Example sentences of "on the [noun sg] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They start their young lives by being thrown on the scrap heap at 16 , 17 or 18 . |
| 3 | Clearly the minister 's response is inefficient , it 's it 's quite inadequate and what is required is a much more positive stance from the minister , and can the minister tell us whether or not he will be , he will be giving the opportunity to mature entrants to the apprenticeship scheme so that people that have been thrown on the scrap heap over this last fifteen years will have an opportunity and can he tell us whether or not he 's had discussions with British Coal enterprise to allow miners that have been made redundant to come into the new apprenticeship scheme so that they will have new skills which will help them to get new jobs . |
| 4 | The G M B and Apex Partnership shop stew stewards and representatives of Leyland Daf played a magnificent part , maximizing jobs whilst at the same time looking after the needs of those thrown on the scrap heap through no fault of their own . |
| 5 | Knott is probably the same Michael who until 1812 had been a principal in the long established iron mining and smelting company of the Furness Fells which had become known as Knott , Ainslie & Co. , and which was to become known later as the Harrison , Aitislie & Company which dominated haematite mining on the Lindal Moor in Low Furness . |
| 6 | The Editor , Magnus Linklater , unveils the nameplate on The Scotsman loco as InterCity 's Chris Green , left , looks on |
| 7 | Clare took up her position on the abbey side of the line . |
| 8 | This helps to give better information on the risk/reward balance of various investment options and to assess the performance of fund managers . |
| 9 | First , IP 3 R sensitivity may change depending on the calcium content of the endoplasmic reticulum . |
| 10 | EAU d'Huddersfield , until now submerged among gritty northern brews like dandelion and burdock , is about to mount an assault on the Perrier market for continental mineral water . |
| 11 | After the death of Brunel in 1859 he was promoted engineer-in-chief , and it was while working on the ferry piers in 1862–3 that the idea of the Severn railway tunnel came into his mind . |
| 12 | Reports says DEC has successfully run IBM 's CICS on-line transaction processing monitor on the Alpha RISC in its labs : the company says there are now over 2,000 applications being ported to the environment . |
| 13 | In the morning there is a centimetre of ice on the tent pole to the side of my head , probably from my breath while I slept . |
| 14 | ‘ Require the installation of relief vents between the cabin and aft cargo compartment to minimize the pressure loading on the cabin flooring in the event of sudden depressurisation of the cargo compartment . ’ |
| 15 | She was on the cabin deck with Finnan , Bicker and Ratagan , a smile lighting her face . |
| 16 | There is a separate entry on the discharge certificate for service in the East or West Indies included in the total . |
| 17 | During his prosecution by Cicero Verres fled to Marseilles , but appeared again on the proscription list of Mark Antony , compiled in 43 BC , thirty years after Verres ' term of office . |
| 18 | Azerbaijani attempts to open a new front in the east through attacks on the Askeran region of the enclave from Agdam could not prevent their loss of control over Lachin on May 17 . |
| 19 | I did not even wonder mildly what on earth the S.S.O. of Benedict 's was doing on the Downshurst bypass on a mid-week morning . |
| 20 | You must also remember that whatever deal you do , it 's reflected for all to see on the Ticker page of the Topic system . ’ |
| 21 | A proposal on April 17 to debate a refusal to recognize the collapse of the Soviet Union in the light of the referendum on the Union Treaty of March 1991 [ see pp. 38078-80 ] was defeated . |
| 22 | I have always managed to miss the occasional pairs that nest on the Union Canal near my home and I am relying on second-hand reports when I say that the drake whistles softly to his mate who makes raucous growling noises in return . |
| 23 | Exceptional tactical planning brought us , via the Aiguille du Midi téléphérique , to the Simond shelter on the south shoulder of the Midi at 1 pm . |
| 24 | One of the main streets is Pultney Street , in honour of the Chairman of the British Fishery Society , also remembered on the other side of the country , in Caithness , where the society built the new fishing community of Pultneytown , on the south shore of Wick Bay . |
| 25 | Castle Ward is a National Trust property on the south shore of Strangford Lough , about 40 minutes drive from Glassdrumman . |
| 26 | Firbush Point Field Centre is situated 80 miles from Edinburgh on the south shore of Loch Tay . |
| 27 | Firbush Point Field Centre is a modem , well-equipped residential outdoor centre located on the south shore of Loch Tay in Perthshire ( 80 miles from Edinburgh ) . |
| 28 | The RSPB reserve on the south shore at Vane Farm is an excellent centre from which to see the birds . |
| 29 | Several other groups made their way south in the 1630s to establish new settlements on the south shore between the Plymouth region and the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam at the mouth of the Hudson River . |
| 30 | On the South Crag of Castle Rock , Steve Hubbard and Pete Nicholson have claimed a line — Yeltsin — Severe 25m , between Gangway Climb and Slab Climb . |