Example sentences of "' [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1971 to 1977 he had also been " Head of Wasdale " , a former one-roomed schoolhouse in the Lake District which he had transformed into the School 's Outdoor Pursuits Centre , guided by seven years ' experience on the Corsica trips between 1966 and 1972 . |
| 2 | The Carpets ' presence on the cider-swilling student circuit is a far cry from their ( brief ) spell marching up and down the stages of places as big as Manchester 's G-Mex centre , not to mention their almost-forgotten headline slot at Reading . |
| 3 | Mansell makes his IndyCar racing debut at Surfers ' Paradise on the Australia Gold Coast in Australia on March 21 . |
| 4 | • 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 . |
| 5 | That 's the cellphone dealers ' verdict on the new ‘ low-cost ’ phone systems . |
| 6 | Yes , because Matthew , Mark , Luke and John were all witnesses of Jes Jesus ' ministry on the earth were n't they ? |
| 7 | In 1854 – 5 the state had spent the equivalent of three years ' income on the war and had accelerated inflation by covering the deficit with paper money . |
| 8 | They seem determined to spend their community charge payers ' money on the most irrelevant and frivolous projects rather than concentrating on the real problems that the hon. Gentleman described . |
| 9 | Again , Hans Urs von Balthasar , at a later date the author of a statement officially sponsored by the Vatican in support of its declaration , describes Jesus ' self-giving on the cross , re-enacted in the mass , in explicitly sexual terms . |
| 10 | His emissary , Menshikov , spent two and a half months at the Turkish capital and succeeded in reversing the Turks ' decision on the Holy Places . |
| 11 | William Hughes and the Unitarian William Roscoe , following Granville Sharp 's argument in the 1770s , asserted the scriptural sanction of slave trading to have only particular application ; they tried to bolster scripture as a reliable instrument of antislavery revelation by insisting that Harris ' reliance on the Old Testament had to be modified or abrogated by the New Testament . |
| 12 | It is still the case that social workers ' reliance on the legislature or the courts to solve the problems posed by the varying use of secure accommodation is ineffective in improving the allocation process . |
| 13 | The CMI Rules ' reliance on the ‘ trade data log ’ and ‘ audit trail ’ is inconsistent with standard banking usage . |
| 14 | On returning from a recent trip to the States , one Telegraph staff member presented seven single-dollar bills culled from various back pockets to Lloyds ' branch on the Isle of Dogs . |
| 15 | He was the spirit of Rangers ' resolution , defying Celtic and flaunting it by taking the ball for a walk into the distant corners of the Celtic defence whenever he could , destroying time , the Rangers ' enemy on the night . |
| 16 | Chocolate magnate endows yet another museum in Teutonic Knights ' stronghold on the Rhein |
| 17 | After lunch on the Sunday before his Chanel show , eaten with his workroom staff and assistants in the workers ' canteen on the top floor of the rue Cambon , Lagerfeld holds what can only be described as an old-fashioned levée . |
| 18 | A two-day symposium on ‘ Robust control systems design using H-infinity and related methods ’ was held at Cambridge University Engineering Department and Queens ' College on the 21st and 22nd March 1991 . |
| 19 | There is a desultory and demoralised tenants ' association on the estate , burdened by the council 's unresponsiveness and its own lack of any effective sanctions . |
| 20 | A seminar for practitioners and other professionals has been organised by the British Academy of Forensic Sciences , the Criminal Bar Association and the London Criminal Courts Solicitors ' Association on the subject , ‘ False Confession ; False Evidence — can psychiatrists assist the courts ? . ’ |
| 21 | The document is actually being printed at the taxpayers ' expense on the two photocopiers next to my desk in the House of Commons . |
| 22 | The timing of this rejection was unfortunate for Franco , for nothing would have suited him better than to have been able to announce Spanish membership of the international winners ' club on the morning of the ninth anniversary of the 18 July rising . |
| 23 | Superintendent Dunlap of the Metropolitan Police and Inspector Arnold of Whitechapel Division argued a convincing case before the Lords ' Committee on the advantages of greater state powers . |
| 24 | After seven weeks ' work on the part of many army personnel , we were ready to begin . |
| 25 | This photograph shows Edison after three continuous days ' and nights ' work on the machine . |
| 26 | The students ' work on the course is assessed by means of one written three hour paper , and the submission of three essays . |
| 27 | In twenty years ' work on the Mesozoic Brachiopoda , I have found plenty of relationships , but few if any evolving lineages . |
| 28 | After about two months ' work on the picture , including four days ' shooting , Ronald Neame — a veteran cinematographer , producer and director of British films — left , claiming too much interference from Zanuck . |
| 29 | Geest launched its new product , which is peeled , cored , trimmed and packed in a special container , on the Scottish market yesterday after three years ' work on the process . |
| 30 | Now and then , Kitty would volunteer to do a couple of hours ' work on the barrow , but once she had eaten her way through the day 's profits she would soon disappear . |