Example sentences of "on [noun] [noun sg] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feeding : When kept in an aquarium the species will thrive on brine shrimp even the freeze-dried variety . |
| 2 | Lastly , the United Nations Convention of 1986 on Conditions for the Registration of Ships , which no member state has yet signed , even goes as far as expressly to confer on states party thereto the right to choose between the criterion of the nationality of the owner and the criterion of the nationality or place of residence of the crew ( see articles 7 , 8 and 9 , and Annex I to the Commission 's written observations in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) . |
| 3 | And then it is down to serious show business with the climax on Saturday afternoon when the Expo champion is announced . |
| 4 | ‘ And on Saturday afternoon when the car went into the Broad , where were you , Miss Tilley ? ’ |
| 5 | A short ceremony to mark the move has been organised for 9am on Saturday morning when the first patient to cross the threshold of the new hospital will be handed a bouquet of flowers . |
| 6 | Nostalgia ruled at a Liberal Democrat campaign launch in Ripon on Tuesday night when the former Liberal MP for the old Ripon constituency , Mr David Austick , turned up to support candidate Coun. Richard Hall . |
| 7 | Christien knows Tony and Tracey and mum Sheila will be rooting for him on Monday night when the series starts . |
| 8 | The speculation continued over the weekend ; there would be a meeting on Monday night when the ‘ future direction ’ of the club would be discussed . |
| 9 | The police want to talk to anyone who may have seen something suspicious near the school on Sunday afternoon when the fire occurred . |
| 10 | Then , before he has quite finished , and he 's associating the trailer with a good place to be , take the horse away and repeat the Meals on Wheels business again the next day . |
| 11 | THE CHANCES of a Bay Area World Series improved late on Wednesday night when the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics notched up impressive play-off victories over the Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays . |
| 12 | Erm , only the other day in the Transportation Department we were talking about drivers hours and er , it 's obvious implication there on road safety where the government are trying to relax the provisions , for what 's the European committee are trying to tighten them up . |
| 13 | Millions of pounds are spent on food promotion yet the importance of a balanced diet is often ignored by British health experts and food firms , the Consumers ' Association said in a report yesterday . |
| 14 | show mummy how the digger works come on show mummy how the digger turns |
| 15 | Stuart , who needs the same liver and bowel transplant as Laura Davies of Manchester , had been out with Shelley and her boyfriend John Moore for just two hours on Boxing Day when the vandals struck . |
| 16 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA got a most dispiriting Christmas present on Christmas Eve when the US General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals snatched the $740.3m Desktop IV US Air Force personal computer contract away from Bull 's Buffalo Grove , Illinois-based Zenith Data Systems . |
| 17 | For it was Protestants who got better jobs , who skipped the queue for houses , who made my father work on Christmas day when the union voted against the optional holiday — to keep the Papes in their place . |