Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] on [det] " in BNC.

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31 with a push , leave sleeping bags on either side
32 The car bodies had four side windows on each deck and the upper deck canopies were enclosed , but not the lower deck , in deference to police regulations enforced in the London area at that time .
33 I think that the editor of The Scotsman would be surprised to hear the views of Opposition Members on that .
34 The neck joints on both these guitars are superb ; often there 's a yawning gap down at least one side of the neck , but here everything is very snug .
35 One possible explanation stems from the impact of the fall in equity prices on both stocks in the last quarter of 1987 .
36 In Hooper v. Exeter Corporation , 56 L.J.Q.B. 457 , the plaintiff paid harbour dues on all limestone which he landed , being unaware that such dues were not payable in respect of limestone to be burnt .
37 There are two Pg fields on this page .
38 Six pegging rings by each pole and five elastic tension points on each of the panels .
39 There are car parks on all sides : under Gloucester Green , at the end of George Street , and at Westgate .
40 The University has car parks on all campuses ( apart from Belfast ) and parking is restricted to the areas designated as car parks .
41 They ganged together round the buffet , whingeing about business and interest-rate hikes , doing gamesmanship numbers on each other , exchanging racy stories and tall tales and laughing fit to bust their considerable guts .
42 Although this chapter and the next are about sex differences in the use of language , they should not be treated as an exhaustive catalogue of research findings on that subject .
43 Wisden Cricket Monthly welcomes Readers Letters on any cricket topic , contemporary , controversial , historical or humorous .
44 Wisden Cricket Monthly welcomes Readers Letters on any cricket topic , contemporary , controversial , historical or humorous .
45 On its return from the string , the hammer lands on this shelf , causing the whole body of the check to move in towards the hammer .
46 The modernised fleet will give a high speed capability that will overcome operational difficulties caused by speed restrictions on some of the oldest coaches .
47 On a sea of evening light Páll Helgason steers his boat towards the sun , poking it between stacks and through arches , sometimes into gaps that leave me thinking I can touch the rock walls on either side .
48 At issue were ( i ) US proposals to cut EC oilseed production from 13,000,000 tonnes to 9,000,000 tonnes ( 500,000 tonnes below the level approved under the EC 's recently reformed common agricultural policy — see p. 38931 ) , with an eventual reduction over six years to 7,000,000 tonnes ; ( ii ) US demands that the EC reduce its cereal exports by 24 per cent over six years ; and ( iii ) EC insistence that the US impose export restraints on some products to " rebalance " EC concessions .
49 Also at this stage , candidates with the fewest first preference votes are eliminated and their ballot papers shared out to those candidates who appear as second preferences on those papers .
50 D Company had spent the previous day digging a line of trenches to cover a series of vehicle checkpoints on all the main roads , and were just settling down for their first day 's occupation of the trenches .
51 Specialist books on these topics need to be consulted .
52 Blakey won his first two Test caps on this tour in similar circumstances — first at Madras when Graham Gooch was ill and Atherton was again ignored , and then at Bombay when Neil Fairbrother was unwell .
53 The Rentokil Library provides an authoritative series of fully illustrated books and expert knowledge of specialist authors on many subjects of concern to those responsible for hygiene , pest control or property maintenance .
54 Well , how about this for a scenario : twenty years of solid touring and recording for major names ; a niche in the elite ‘ who 's who ’ of session guitarists on both sides of the Atlantic ; featured on television three times a week backing major artists live on a very hip chat show ; going straight into production for another live prime-time show on Saturday nights ; and work with Tom Jones , Al Jarreau , Stevie Wonder , Mica Paris , Cindi Lauper , Bob Geldof and Curtis Stigers , to name but a few .
55 In the fury of the battle casualties on either side were mounting appallingly .
56 Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will estimate the average number of peers who use Peers ' Gallery seats on each day of the week ; and if he will make a statement .
57 Whilst the work stations on each vehicle are not identical opportunities are provided for work in :
58 Use two sash window bolts on each frame .
59 The Commission would have increased powers , including for the first time the power to propose legislation in the highly-sensitive area of home affairs on such issues as the right of asylum , immigration and residency rights ( hitherto discussed at an intergovernmental level in the " Trevi group " ) .
60 Criticism of a verdict which casts aspersions on the integrity of jurors may , of course , attract libel actions on that score .
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