The phrase "a descent on" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct phrase would be "a descent into" or "a descent upon," depending on the context.
Example: "The army made a descent upon the enemy's territory at dawn."
Alternatives: "an attack on" or "an incursion into".
From this base mountain guides accompany you on adventure tours, including demanding snow trips that combine rock and glacier climbing with a descent on skis.
In 1800, after the failure of a descent on Cádiz, Spain, he was ordered to Egypt to expel or destroy the army left there by Bonaparte.
After a descent on Broadway in 1994 to sing Nellie Fowler in Carousel, in 1996 Verrett began to teach at the University of Michigan, where she remained working until earlier this year.
Alberto Contador lost control on a descent at the Tour de France on Tuesday, forcing Chris Froome off the road, but a descent on Thursday promises to be even more treacherous.
Eager to shed light on the secretive meeting, peace advocates organized a descent on Omaha this weekend to protest the new arms with educational workshops, a rally, a commemoration of the Japanese bombings, a peace concert and a vigil.
The Germanwings co-pilot who deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps in March, killing all 150 people on board, put the aircraft into a descent on the previous flight, according to the German newspaper Bild.
No tetraploid seedlings were obtained by triploid bridges on a descent of 2000 seeds (i.e. a cross between triploids and diploids to obtain tetraploids).
The entry into the sunken dining area is now an event, a Norma Desmond descent on an illuminated glass staircase, and the interior, by Diller & Scofidio, is a two-lapel grabber.
French investigators say it was intentional and that Andreas Lubitz had practised a rapid descent on a previous flight.
Niclas upped the ante by choosing a steeper descent on an area which had been known to avalanche.
This Tour de France took place too soon, Johny added, for Andy, who is still grieving, who lost more than a minute on a downhill descent on Tuesday, who seems more tentative than normal.
