Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives have established a special squad to target known criminals , but they say many break-ins are committed by burglars already on bail for earlier crimes . |
| 2 | Philpott had then been contacted by Graham personally on the advice of the Delta Commander . |
| 3 | Many three-bedroomed houses occupied by single people or couples could be occupied by families now on the council 's waiting list , it says . |
| 4 | Therefore , there are part areas of towns not covered , and where a particular use is not considered appropriate in these areas other valid reasons must be found for refusal perhaps on the lines suggested below : |
| 5 | The bill had been passed by Congress largely on a party-line vote , winning approval in the Senate on May 20 by 61 votes to 38 , and the House of Representatives on June 17 by 268 votes to 153 . |
| 6 | A WEST Belfast husband and wife were remanded in court today on a terror charge . |
| 7 | Eight men were arrested in Ireland later on Oct. 24 for questioning in connection with the attacks . |
| 8 | During this time , 30 reinfarctions ( 10.4% ) were recorded in patients previously on heparin and 27 ( 9.6% ) in controls . |
| 9 | The weapon is carried by Engineers either on horseback or in one of the Engineers School 's War Wagons . |
| 10 | However , shot 2 can be taken from the ‘ wrong ’ side of the path if it is aimed from D directly on the line of the girl 's approach ; this frontal angle neutralises her previous left-to-right movement across the screen in the minds of the audience . |
| 11 | The news was broken to Diana late on Tuesday night , more than 24 hours into her controversial tour of South Korea with Prince Charles . |
| 12 | At the Italian Open in Rome in May his suffering showed as he watched the family breadwinner losing to Amanda Croetzer who Jennifer was expected to breeze past on her way to more glory . |
| 13 | I had been enrolled as a student at Canterbury before I went to Cambridge ; during the next four years I was visited by missionaries home on leave from Burma , though nothing definite was said . |
| 14 | Until now , MicroCadam was supplied by Fujitsu only on its FMR series personal computers . |
| 15 | Hales himself was used by Sadler informally on government business and turned to Sadler 's other proteges for securing the office . |
| 16 | Moscow 's so-called " Tent City " , a squatter camp in front of the Rossiya Hotel close to the Kremlin , was bulldozed by police early on Dec. 30 , and 57 of its residents were arrested . |
| 17 | Police are questioning a 15-year-old youth who was admitted to hospital early on Sunday morning with gunshot wounds to an arm and shoulder . |
| 18 | There is little doubt that the coalition was returned to power mainly on Unionist votes , although this was not widely recognized at the time ; the Unionists had never won so many votes before , and it was perhaps natural to attribute their success to their new asset . |