Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The breadboard is on the larder shelf . |
| 2 | ‘ What is on the kitchen table ? ’ or ‘ What is on the larder shelf ? ’ etc . |
| 3 | When he again came to visit he found a very different situation , with the starving Buttery spirit stretching out in vain for the wholesome food on the larder shelves . |
| 4 | She swivelled her eyes to the potatoes Léonie was fetching from their earthy resting-place on the larder floor . |
| 5 | ‘ The officers are concerned especially about the wording on the disclaimer notice issued to NBS participants . |
| 6 | ‘ I never meant to challenge him , I was carving only to pass my time — ’ His voice faded out wretchedly on the disclaimer , for that , too , was spoiled and finished now that Isambard had stripped it bare . |
| 7 | I rested my elbow on the bell-push and just kept right on resting . |
| 8 | Over the road , Dalziel held his thumb down hard on the bell-push . |
| 9 | Apparently from the notes , a certain Fruchtbaum in the Times Literary Supplement has described Charles on setting out on the Beagle voyage in such terms , which is certainly an exaggeration , but I do not know anyone else who has ever subscribed to that opinion . |
| 10 | Clearly , the observations made by Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle , for example , would have been inconsequential for science had they remained Darwin 's private experiences . |
| 11 | Darwin 's discoveries on the Beagle voyage had the effect of gradually breaking down his faith in the fixity of species and converting him to a dynamic view of the relationship between living things and their environment . |
| 12 | On the Beagle voyage , Darwin had discovered evidence for the ‘ law of succession of types ’ by unearthing South American fossils related to the unique modern inhabitants of that continent . |
| 13 | That 's the Argentine base in the south-west of Tierra del Fuego , on the Beagle Channel . |
| 14 | In the same year Darwin set sail on the Beagle taking with him Lyell 's " Principles " and read it so much that he had to ask the ship 's carpenter to rebind it in wood . |
| 15 | Contrary to popular myth Darwin was not thunderstruck by the theory of evolution during his voyage on the Beagle . |
| 16 | The fall in late-life fecundity was much smaller in crosses between ‘ r' lines , showing that the genetic basis of selection response differed between them , and that senescence had evolved by accumulation of partially recessive deleterious alleles , which would not be expected on the optimization theory . |
| 17 | The new Powerdisplay 16 and 19 are now also available on the deskside models . |
| 18 | The new Power display 16 and 19 are now also available on the deskside models . |
| 19 | ‘ This jacked into the recorder , ’ he said , ‘ and this on the earpiece of the phone . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 're not on the rota for cooking . ’ |
| 21 | In Vologsky 's squadron , each individual pilot fell due for such a flight every twelve days on the rota system . |
| 22 | Currently , by virtue of being on the rota of solicitors , the advocate has undergone self-evaluation whereby he indicates publicly that he is competent to deal with criminal matters . |
| 23 | Comments from several solicitors , from both large and small practice firms , suggest that there remain on the rota solicitors who have over-valued or mis-stated their criminal experience : |
| 24 | In Portugal , Omagh haulage contractor Trevor Noble and his Glengormley co-driver Chris Patterson finished eighth overall and second in Group N in their Ford Sapphire Cosworth on the Rota do Sol Rally . |
| 25 | She had discovered that it was n't a proper job ( as she called it to herself ) since none of them was paid for going there or being on the rota . |
| 26 | If your bureau does this it is no bad idea to volunteer to be included on the rota . |
| 27 | Cos we were supposed to be on the rota . |
| 28 | He emphasised that in dismissing McCrory 's application for judicial review he was not imposing a ban on the wearing of poppies in prison . |
| 29 | On the saint 's two feast days , in May and September , the phial is shown to the public and handled by the Archbishop , whereupon the congealed blood liquefies . |
| 30 | Little information has survived about the scale of the pilgrimages , usually at their greatest on the Saint 's Day , 3 April , but it seems to have been in the usual boisterous medieval tradition , both sacred and profane . |