Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the help of a detective constable , she had to sift through the papers on every desk top and the rubbish in every drawer . |
| 2 | They have to work with the materials on hand , but by manipulating the design of the system they can build variations into it . |
| 3 | When she allowed him to ‘ catch ’ her , the two of them rolled about on a pile of hessian rope , screeching and laughing , until David reminded Cissie that she was ‘ a young lady of certain years ’ and that Richard should remember how he had only been allowed to come to the docks on the understanding that he be on his ‘ best behaviour ’ . |
| 4 | God damn Humber , I thought , and got up to write on the charts on the bed-table . |
| 5 | The first true canal , with locks and a towpath , was that constructed by the municipal authorities of Exeter between 1564 and 1567 to allow barges to pass around the weirs on the river and to reach the city . |
| 6 | Piggy was the first of the two boys to talk about the others on the island . |
| 7 | feeling that this gave to the beginning of that conference and this government then has the audacity to talk about the burdens on employers what about the burdens on the families of those whose relatives have been killed or diseased through workplace injuries by the negligence of the employers that actually employ them ? |
| 8 | Robin Cook , the shadow trade secretary , said : ‘ This mix of short-term subsidy and long-term betrayal may be enough to buy off the rebels on your own benches . |
| 9 | I soon learned to differentiate between the occasions on which I would not be missed , like chapel , and those on which my absence would be obvious , like team games where positions were allotted in advance . |
| 10 | The evening was cold and misty , the fog beginning to creep up the Thames and to sneak into the alleyways on either side of the river . |
| 11 | But when I read the SHE article , everything Joanne had said seemed to fit with the studies on children and reincarnation . |
| 12 | The course was lengthened by pushing back some tees so as to comply with the Regulations on Handicapping , resulting in the Club having four recognised S.S. courses : White ( 70 ) , Yellow ( 69 ) , Green ( 68 ) and the L.G.U. Red ( 72 ) . |
| 13 | Curtis Strange has described addressing the second shot as like preparing to play with the feet on separate steps of a staircase . |
| 14 | I have n't seen Leeds of the Day , and it 's always better to hear from the fans on the spot in any case . |
| 15 | Roughly how long would it have taken , walking at 4 km per hour , to cross from the fields on one side to the fields on the other side ? |
| 16 | ( 6 ) A notice of the application of this section to , or of the disapplication of this section from , any premises : ( a ) shall be in writing ; ( b ) shall , in the case of a club , be given by the secretary of the club on its behalf ; ( c ) shall , in the case of a notice of application , specify the date from which the section is to apply to the premises and , in the case of a notice of disapplication , state that the section is to cease to apply to the premises on the date specified in the notice ; ( d ) shall be served on the chief constable not later than 14 days before the date specified as aforesaid . |
| 17 | ( 6 ) A notice of the application of this section to , or of the disapplication of this section from , any premises : ( a ) shall be in writing ; ( b ) shall , in the case of a club , be given by the secretary of the club on its behalf ; ( c ) shall , in the case of a notice of application , specify the date from which the section is to apply to the premises and , in the case of a notice of disapplication , state that the section is to cease to apply to the premises on the date specified in the notice ; ( d ) shall be served on the chief constable not later than 14 days before the date specified as aforesaid . |
| 18 | ( 6 ) A notice of the application of this section to , or of the disapplication of this section from , any premises : ( a ) shall be in writing ; shall , in the case of a notice of application , specify the date from which the section is to apply to the premises and , in the case of a notice of disapplication , state that the section is to cease to apply to the premises on the date specified in the notice ; ( b ) shall be served on the chief constable not later than 14 days before the date specified as aforesaid . |
| 19 | It is important to note that the Review Panel is only authorized to apply to the courts on the ground of legal non-compliance , not non-compliance with accounting standards . |
| 20 | Beryl chatted with one or two of the bystanders then lingered to look at the cards on the wreaths and this annoyed Francis . |
| 21 | I do not propose to go into the authorities on the matter , but in Foa 's Landlord and Tenant , 6th ed. ( 1924 ) , p. 115 , the law is stated in this way , and , in my view , correctly : ‘ The habendum in a lease must point out the period during which the enjoyment of the premises is to be had ; so that the duration , as well as the commencement of the term , must be stated . |
| 22 | Tomorrow we have to get up at 6.30 ( on a Sunday ! ) in order to go with the participants on the course to a commune outside Nanking , to do our ‘ Open-door Schooling ’ — Open-door Schooling is an essential part of the Chinese political philosophy of education — i.e. educational institutions have to have an open door and renew their contacts with industry and agriculture . |
| 23 | Nurses in that sector have to cope with the effects on their patients of poor housing conditions and a deteriorating social fabric . |
| 24 | Of the previous four presidents one , Johnson , had been effectively driven from office by the failure of his Vietnam policy ; one , Nixon , had resigned in disgrace and neither Ford nor Carter had been able to cope with the limits on presidential power . |
| 25 | The idea was to start a volunteer counselling service for adult victims of incest and abuse , but the response to Christine 's appeal was so great that ICAIRR is now struggling to cope with the demands on its services . |
| 26 | I du n no what to do with the posters on the wall , and in the end I just leave them there . |
| 27 | Not that that little affair had anything to do with the riots on Brixton 's Front Line . |
| 28 | When we were four and five we had to sleep in the afternoons on long mats made of shiny grass that left ribbing marks on our skin . |
| 29 | One of the things that we shall be seeking to do in the negotiations on the political union treaty is to try to ensure that the Commission — at present under no effective control — increasingly comes under the control of the most appropriate Parliament , in this case the European Parliament . |
| 30 | And er in the apprentice we used to have to go round the shops on the town matching their er material in velvets and ribbons and satin for making their hats of , as well as the straw we made them from material as well . |