Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Vistula delta the Mennonites bred black and white Friesian cattle just as their ancestors in Holland had done , and grew sugar-beet , tomatoes , rye , and a resilient variety of wheat on the rich alluvial soil . |
| 2 | If a ship was intended for patrolling the sea , it had to be equipped to take part in action against the enemy : the building of castles , fore and aft , and , in the fifteenth century , the possible installation of cannon on the deck ( guns were placed below decks , to fire out of ‘ ports ’ , only in the very first years of the sixteenth century ) had to be carried out . |
| 3 | LEBANON 'S Christian leader , General Michel Aoun , last night denounced a draft peace agreement produced by the country 's parliamentarians in the Saudi resort of Taif on the grounds that it did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops occupying the country since 1976 . |
| 4 | That there is a broad division of opinion on the subject of sole practice within different sectors of the profession is difficult to dispute from the comments made in response to the consultation . |
| 5 | — ( 1 ) In subsection ( 3 ) of section 131 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ( community charge benefits ) in paragraph ( a ) the words ’ and is not there shown as undertaking a full-time course of education on the day ’ shall be deleted ; ( 2 ) In subsection ( 5 ) of that section after ’ concerned ’ there shall be inserted : — ’ up to 100 per cent . |
| 6 | Health and Medical Organisations : All the leading British and international medical and health organisations that have studied the problem of smoking have called for a total ban by legislation on the promotion of tobacco . |
| 7 | In the motorway restaurant I asked for tea and wholemeal toast , and saw the usual look of incomprehension on the face of the girl behind the counter . |
| 8 | He preferred to explain divine presence in Christ on the analogy of inspiration : Jesus was a man , essentially like all others except in being perfectly good . |
| 9 | The ECRS argued the case for official recognition before the appropriate committee of the European Parliament at Strasbourg on the 23rd September 1987 , when John Young as spokesman submitted to the committee a draft regulation for consideration by the European Parliament . |
| 10 | Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the following day , Berisha appealed for food aid , technical and financial assistance and " organized emigration " from Albania to other European countries . |
| 11 | Recognizing that this was a complete change of view on the part of ministers , he undertook on their behalf that the Secretary of State would reconsider the whole question of listing and re-determine the issue . |
| 12 | Across the Estuary , two miles away , the sun was lighting up a narrow strip of sand on the Yorkshire coast . |
| 13 | According to Lado ( 1964 ) , this is the facility to use the units and patterns of a language at conversational speed with attention on the message and not on the language units or patterns as such . |
| 14 | Moderator it may seem a little strange to resist this er addendum but I do so really because er it 's never a good idea to er to be amending what is in a sense a liturgical piece of work on the floor of the house . |
| 15 | This was perhaps the final and clinching element of a strenuous programme of persuasion on the part of Gordon Thomas , for shortly after came the committee 's decision to go ahead at Foxton . |
| 16 | This was a Labour vote of censure on the government 's acceptance of the proposals from the Top Salaries Review Board for large increases in the pay of senior public servants . |
| 17 | An acute effect of alcohol on the brain is that memory functions may be so disrupted that they temporarily fail altogether and this results in a " blankout " , as previously described . |
| 18 | The understandable concentration of research on the needy and on the failures of community support meant that little attention was paid to the positive contribution to the community made by many older people in the form of services to family and community . |
| 19 | This illustrates better the total effect of stratification on the boundary layer ( but the reduction of all cases to a single curve is lost ) . |
| 20 | Trophic effect of gastrin on the enterochromaffin like cells of the rat stomach : Establishment of a dose response relationship |
| 21 | Hence , the dose response relationship for the trophic effect of gastrin on the enterochromaffin like cells seems to follow a polynominal rather than a linear function . |
| 22 | The present study was done to establish a dose response relationship for the trophic effect of gastrin on the enterochromaffin like cells by giving exogenous gastrin in graded doses . |
| 23 | For the first time a wide range dose response relationship for the trophic effect of gastrin on the enterochromaffin like cells of the rat stomach has been established . |
| 24 | Hence , the histamine releasing and trophic effect of gastrin on the enterochromaffin like cells show about the same concentration dependence with regard to the minimal concentration of gastrin causing maximal effect . |
| 25 | The reason for the high serum pepsinogen C concentrations in this group is probably related to the trophic effect of gastrin on the oxyntic mucosa . |
| 26 | The cause of this is unclear but it could be due to the trophic effect of hypergastrinaemia on the oxyntic mucosa , an effect of smoking , an inherited characteristic , or a combination of these . |
| 27 | In omeprazole induced hypergastrinaemic rats , SMS 201–995 prevents both the development of hypergastrinaemia and the increase in the gastrin mRNA levels , and antagonises the trophic effect of hypergastrinaemia on the fundic endocrine mucosa . |
| 28 | This seems to be exactly what has happened in most BSL situations — the form of instruction has been formal and production-based , and we have a very strong concentration of skills on the interlanguage of English syntax coupled to BSL signs . |
| 29 | A law " on enhanced responsibility for encroachment on the national equality of citizens and forcible violation of the integrity of USSR territory " entered into force on April 2 . |
| 30 | It was easy to save on coral sand because without undergravel filtration , it is better to stick to only a light dusting of sand on the tank floor . |