Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The activities of moth larvae feeding on the fur or feathers binding the pellets together result in their breakdown even in dry conditions , although it may take several years for pellets to completely disintegrate . |
| 2 | A separate contract involves the early removal of the contents of tar tanks discovered on the site . |
| 3 | During those decades bands of pauper migrants went on the tramp in search of food and a living . |
| 4 | The latest reduction , agreed after several days of wildcat strikes beginning on April 27 and involving some 250,000 employees , averted the prospect of a national strike in support also of an 8.5 per cent pay rise . |
| 5 | Four weeks of TV ads begin on January 20 , along with a colour press push which will start at the end of the month . |
| 6 | The haulier should make sure that his company secretary keeps a proper record of debentures showing full particulars of company assets charged on the company 's register . |
| 7 | Similarly inconclusive are studies that have attempted to evaluate the managerialist hypothesis through surveys of management attitudes based on questionnaires . |
| 8 | Summaries of course contents appear on page 118 . ) |
| 9 | Extrapolations of reflectance values measured on Kupferschiefer to the top surface Carboniferous result in values of 2.0–2.5% Rm . |
| 10 | Recently , a friend of mine who 's a teacher was looking through files of exam questions stored on a floppy disk . |
| 11 | Indeed , manpower shortages in the immediate post-war years were calculated almost wholly in terms of job vacancies based on existing techniques and work practices . |
| 12 | The allegations of drug-taking sessions came on the first day of Murray 's trial before Lord Kirkwood . |
| 13 | But also , by the time the programme drive came to an end [ when the Emergency ended and with it the effective coercive powers of than government ] , millions had suffered harassment at the hands of government officials bent on implementing it , many , perhaps hundreds , had died from it ; the political leaders who had willed it were out of power , and in disrepute , and the programme itself was in total disarray . |
| 14 | Apart from the large numbers of tennis fans expected on day one of the 1991 Federation Cup , millions more around the country will be witness to the day 's proceedings , courtesy of the BBC 's Radio I Roadshow . |
| 15 | In each of the examples given in the following sections there is ( i ) an analysis of the main procedural and conceptual aspects of the category , ( ii ) detailed sets of criteria for selected subtopics , and ( iii ) examples of test items based on the criterion statements . |
| 16 | It comprises two parallel rows of council houses tacked on the end of a neat little avenue of ‘ Nash ’ houses build just after the war . |
| 17 | It was too late in the year for daffodils and tulips but there were a few cardboard boxes of cut flowers stacked on a trolley waiting for the Peterborough train . |
| 18 | The programme also included information on choke and valve designs for the various types of pressure ranges used on production trees . |