Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To highlight the dangers of playing on building sites the Yorkshire Region and Laing North East teamed up to hold a ‘ Playsafe ’ competition recently . |
| 2 | " In the context of the widest possible information on drug problems the European Council supported the organization , during the second half of 1992 , of a European week to promote the prevention of drug use … " |
| 3 | There were six to a cabin and they were on deck H. The initial was appropriate . |
| 4 | Just a feelin' that the sooner we 're on board Isvik the better . |
| 5 | On grant aid the Council will be able to give details of the budget for revenue grant aid for 1988/89 , and indicate the position as far as is known on the likely budgets for the following two years . |
| 6 | If you are on Income Support the CAB can calculate whether a prepayment meter or deductions from your dole is the best option . |
| 7 | On football pools the odds of becoming a millionare are much better , and they 're a virtual certainty compared to the chance of winning the £250,000 Premium Bond prize . |
| 8 | Except on spring passage the species is usually seen singly , but two or three are sometimes seen together , and a party of 13 was recorded seven miles offshore in Rye Bay on 11 February 1967 . |
| 9 | The recession that we 've gone through in materials and elsewhere in the economy has taught us , or should have taught us I believe , a very clear lesson and that is that we must end the situation that 's in the building materials industry where our members rely for a reasonable standard of living on bonus earnings the problem being of course that as soon as the recession starts to bite , then the bonus pay becomes very vulnerable to attack and reduction by the employers . |
| 10 | The chairmen could not help but note , for example , that on tariff policy the headquarters staff were less expert than the former regulatory body , the Electricity Commissioners . |
| 11 | On South Georgia the hair grass forms extensive meadows , the pink grows in fellfields associated with shrubs , grasses and mosses ( Bonner , 1985 ) . |
| 12 | Ninety-two competitors took part in the first walk on Whit Monday the 1st June 1903 , one of the first all-amateur walking events to be held in England . |
| 13 | He had made Iron Josh lock up before they left — Hardy had told him that on winter Fridays the Jewish sabbath commenced in the afternoon , so no one would be surprised if the store was closed extra early . |
| 14 | On winter nights the dogs would sleep inside , curled up by the remains of the fire or with the children under one of the goat's-hair rugs . |
| 15 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 16 | The trainer took daily charge of the team , and on match days the manager just sat in the stand . |
| 17 | In addition , on recovery nights the amount of time spent in REM sleep increases . |
| 18 | Will it not be regarded by them and by the regiments as an admission that he is unable to justify on security grounds the cuts that he has made ? |
| 19 | On maternity rights the government has weakened the rights available to British workers and on they are resisting reorganization of cases . |
| 20 | On race day the graves in the local cemetery have fresh flowers placed on them to recall Decoration Day , the original name of the Memorial Day observance . |
| 21 | Action : The LIFESPAN user specified is not associated with the working DC Y on module X. The user should enter the module using the correct LIFESPAN username . |
| 22 | Even when North Yorkshire sites have been short-listed by an investor on quality grounds the county has had no means of matching the financial incentives elsewhere . |
| 23 | On indictment a prison sentence of not more than six months was possible together with a fine ; on summary conviction the maximum was three months . |
| 24 | But on the other side there still remains the basic fact that without quantitative confirmation , statements on style lack the support of concrete evidence . |
| 25 | Books on Buddhism line the walls and , when I lie down on my futon , I am covered with an ethnic rug of indeterminate origins . |
| 26 | I used the programs supplied with the Mega Disk to place the files on drive D. The Install program tells you where it 's putting them , but what if you did n't notice ? |
| 27 | On insurance business the bank now makes provision where necessary for the estimated amount required over and above unearned premiums to meet future claims and related expenses . |
| 28 | For example , by relying exclusively on mortality data the ineffectiveness of medical science is overstated . |
| 29 | Relating some of the harrowing experiences on torpedo operations the Author succeeds in filling the reader with admiration for the unsung crews of the torpedo aircraft . |
| 30 | Fifteen miles away , you can visit Houghton Hall , home of the Marquess of Cholmondeley , where on summer weekends the British Army 's regimental bands perform the ancient ceremony of ‘ Beating the Retreat ’ . |