Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q What does the term Reserva mean on a Rioja label ? |
| 2 | Cardoun landed the Prix Djebel to remain on course for the 2,000 Guineas for which he is now a 14–1 chance . |
| 3 | The effect Jennifer had on him was so obvious that Ann was amazed he made no attempt to disguise it . |
| 4 | At four-thirty on the dot Benny put on his coat and cap and bade William goodnight . |
| 5 | He offered her a large clean handkerchief with the monogram J.E.L. embroidered on one corner . |
| 6 | She left the interview-room , straining against the grip Luke kept on her waist as they walked out into the courtyard . |
| 7 | NT now also incorporates parallelism in its communications subsystem thanks to the work Sequent did on adding parallel streams — the ability to have multiple processors running in one stream — to Unix . |
| 8 | Birdman Reed will not duck the issue David Hopps on the Aylesbury ‘ Rambo ’ who is set to ruffle Northampton 's feathers . |
| 9 | Birdman Reed will not duck the issue David Hopps on the Aylesbury ‘ Rambo ’ who is set to ruffle Northampton 's feathers . |
| 10 | RESTORE DATA FROM FILE 12 reads the statistical data from the file PMMLIB.GIMMSPOLYDAT opened on channel 12 in the Job Control file . |
| 11 | Throughout the night Joanna sat on the floor , too terrified to cry out for help or remove the blindfold despite being in agony as her contact lenses dried in her eyes . |
| 12 | The youths were both said to be aged 16 to 18 , 5ft 7in to 5ft 8in tall , and one had the name Pete tattooed on his knuckles . |
| 13 | Hence the emphasis Luke gives on the physical manifestation to the disciples of tongues of fire and rushing wind , which equipped them for their mission , just as the physical coming of the Spirit upon Jesus ‘ in bodily form , as of a dove ’ ( Luke 3:22 ) equipped him for his ministry . |
| 14 | As people tried and failed , the cash on offer accumulated until it reached $17,000 on the day Ed went on court . |
| 15 | It is used elsewhere only for the watertight " basket " in which the baby Moses floated on the Nile — an interesting parallel . |
| 16 | In the debate Eck relied on his considerable knowledge of patristic and conciliar learning , whereas Luther relied on the Scriptures . |
| 17 | He led them round the range of the Ochils and swept through the strath down which the river Allan poured on its way to the Forth far behind him . |
| 18 | Easily distinguished from other hybrids by its natural clarity , refreshing purity and the fact that it 's got the word MALVERN written on it in big letters . |
| 19 | I feel an obscure sense of shame and irritation at finding the word Marmite written on a Government document , even one filed under Sarson 's Malt Vinegar . |
| 20 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 21 | MILITARY brass-hats proudly handed out scores of prizes to children — not noticing that the Union Jack printed on them was flying UPSIDE DOWN . |
| 22 | Shelford was in Wales last October to watch Neath beat Toulouse , a result which has led him to a conclusion similar to Wyllie 's : ‘ From the performance Neath put on that night , Welsh rugby is in pretty healthy hands . ’ |
| 23 | In the report WEN calls on the government to establish a public plan to ‘ investigate and eliminate known and suspected sources of dioxins and similar compounds ’ . |
| 24 | Size in peas , in the form Mendel experimented on it , was an exceptional trait ; most traits , particularly behavioural ones , do not come in simple discrete pairs . |
| 25 | When writing the book Alain-Fournier drew on personal experience : at the age of nineteen he had fallen in love with a young woman he saw at the Lycée and with whom , though they exchanged only a few words , he felt a powerful affinity . |
| 26 | During the year BGS worked on diatomite from Thailand , Egyptian brick clays and bentonites from Costa Rica . |
| 27 | What sets this theme apart is the way Britten harps on it once it has emerged and uses it , in a number of variants , to build up the pressure on Grimes until he starts to break under the strain . |
| 28 | Now the Palace Stud lives on borrowed time as Indian racing moves up a gear . |
| 29 | Part of the time Scott talked on the rocket 's radio . |
| 30 | Anyway , by the time Maureen went on her annual holiday , Biggles was feeding himself a bit and coming on well , so I took over . |