |
| 6 | As in the case of Bacon , the central importance of Paracelsus rests on the general impetus he gave to the reform of science and on the development of a comprehensive religious and ethical framework for scientific and medical endeavour . |
| 7 | Moving with them to north Africa , he was initially held in enforced inactivity behind the lines , a problem which he solved in characteristic style : ‘ The Battle of Alamein began on the 23rd of October , 1942 . |
| 8 | Adkin Financial Services offers comprehensive financial advice and support to clients of Adkin based on the extensive experience and know-how of its professional staff . |
| 9 | From the far side of the swimming pool they caught sight of Dora sitting on the terrace , reading . |
| 10 | For example , three representatives from the Isle of Ely sat on the committee although only four short courses had been arranged in that Authority . |
| 11 | The little museum is particularly rich in classical objects because the modern town of Alea stands on the site of ancient Tegea , the capital of Arcadia . |
| 12 | The awe-inspiring site of Stonehenge appearing on the horizon , as one crosses Salisbury Plain , never fails to cast a spell over the traveller . |
| 13 | Theda stood her ground , aware of Taggy hovering on the stairs behind her , the listening ears of the maids above , and Adam Diggory 's unseen shadow at the back of the hall . |
| 14 | Huxley , the exponent of laboratory physiology , won a great victory over Owen when he contrived to get a statue of Darwin placed on the main staircase of the Natural History Museum ; but justice has been done with the passage of time , and Owen 's statue is now in pride of place in his building . |
| 15 | It was this success that made the merchants of England reflect on the desirability of destroying ‘ despotism ’ in Spanish America in order to establish direct trade in a market that British goods and British credit terms would dominate . |
| 16 | The great ecclesiastical towns lived on the churches and monasteries — perhaps a twentieth of the population of Valladolid depended on the Church — while soup and bread doles from the episcopal palaces and monasteries were an important element in the budget of the urban poor . |
| 17 | The gaolers of Holovich reneged on the agreement , the exchange will not take place . |
| 18 | A bust of Lenin stood on the mantelpiece where once the Virgin smiled . |
| 19 | In 1862 he travelled to the island of Sardinia to advise on the developing railway system there . |
| 20 | The village of Skelton lies on the east bank of the river Ouse , near Goole , and has a population of just over 100 people . |
| 21 | He suggested that there should be a new relationship with the rest of Canada based on the economic interdependence of Quebec with Ontario and a common system of currency and taxation . |
| 22 | Canadian troops trained with the British amphibious forces at Inverary ( Argyll ) and were then taken in SS Empress of Canada to land on the island , 600 miles from the North Pole , on 24 August 1941 . |
| 23 | After years of struggle against the French , in 1946 the Syrians secured independence but were soon engaged in a new conflict — with the state of Israel created on the ruins of neighbouring Palestine . |
| 24 | There must be real doubt the power of HDTV to persuade on the basis of picture quality alone . |
| 25 | The barony of Scrope devolved on the representative of his niece Mary but was not taken up ; the earldom of Sunderland became extinct . |
| 26 | Or there was the one even in the , even in the God spot , the religious column which said ‘ The spirit of God hoovered on the waters ’ . |
| 27 | 1 Samuel 4 began with the Israelites being defeated in battle and with their elders talking of God fighting on the enemy side . |
| 28 | Luke , the writer of the gospel and the book of Acts , is at pains to expose prejudice , especially religious prejudice , and to show the difference the transforming work of Christ makes on the mind where issues of prejudice are at stake . |
| 29 | The National Eisteddfod in Aberystwyth in the first week of August saw on the Monday to Friday of that week a Class 31 hauling Regional Railways coaches on the 11.00 and 17.25 departures . |
| 30 | The glimpse of Johnson reflecting on the position of Slains Castle in relation to the perilous sea , displays a man with a capacity for the learned mot juste , surely a gift which Johnson polished , having discovered how he might impress with it . |