Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [num] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question of exactly which left handers have speech located on one side of the brain or the other and which of them have speech represented bilaterally can not yet be answered unequivocally . |
| 2 | Also , there is a 14 amino acids long putative alpha helical region at positions 328 to 341 containing 8 alanine residues , 6 of which would be located on one side of the putative alpha helix . |
| 3 | The peaks of these complexes are successively located on one side of the baseline and then on the other , and this positive then negative polarity in the frontal plane of the ECG creates the typical twisting-about-a-point appearance ( fig 1 ) . |
| 4 | He looked at me with his head cocked on one side like a bright-eyed bird . |
| 5 | ‘ We were caught on one foot with our fingers in our mouths , ’ said one dealer , referring to widespread expectations of a hung Parliament . |
| 6 | Ceramic tiles are thin slabs of fired clay decorated on one side with coloured glazes , and often with a printed or handpainted pattern too . |
| 7 | Figure 11.3 shows how this set of definitions and statements can be presented on one sheet of paper with the mnemonics relating to them . |
| 8 | We agree with the National Curriculum Council 's conclusion , in the light of consultation , that they should be combined and had in fact already decided on one target for the secondary stages . |
| 9 | Each new genetic improvement selected on one side of the arms race — say predators — changes the environment for selection of genes on the other side of the arms race — prey . |
| 10 | Letters for publication must be written on one side of the paper only . |
| 11 | Vial operated on one leg at a time . |
| 12 | ‘ Those were all done on one roll of film ’ he explained , ‘ Because they had to be instantaneous and I knew if I went back again , it would not be the same . |
| 13 | As he hesitated the door opened and Gilbert Forbes came out in a rush , his make-up smudged on one side of his face , his toupee not quite straight . |
| 14 | She had been told on one occasion by the EP that Tom 's behaviour problems might have been the result of frustration over reading difficulties . |
| 15 | No consensus was reached on G-24 aid to the Soviet Union , which was particularly opposed by the United States Secretary of State James Baker . |
| 16 | The house itself was built by a local architect in 1974 , and is set in an acre of garden , bordered on one side by the gently flowing River Arun , and on the other by green fields : The background is dominated by the castle . |
| 17 | A relatively thin piece of cardboard — more like thick paper , really — was coated on one side with a material called ‘ Durium ’ . |
| 18 | The Massachusetts scientists developed a thin plastic film , coated on one side with a sandwich of indium oxide between silver . |
| 19 | NB : Tax and insurance are based on one quarter at 1989 prices and three quarters at 1990 prices , all amounts are based on 80% apportioned to the business . ) |
| 20 | The rent should be based on one quarter from the 1989 payment and three quarters from 1990 but as there is no change in the rent over the two years the expense is the same . |
| 21 | So far , all the investigations of definitional overlap using the MRDs have been based on one sample of data , which was selected at random from a corpus of business letters . |
| 22 | A crucial and obvious biological distinction is that between plants and animals , but a more important distinction is the way life is based on one type of cell or another . |
| 23 | our estimates were based on one sheet per function |
| 24 | The bid and the general shift in mood against diversification highlights a fundamental problem which faces a company which is based on one product with limited growth prospects . |
| 25 | Then she was dumped on one end of the table and given a dab of butter to taste , and , soon , a lump of dough to squeeze , roll into little grey spindles on the floury table-top . |
| 26 | The waste from the pit would be dumped on one side of a hill a short distance away . |
| 27 | The chapter has focused on one group of women in poverty , scanning the research literature for information on mothers in low-income households . |
| 28 | If the washers are sliced on one side at an angle , they are even better for retention of a cross-spar joint . |
| 29 | In this section we have concentrated on one type of white-collar crime , corporate crime . |
| 30 | Instead of hunting all over the sky , the pilots concentrated on one scatter of targets and spiralled down through them , turning tightly in order to cut down the risk of collision . |