Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | eleven forty six , he 's got them inside , I think I told you about this did n't I ? , and I was inside helping them out like , he was outside , he did n't have his gas mask , we were doing the things , like M B C stuff , and I 'm inside and he said right you will each go to a post , where inside this tent , each to go to er , erm , cos there was six people inside and like there was six posts , he said you each got to a post inside the tent and on the you will pick up the tent , and I new what was coming , done it before sort of thing and erm , were all in M B C stuff cos there 's still lots of gas , but there was n't for very long , and he said right on the you will , er he just said , we picked it up right , were all fucking all fucking I said go on then , |
| 2 | As de Valois said in a lecture to teachers : ‘ It is better to have a rule to break than no rule at all if chaos is not to reign in the class-room or on the stage . ’ |
| 3 | really cos there 's such a cross section of conversation going on , it 's really funny there 's this bit in the car when we went outside with the mike and on a at Claire 's party and er erm like there 's me talking to Claire really loudly like across the car and Frank talking to Nigel across the front and he speakers were up here and there 's just a whaaaaaaa this massive rabble going on . |
| 4 | Every head of a house attended , sleeping in the castle rooms , corridors , stables and stores , in the clachan and on the moor . |
| 5 | The rate of thermal escape depends on the temperature of the exosphere and on the gravitational field . |
| 6 | I am informed by the General Counsel of the Board that on the information available it appears that ‘ A ’ entered into nominee arrangements with the defendant whereby the [ defendants ] gained control of ( or the ability to control ) all of the stock of the two other banks referred to in paragraph 6 above . |
| 7 | They were not all scandalous , though ; some were conventional love songs of the sort you could hear at the cinema or on the radio , if you had one . |
| 8 | Air operated ‘ Numa ’ signal bells were provided by the Equipment & Engineering Co. in the saloon and on the platforms . |
| 9 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 10 | Therefore , gaining resources may not depend on the logic of the case but on a number of other factors . |
| 11 | Is it not the case that on the trip he was identifying markets , boosting British business , ensuring that British companies can take advantage of that business and , in the end , creating jobs back here at home ? |
| 12 | The distribution of ridge and furrow shows the extent of former arable land within the area , and , where it is absent in the field or on the air photographs , it can sometimes be shown to have existed . |
| 13 | Any falling short in doing so reflects more on the teaching than on the students ' preparedness to respond . |
| 14 | Our concentration has got to be on the teaching and on the stretching of children . |
| 15 | Area microphone — usually in the cockpit roof , on the pedestal or on the glare shield . |
| 16 | ‘ Stop line ’ is defined as the white line indicating the approach to the crossing which is parallel to the limits of the crossing and on the same side of the crossing as the driver . |
| 17 | for one pound and unfortunately as he the option of the contract and on a number of occasions question whether he should exercise the option . |
| 18 | I invite the hon. Gentleman to reflect again on his knee-jerk reaction to our proposals and to tell us frankly whether he is in favour of them and on the side of the citizen , the user of services and the taxpayer or on the side of Rodney Bickerstaffe , the Confederation of Health Service Employees and NUPE . |
| 19 | Mechanical damage applied to the lamina of one of the cotyledons of a tomato seedling with one expanded leaf ( Fig. 1 a ) leads to electrical activity ( Fig. 1 b ) which can be detected by extracellular electrodes placed on the stem and on the petiole of leaf 1 , morphologically the lowest ( first-formed ) leaf ( Fig. 1 a ) . |
| 20 | To facilitate the sorting and parcelling of seizures , we had piles of cigarettes , tobacco and spirits spread around the deck and on the quayside which we would never have dared to attempt in any other place . |
| 21 | The lobby led on the left to the kitchen and on the right to the corridor to the rest of the train , along which desultory passengers were appearing , swaying gently now to the movement of gathering speed . |
| 22 | — THE THF owned Golden Fleece in Thirsk has moved up a notch or two , both in the kitchen and on the cash register , since last we were there . |
| 23 | In addition to these papillae there may be several supernumerary papillae situated on the edge of the jaw and on the edge of the adoral shields , but they are less common in smaller specimens . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) Frequently reference is made ( as in the precedent ) to forfeiture being available on the breach of a covenant by the guarantor or on the bankruptcy of the guarantor . |
| 25 | More expensive garages may have tiled pitched roofs , with gables either at the front and back of the building or on the side walls , allowing you to match the roof style and the finish to that of your house if you wish . |
| 26 | The first reaches a long ledge ( not on the route but on the landward face ) approximately 60ft ( 18m ) above the base . |
| 27 | A truer parallel is the archaic temple of Apollo at Delphi , with its battle in the west and on the east the frontal chariot flanked by kouroi and korai , a very still composition , the only action being in the animal-groups at the corners . |
| 28 | A limited amount of post-production editing can , however , be carried out on the original recording , either on the camcorder or on a second VCR depending on the facilities available . |
| 29 | No political action may be undertaken or justified on the ground that it promotes an ideal of the good nor on the ground that it enables individuals to pursue an ideal of the good . |
| 30 | The facility with which a fiction in the mind or on the word-processor can be altered means that the effect is nearly as ‘ evanescent ’ ( 169 ) as the fictions provided by the media . |