Example sentences of "on [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One involved a man called Raymond Fryer , whose name was shown up by tests on notes of an interview between a detective and Jones . |
| 2 | Repetition can be visual ; and we advocate this technique in the section on Notes of notes in chapter 4 , and the section on Swot cards in chapter 7 . |
| 3 | In the past , the Falkland sheep farmers looked on birds of prey as their enemies , but more enlightened attitudes are nowadays evident — at least in areas frequented by the few tourists visiting the islands . |
| 4 | Eagle-spotting was becoming a national pastime and experts on birds of prey suddenly found themselves being quoted in every paper or interviewed on radio and television . |
| 5 | Just now during John 's absence I find amusement and employment in drawing some of the plants of the colony , which will help to render the work on Birds of Australia more interesting . |
| 6 | On Birds of a Feather , and Dorian said something to Sharon , and er , then she said well , and she just went hahaha. from er jug , but I part |
| 7 | As co-op members they also retain the right to work on projects of their own , rejecting the ‘ professional ’ distinction between ‘ workers ’ and ‘ clients ’ that funding agencies try to impose . |
| 8 | ACE provides temporary employment of up to one year 's duration for long-term unemployed adults on projects of community benefit . |
| 9 | The F&CI utilises the ‘ Community Programme ’ of the Manpower Services Commission ( which provides jobs for long-term unemployed people on projects of benefit to the community ) for rural development . |
| 10 | But a recent study of the Capetian kings ' household has traced a growing reliance on knights of lowly birth and clerks whose claim to prominence sprang solely from their usefulness . |
| 11 | But at a 72-nation conference in the Netherlands yesterday , Britain , the United States , Japan and the Soviet Union , which between them emit 50 per cent of the world 's carbon dioxide , blocked a proposed freeze on emissions of the gas by the year 2000 and a 20 per cent reduction by 2005 . |
| 12 | Over the past few months , governments have been considering action to cut back on emissions of greenhouse gases . |
| 13 | But the two countries can not agree on the crucial question of whether , as the Canadians maintain , the evidence shows an immediate need to fix a limit on emissions of sulphur dioxide . |
| 14 | Europe is trying to agree a 20 per cent cut in sulphur dioxide emissions and a freeze on emissions of oxides of nitrogen ( mainly from car exhausts ) . |
| 15 | The commitment on global warming fell short of calls by European countries and Canada for specific ceilings on emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases causing global warming . |
| 16 | A European protocol governing restrictions on emissions of nitrogen oxides ( NOx ) came into force on Feb. 14 . |
| 17 | The plant would use integrated gasification combined cycle technology to generate electricity at a relatively low cost while cutting back on emissions of sulphur dioxide pollutants … |
| 18 | The UK and other European countries came out in favour of setting strict targets on emissions of carbon dioxide , methane and nitrous oxides . |
| 19 | Proposed restrictions on emissions of nitrogen oxides ( Nox ) from power stations have been watered down to meet the concerns of the newly-privatized electricity generating companies , claim environmentalists . |
| 20 | He recommended the levying of a pollution tax on emissions of sulphur dioxide from industrial plants and developing low-sulphur coal and other clean energy resources . |
| 21 | The IPCC is preparing a range of projections on emissions of carbon dioxide and global warming over the next 100 years on the basis of estimates of worldwide economic growth , energy use and technological change . |
| 22 | The Hungarian government is introducing a " green card " system for cars to ensure that they have regular checks designed to cut down on emissions of carbon monoxide ( CO ) and hydrocarbons ( HC ) . |
| 23 | Individual limits on emissions of pollutants are set for the 29 coal and oil-fired power stations , and operating conditions and standards are laid out . |
| 24 | He told the Institute of Petroleum dinner in London last night that the commission would only impose the levy — applied to fuels on a tapering scale based on emissions of carbon dioxide — if major trading partners did likewise . |
| 25 | Indeed , those who favour greater regulatory controls on conflicts of interest would argue that the position adopted by the Chicage School is economically , socially , and politically unacceptable . |
| 26 | Thus Conventions on conflicts of laws fall within the prerogative of the Hague Conference , matters relating to shipping within the domain of the IMO and the CMI , proposals concerning air transport within that of the ICAO and IATA , and those affecting intellectual property within the remit of WIPO . |
| 27 | See further 10.8 on conflicts of interest and 13.3.2 on partiality . |
| 28 | The failure to find broad patterns relating crime with social and economic change has led some scholars to examine in detail the possibility that government policy may have exercised an independent influence on patterns of crime . |
| 29 | Given the inconclusive nature of the evidence on patterns of performance and the negative connotations of ‘ underachievement ’ it is time to drop the term and refer instead to relative levels of achievement . |
| 30 | In claiming that terminal examinations have little effect on patterns of teaching and learning , Hammersley and Scarth 's research does , however , focus on only one tightly defined area of classroom learning ( overall patterns of public whole-class talk ) . |