Example sentences of "the [noun] on [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lay the interlining on top with the raw edges of interlining level with the marked hemline and top edge of the curtains ( fig. 31 ) . |
| 2 | Gardening is among the activities on offer for the over 50s when the Time of your Life Expo arrives in Glasgow early next year . |
| 3 | In such a case A has de facto conferred the opportunity on C through the instrumentality of B. Any other conclusion would , it seems to me , leave open so wide an escape route as to frustrate the purposes of the section . |
| 4 | The study tour , based in London , is for an invited group of conservators , craftsmen , planners and architects working in Croatia to assess the expertise on offer in the U.K. The workshop in York is additionally for other interested people and groups involved in conservation . |
| 5 | He was given the award on Monday at the Sunday Times Literary Banquet . |
| 6 | From left were Peter Marshall of Pitman Publishing ( third , 1.71 days ) ; Wendy Edge of International Thomson ( who came a close second with 1.68 days , and appeared to be very much the people 's choice ) ; Colin Marshall of Leicester University Bookshop ( who was responsible for collating the results and who collected the award on behalf of the absent Butterworth Law ) ; and Derek Hall of Addison-Wesley ( fourth , 1.72 days ) . |
| 7 | Mr Grewcock said he was : ‘ Delighted to accept the award on behalf of the department . |
| 8 | Director of Safety and Quality Richard Killick received the award on behalf of the Chief Executive at the RoSPA International Safety and Health Exhibition in Birmingham . |
| 9 | Receiving the award on behalf of the company , John Stewart , Managing Director , was delighted with the achievement ‘ It gives additional confidence to a range that was already well prepared and carefully targeted at a specific market ’ , he said . |
| 10 | David Noble , senior manager , marketing , received the award on behalf of the company at the Queen Elizabeth 11 Conference Centre on April 14 . |
| 11 | Jonathon Newby was stabbed in the heart on Saturday outside the Homeless hostel in Oxford where he 'd recently started working . |
| 12 | The third servant simply buried the funds entrusted to him in a hole in the ground for safekeeping and was condemned for his worthlessness because he had not even taken the ( virtually riskless ) alternative of leaving the money on deposit with the bankers . |
| 13 | He 's claiming the money on behalf of the community because Severn Trent is't doing its job . |
| 14 | For instance , what to do when the defibrillator requires intermittent cranking up , which is sadly often the case on wards off the beaten track . |
| 15 | Again , there is likely to be a serious breach of natural justice if a manager , after hearing an employee 's case at a disciplinary interview or appeal meeting , has a private discussion with the person who presented the case on behalf of the company , or with a witness , before reaching his decision . |
| 16 | Miss Castle , in opening the case on behalf of the father , no doubt acting under compelling instructions , indicated that at the conclusion of the proceedings she would be pressing the justices to make an order for costs against the local authority . |
| 17 | Some remarks ridiculed President Bill Clinton 's plan to lift the ban on gays in the military , the newspaper said . |
| 18 | The ban on activities of the republican Communist Party ( CP ) , which had been lifted on Sept. 23 , was reimposed on Oct. 2 at the second vote in the Supreme Soviet . |
| 19 | in the soap opera ‘ Dallas ’ ( a popular move ) , and by composing an impassioned letter in favour of lifting the ban on homosexuals in the armed forces ( unpopular , and later withdrawn ) . |
| 20 | Sealink and P&O last asked the Government to allow them to cooperate in November 1991 , but the then trade and industry secretary Peter Lilley refused to lift the ban on advice from the OFT , which was then headed by Sir Gordon Borrie . |
| 21 | It was held on a repayment claim by the taxpayer on behalf of the children that , as contended by the Crown , there was an arrangement of assets constituting a settlement within what is now TA 1988 , s670 and TA 1988 , s663 that the transaction was not a bona fide commercial transaction . |
| 22 | They agreed it will go before the District Council without change on the fourth of January , whatever the decision on County on the improvements , if there are any , to Hill . |
| 23 | Reviews of some of the literature on tests of the rational expectations hypothesis using direct survey data can be found in chapter 1 of Sheffrin ( 1983 ) , chapter 3 of Hudson ( 1982 ) and part III of Pesaran ( 1987 ) . |
| 24 | They were extremely impressed by what he said and were buoyed up by his message that the Government are determined to ensure that the proposals on reform of the common agricultural policy are strongly resisted because they are not in the interests of Scotland 's farmers . |
| 25 | Having studied the proposals on behalf of the assembly 's Environment Committee , German MEP Mrs Ursula Schleicher said : ‘ The problem is immense , the substances involved — approximately 100 000 — are produced in anything form massive to minute quantities , dangerous to widely varying degrees and either known to possess dangerous properties or else shrouded in mystery on that point . |
| 26 | ‘ It will be a cooked-to-order product , using fresh ingredients with the kitchen on view to the public . ’ |
| 27 | Mrs Anne Scorggie , who has been blind since birth , received the cheque on behalf of the charity . |
| 28 | Stephen Benson accepted the cheque on behalf of the hospice . |
| 29 | The Board resolved to refuse the suggestion from the Ministry on behalf of the electors , and on the grounds that it was necessary to exercise tight control of expenditure in the public services ! |
| 30 | • Viewers who can pick up BBC 1 Wales ' transmission can see Tony Matthews ' verdict on the chances of Welsh food in the North American arena on ‘ Farming in Wales ’ , Sunday July 28 at 10.00 am , when he comments on the products on display at the Royal Welsh Show Food Hall . |